[Pct] PCT Application question

[Timothy Snowden]

Go to WIPO.int and click up at the top right -- Register or something 
like that. Easy. Then setup strong authentication after you register by 
going back to the top right and clicking on your own name => My Account 
=> Multi-Factor Authentication.

On 3/19/2025 3:41 PM, David Boundy via Pct wrote:
>
>     (a) In the future, file PCT applications at ePCT and RO/IB so you
>     get the error checking.  An ounce of prevention and small extra
>     fees (WIPO won't give you the small entity discount -- so what) is
>     worth a pound of cure.-0-To confirm we would select IB instead of
>     US to do the filing?
>
>
> Kind of yes, but the question is off target, so I think you're 
> misunderstanding something fundamental.  ePCT is a computer system.  
> ePCT is the equivalent of Patent Center at WIPO for PCTs.  For PCTs, 
> forget Patent Center, forget uspto.gov <http://uspto.gov>.   Start at 
> https://pct.wipo.int/ePCT and work from there.  It's really far easier 
> than the PTO's brain dead piece of junk.
>
>     (b) Do you have a filing receipt?  What does PatentCenter or ePCT
>     show as filing date for the provisional?  If the electronic record
>     has it right, it doesn't matter what the paper notices say.  If
>     the electronic record is not correct, ePCT probably has an
>     "Action" to correct stuff like this, which you can probably use
>     even if you filed at RO/US.- The date at epct has the transpose
>     number. However, I see this will be sent from the IB. Does this
>     mean I can submit the 26bis with the IB for correct?
>
> That confirms my conjecture -- that's not ePCT.  That's a uspto paper 
> form.  Start at https://pct.wipo.int/ePCT and work from there.  You 
> will have to set up an account at WIPO.  I did that once years ago, 
> and I don't recall how to do it.  Maybe start on Carls' blog. 
> https://blog.oppedahl.com/wipo-provides-another-option-for-two-factor-authentication-in-epct/  
> Maybe someone else on this list will remind us how you set up an 
> account at ePCT.
>
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