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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. A possible explanation: by Mashdar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My guess is that they don't print them any more, and it was a PITA to turn your entire monitor upside down!

  2. Re:Call the whambulance! by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When your tax money is being used to pay for the phone call / ISP fees / time of the staff involved in informing the sender of the issue instead of rotating a piece of paper 180 degrees in their hand, yes.

    Yes I do.

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  3. Re:professionals by maxume · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This isn't the patent office insisting on professionalism, it is the patent office insisting on bureaucratic nonsense.

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