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<p>Yes that is the very tool he said he was using.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/13/2024 1:44 PM, Rick Neifeld via
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<div dir="ltr">HashTool, a free MS software standalone dones
this just fine. Set it to SHA-5123, as shown below.
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at
2:59\u202fAM William Ahmed via Patentpractice <<a
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<div dir="ltr">Dear List,</div>
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<div dir="ltr">BACKGROUND (The Old Days -- EFS Web)</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Until 2023, we always submitted filings
via EFS web. EFS web provided the BYTE COUNT upon
filing.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">This was great and important.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">If 3 years later, when filing the figures
for a continuation application, I wanted to make 100%
sure that I was re-filing the <i>exact same pdf file
</i>(instead of another version with the same
file-name),</div>
<div dir="ltr">I would check the byte count (usually
using an MS-DOS window - yeah, I am over 50 years old)
to make sure.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">PATENT CENTER (I need the same
functionality that I used to have)</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Now we live in the world of SHA-512 -
Patent Center gives SHA-512 rather than bye count.</div>
<div dir="ltr">I want to do the same for Patent center -
I want the ability to take a pdf file on my computer
(e.g. 11 months after filing a US provisional), run it
through SHA-512 and reproduce the SAME SHA-512 string.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I am embarrassed to say that I TRIED and
I FAILED</div>
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<div dir="ltr">In Jan 2024, a US provisional was filed
-- the drawings file (USProvfiguresJan2024.pdf had a
SHA-512 value of "abcdefg".</div>
<div dir="ltr">I now downloaded and installed a free
"Digital Volcano Hash tool" -- I gave it
USProvfiguresJan2024.pdf and asked for the </div>
<div dir="ltr">SHA-512 string. </div>
<div dir="ltr">The 'SHA-512' hash strings did NOT match.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">What am I doing wrong? </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks,</div>
<div dir="ltr">Bill</div>
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