[Patentpractice] reliable way to compare SHA-512 strings from Patent Center?

[Carl Oppedahl]

On 12/13/2024 9:59 AM, Andrew Berks via Patentpractice wrote:
> The problem could be that the USPTO does some processing on their end 
> and that changes the file from the version that you uploaded so the 
> hash strings will never match. Keep in mind however that humans have 
> to look at these files and humans don't read computer bits directly. 
> We read text and images.
But the goal of the USPTO in the DOCX initiative is that the typesetting 
of a patent for issue will be done by a robot, not by a human being.  
And the robot will be looking at the computer bits.
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