Monthly Archives: November 2007

Licensing, Quick Prototypes

Four Hour Workweek Blog on “A Beginner’s Guide: How to Rent Your Ideas to Fortune 500 Companies.”

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How to set up Adobe Acrobat to make EFS and the USPTO happy

Excellent information from the Acrobat for Legal Professionals blog (“PDF Creation and Font Embedding for USPTO Submissions“) regarding how to configure Acrobat (settings, etc.) to be EFS friendly.
A previous post from that blog was on my “to blog about” list, namely how to use Acrobat to shrink your PDF drawing margins to be EFS friendly.  [...]

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IP Docketing Software, Part II

In follow up to my earlier post wherein I was starting to compile a list of IP docketing software…apparently the fine folks at IP Menu recently created an exhaustive list, including IP Analysis software, IP Drafting software, IP Filing software, IP Management software, and miscellaneous software. Add that to my “great minds think alike/scratch [...]

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Don’t forget, a number of PCT changes are effective today

Via an email reminder from the USPTO:

Certain Fee Increase and Revised Transmittal Letter to the United States Receiving Office (form PTO-1382)
Effective 09 November 2007, the amount of the search fee for the USPTO to act as the International Searching Authority will increase to $1800 for all international applications. The Office will no longer provide [...]

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Dual Monitors, tips and tricks

Excellent post on LifeHacker.com regarding how to “Make the Most of Your Dual Monitors.” My previous posts (pre-dual 19″ wide screen LCD screens) on dual monitors: first, second.

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