office 2010 Taste USPTO Won’t Accept Upside Down

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I do know, the headline appears to be like a joke. In the end, what do you do if somebody inadvertently fed a page upside down to the fax machine? You simply flip the page about or, if you should get an electronic edition,Windows 7 Starter Key, use the reader computer software to rotate it. Apparently it is not inside of the traditional working procedures with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. No, in case your fax comes in upside down, they deliver you a message in return declaring that they can’t accept it and to re-fax. Here’s a copy on the letter that a source, who regularly deals with the USPTO, passed along to me:
I’ve sharpened it a bit with Photoshop, but in case you still find it hard to read,Office 2007 Professional Key, here’s the text:
SubmitterUnited States Patent and Trademark Workplace
Notice of Document Faxed Upside Down
Your request to record a document in the United States Patent and Trademark Office was received via electronic fax on [date and time in 2010 omitted].
The faxed submission was received upside down. We are unable to continue processing these images.
Please resubmit your document.
Any time you have any questions,office 2010 Taste, you may contact our customer service center at [number omitted].
Office of Public Records
Usually when I see something really peculiar, I try to put myself in the place with the person doing what appears inane and think of reasons why perhaps it makes more sense than it seems. Only, I can’t see any possible reason. What,Office Pro 2007, it’s faster to send a fax in return and wait for a response? They don’t have technology that allows turning the images around? Maybe the patent for that particular nicety of image processing is lost somewhere,Office 2007 Clé, probably filed upside down.
If they get the 15 percent increase in fees, will they at least agree to rotate the images? So much for radical improvement. I still can’t get more than that they appear to have a form letter for this.
[UPDATE: Despite the many questions that people have raised, it turns out that the USPTO does not have a good reason for this silliness. You can see more details at my latest coverage of the story.]