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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 &lt;<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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            <div>Best regards</div>
            <div>Rick Neifeld, J.D., Ph.D. <br>
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