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

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.  See:  How do I shrink the page size of a PDF?  Remembering that:

(g) Margins. The sheets must not contain frames around the sight (i.e., the usable surface), but should have scan target points, i.e., crosshairs, printed on two catercorner margin corners. Each sheet must include a top margin of at least 2.5 cm. (1inch), a left side margin of at least 2.5 cm. (1 inch), a right side margin of at least 1.5 cm. (5/8 inch), and a bottom margin of at least 1.0 cm. (3/8 inch), thereby leaving a sight no greater than 17.0 cm. by 26.2 cm. on 21.0 cm. by 29.7 cm. (DIN size A4) drawing sheets, and a sight no greater than 17.6 cm. by 24.4 cm. (6 15/16 by 9 5/8 inches) on 21.6 cm. by 27.9 cm. (8 1/2 by 11 inch) drawing sheets.

See: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/drawing.htm

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 that one off my to do list” pile!

[See: IP Menu - Intellectual Property Software]

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 a reduced search fee for having a corresponding prior non-provisional application under 35 U.S.C. 111(a).

Further, the amount of the supplemental search fee (per additional invention) to the ISA/US will increase to $1800.

In addition, the amount of the fee for requesting restoration of the right of priority will increase to $1410.  The revised PCT Fee Schedule is posted at <http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapps/pct/fees.htm>.

The second page of the Transmittal Letter to the RO/US (form PTO-1382) for providing the corresponding prior application information has been deleted. The revised Transmittal Letter is posted at: <http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapps/pct/files/chap1/ed_1382.pdf>

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.