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●●When entering US national phasefrom a PCT application ...A required step is to check carefully theinternational filing dateIf the IFD is prior to September 16, 2012, thenthe “old language” declaration should be used● If the IFD is on or after September 16, 2012,then the “new language” declaration should beused●This may require discarding or disregarding asigned declaration that is already in the file, if itis the wrong kind76If you are entrusted the US nationalphase entry from a PCT filed by foreigncounsel ...●●●The Best Practice is to do an e-handshake withforeign counsel and to obtain ePCT accessThis will permit you to copy and paste thedetailed bibliographic data from ePCT into theADSAvoiding hand-keying the ADS eliminates somecategories of errors and mistakes77If you are entrusted the US nationalphase entry from a PCT filed by foreigncounsel ...●●●Check ePCT or Patentscope to see ifDeclarations under PCT Rule 4.17 are alreadyin the fileIf so, check to make sure they are of the correcttype (“old language” or “new language”)If they are of the correct type, then use them inthe US national-phase entry instead ofspending time and money getting signatures onForms PTO/SB/01A or PTO/AIA/0178