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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on February 06, 2010, 05:56:08 PM

Title: Amazing. Hilarious. Depressing.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on February 06, 2010, 05:56:08 PM
http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005104/uspto-wont-accept-upside-down-faxes-demands-resends/
Title: Re: Amazing. Hilarious. Depressing.
Post by: Sir Squid Diddimus on February 06, 2010, 06:39:15 PM
:facepalm:
Title: Re: Amazing. Hilarious. Depressing.
Post by: Requia ☣ on February 06, 2010, 07:07:30 PM
I talked to an ex patent clerk, he said that rotating the image would count as modifying the document as submitted, which isn't allowed.   :horrormirth:
Title: Re: Amazing. Hilarious. Depressing.
Post by: Jasper on February 06, 2010, 07:12:44 PM
AAAAUGH!
Title: Re: Amazing. Hilarious. Depressing.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on February 06, 2010, 07:35:19 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on February 06, 2010, 07:07:30 PM
I talked to an ex patent clerk, he said that rotating the image would count as modifying the document as submitted, which isn't allowed.   :horrormirth:

The story the patent office gave is that the software is so old it can't rotate images.
Title: Re: Amazing. Hilarious. Depressing.
Post by: Requia ☣ on February 06, 2010, 07:37:12 PM
He says that that's a lie.

Not that it isn't 20 years old, but rotating images isn't exactly a new feature.


Scratch that, the TIFF viewer can rotate the image, but according to that its the fax software that throws the error  He wouldn't have ever seen that.
Title: Re: Amazing. Hilarious. Depressing.
Post by: Triple Zero on February 06, 2010, 08:09:09 PM
Requia, click and read the link for the follow-up article.
Title: Re: Amazing. Hilarious. Depressing.
Post by: Requia ☣ on February 06, 2010, 09:21:20 PM
See the edit I made dammit  :argh!: