[Pct] [Patentcenter] Check 371 continuity dates in Patent Center

[Carl Oppedahl]

Yes I had recent times when Patentcenter would randomly insert the wrong 
year in the bibliographic data.  It was very scary because the USPTO 
delights in charging a fee to correct it if the filer made some real or 
imagined mistake in the initial US-national-phase entry screen.

This was somehow linked to a problem that Patent Center would refuse to 
accept an upload of a PDF ADS as part of the 371 entry process, and the 
online (web-based) ADS kept inserting the wrong year in various places.

On 6/17/2025 4:26 PM, Sharon Rubin via Patentcenter wrote:
>
> We filed a 371 (U.S. national stage) application in early April.  The 
> international filing date was, let’s say, 09/01/*23*.  The 
> international application # and filing date were correctly entered in 
> Patent Center to initiate the filing.  The correct information was 
> also entered in the ADS.
>
> However, both the  Electronic Acknowledgement Receipt and the 
> Electronic Payment Receipt listed the International Filing Date as 
> 09/01/*24. *We checked the continuity tab in Patent Center after 
> noticing the error in the receipts, and it also lists 09/01/*24*. 
> (Clicking through the PCT link takes you to WIPO, where the 
> International Publication naturally indicates the correct filing date 
> of 09/01/*23*.)
>
> Of course, we always carefully proofread the eventual Filing Receipt 
> (which we don’t expect to receive any time soon) for errors, but *371 
> filings shouldn’t be able to have this type of error*. This is an 
> annoying waste of our time.
>
> We contacted the consistently competent PCT Helpdesk. The 
> representative had not seen this particular error, but he agreed that 
> it would likely carry through to the eventual Filing Receipt if not 
> corrected, which he is endeavoring to do. (Then we won’t have to deal 
> with a defective Filing Receipt as well as a corrected one, which 
> means less paperwork down the line.)
>
> *Has anyone else experienced this?*I suggest proofreading 371 filing 
> receipts very carefully, and if you are awaiting some, I also suggest 
> checking the corresponding continuity dates in Patent Center.
>
> Sharon Rubin
>
>
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