The “Sequence Listing XML” file must be encoded using Unicode UTF-8. As stated in MPEP 2413.01(a): “The ‘Sequence Listing XML’ as required by § 1.831(a) must be presented as a single file in XML 1.0 encoded using Unicode UTF–8, where the character set complies with paragraphs 40 and 41 and Annex IV of WIPO Standard…

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