The electronic priority document exchange (PDX) program avoids the fee associated with ordering certified priority document for each office of subsequent filing and the costs of transmitting those certified copies to foreign intellectual property offices. The USPTO transmits certain US priority applications as-filed to any foreign IP office that participates in the PDX program and retrieves/accesses certain foreign priority applications as-filed from the participating offices.
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