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USPTO Won't Accept Upside Down Faxes

Posted by samzenpus on from the left-handed-reading-glasses dept.

bizwriter writes "This may seem like a joke, but it's not. The US Patent and Trademark Office will not accept patent filings faxed in if they arrive upside down. That's right, the home of innovation of the federal government is incapable of rotating an incoming fax file, whether electronically or on paper."

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  1. How can they read them anyway? by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    With their heads jammed so far up their asses?

    --
    "The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
  2. Re:Post ideas here. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    its even EASIER on a mac... all I do is press this one giant button on my macbook wheel!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA

  3. Re:Idea by zygotic+mitosis · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Parent has a point; why is GP being modded up?

  4. Re:Post ideas here. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, and it's even easier on a mac, shift-cmd-+ * 2.

    That's actually a lot harder you dumb mac fag.