[Pct] Digitally signed PDF of certified copy of US priority document

[David Boundy]

I haven't had this exact issue, but close.   (A provisional filed only a
week before the PCT, so not yet visible in DAS.)

For most things of this sort, ePCT lets you just fill in as many blanks as
you can, hit Submit, look at all the warnings, click "yeah yeah yeah I know
stop bugging me," and get your filing date.   I have provided DAS codes
several weeks later.

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 11:23 AM Katherine Koenig via Pct <
pct at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> A client filed a provisional pro se and then I came in at the 11th hour
> to file US utility and PCT applications.  Access to participating offices
> was inadvertently *not* provided by the client in the provisional
> application.  The day before the provisional expired, I filed a SB/39 form
> requesting access.  That hasn’t yet been processed or approved (currently
> being escalated, however).
>
>
>
> Since DAS is not (yet) an option, I’m trying to figure out how to get a
> certified copy of the US provisional to WIPO.  I’ve ordered both hard copy
> and digital PDF copy on CD.  However, when I try to upload the PDF document
> to ePCT, it’s rejected as not being digitally signed.  I called Certified
> Copy Center and was told that the document is digitally signed until you
> open the file on the CD.  Then the digital signature mysteriously
> disappears, which is why it’s rejected by ePCT when I open the file and try
> to upload it.  Instead, we’re supposed to *mail the CD* to WIPO so they
> can open it and see the signature.  Does this make any sense to anyone?  Am
> I missing something about how to upload a certified copy in ePCT as an
> Action?  It can’t be this hard.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Katherine
>
>
>
> Dr. Katherine Koenig
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