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

[Carl Oppedahl]

On 6/4/2024 9:45 AM, Katherine Koenig via Pct wrote:
> And, this is all after the AAU told me my SB/39 would never be 
> processed/approved because the provisional had expired (even though 
> the SB/39 was filed before expiration) and they wouldn’t take action 
> on an expired file. The IB doesn’t care if it’s expired, just grant 
> access already.

The AAU person lied to you.  Under Article 4 of Paris, the Office of 
First Filing is supposed to cooperate with things like this regardless 
of the (irrelevant) event of the provisional application having 
expired.  The priority claim should be enabled and honored "whatever may 
be the subsequent fate of the application."

I suppose this lie from the AAU person needs to be reported to the 
supervisors at AAU.  There used to be an online form where you can 
report problems with AAU quality of service, see 
https://blog.oppedahl.com/what-if-you-were-not-happy-with-service-from-the-application-assistance-unit/ 
.  The USPTO has quietly deleted the online form where you can report 
problems with AAU quality of service.  That is a great disappointment.  
But just follow the instructions in that blog article, sending an email 
to the email address mentioned there.

And to the extent necessary, get help from pdx at uspto.gov (which is the 
EBC) with getting access granted.

Everyone who is following this discussion of Best Practices for getting 
an ECC into one's PCT application is invited to register, if they have 
not already done so, for the upcoming comprehensive, live, in-person PCT 
seminars.  See 
https://blog.oppedahl.com/attend-a-2%c2%bd-day-live-in-person-patent-cooperation-treaty-seminar-in-scenic-summit-county-colorado-2/ 
.


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