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<p>Yes, see <a
href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/how-to-calculate-sha-512-hashes-in-microsoft-windows/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://blog.oppedahl.com/how-to-calculate-sha-512-hashes-in-microsoft-windows/</a>
from March of 2022.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/13/2024 5:22 PM, Jim Larsen via
Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>FYI, both Windows and MacOS have
built-in SHA512 tools, so no need to download new tools
unless you want/need a GUI.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Windows (command line):</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>certutil -hashfile
<i>filename</i> SHA512</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>MacOS (Terminal)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>sha512
<i>filename</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Best regards,<br>
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-Jim<br>
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James C. Larsen<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com"><patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a> on
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<b>Date: </b>Friday, December 13, 2024 at 12:45</span><span>\u202f</span><span>PM<br>
<b>To: </b>For patent practitioners. This is not
for laypersons to seek legal advice.
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Patentpractice] reliable way
to compare SHA-512 strings from Patent Center?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>HashTool, a free MS
software standalone dones this just fine. Set it
to SHA-5123, as shown below.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at
2:59\u202fAM William Ahmed via Patentpractice <<a
href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dear List,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>BACKGROUND (The Old
Days -- EFS Web)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Until 2023, we
always submitted filings via EFS web. EFS
web provided the BYTE COUNT upon filing.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>This was great and
important.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>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),</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I would check the
byte count (usually using an MS-DOS window
- yeah, I am over 50 years old) to make
sure.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>PATENT CENTER (I
need the same functionality that I used to
have)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Now we live in the
world of SHA-512 - Patent Center gives
SHA-512 rather than bye count.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>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.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I am embarrassed to
say that I TRIED and I FAILED</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>In Jan 2024, a US
provisional was filed -- the drawings file
(USProvfiguresJan2024.pdf had a SHA-512
value of "abcdefg".</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I now downloaded
and installed a free "Digital Volcano Hash
tool" -- I gave it
USProvfiguresJan2024.pdf and asked for
the </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>SHA-512 string. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The 'SHA-512' hash
strings did NOT match.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>What am I doing
wrong? </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thanks,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Bill</span></p>
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