[Patentpractice] automatic s-signature by Python script

[William Ahmed]

BACKGROUND -- we know that s-signature must be manually applied by the person (e.g. applicant, practitioner) herself/himself.  If another person "signs in my name" (e.g. paralegal), this is NO GOOD.
MY PROPOSAL --> signing many many documents can get tedious. I want write a python script which opens a pdf, applies an s-signature, and saves the updated signed form.[in reality, Chat GPT would write the python script]
For example, let's say online software prepares a unsigned IDF form --> IDS18x123456unsigned.pdf
There would be a command prompt -->
python signIDS.py  "/William Ahmed/"  IDS18x123456unsigned.pdf

The python script would inject that s-signature into  IDS18x123456unsigned.pdf  in the correct location and output a file  IDS18x123456SIGNED.pdf
VERY VERY IMPORTANT -- I would manually type the command prompt.
Some might say 'this is not more efficient'  - please leave this issue aside.Some might say - nobody would know - please leave this issue aside. MY QUESTION -- is this a bonafide s-signature? After all, I am manually typing in a command to sign THAT form -- not a secretary.
IF NO --> MODIFIED QUESTION --> Let's say I open the pdf file, review it without modifying it, and close the unsigned IDS file and THEN run the python script. Would that change things?

Thanks,Bill
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