Office 2010 Key USPTO Won’t Accept Upside Down Fa

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I am aware, the headline looks like a joke. In the end, what do you do if an individual inadvertently fed a page upside down into the fax machine? You just flip the page around or, should you get an digital edition, make use of the reader software package to rotate it. Apparently that is not within the normal working methods of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Workplace. No, in case your fax comes in upside down,Office 2010 Key, they deliver you a message in return stating that they can’t accept it and to re-fax. Here’s a copy of the letter that a source,Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, who regularly deals with the USPTO,Windows 7 Activation, passed along to me:
I’ve sharpened it a bit with Photoshop, but in case you still find it hard to read,Office 2010 Professional, 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.
In case you have any questions, you may contact our customer service center at [number omitted].
Workplace of Public Records
Usually when I see something really peculiar, I try to put myself in the place of the person doing what appears inane and think of reasons why perhaps it makes more sense than it appears to be. Only, I can’t see any possible reason. What,Windows 7 Ultimate Key, it’s faster to deliver 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, 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 around 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 your story.]