PREPARING A PCT-SAFE APPLICATION FOR EFS-WEB UPLOAD AT THE USPTO

PCT e-Services UnitMarch 19, 2013

Tamira Lombardi

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Precisions to PCT-SAFE request form

On the States page in item ‘Reference to parent application or grant’, if reference is made to Continuation or Continuation-in-part, that can only be a non-provisional US application with number format such as12/123,456 or 13/123,456.

Signing the request form: The format preferred by the RO/US for the agent's text-string or s-signature in PCT-SAFE applications is: /John Smith, Reg. No. 9999/ or /John Smith, Reg. # 9999/.

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