[Patentpractice] automatic s-signature by Python script

[Timothy Snowden]

The Office accepts DocuSign, etc. --> is this any different? Are you 
personally inserting the signature?

On 9/30/2025 11:10 AM, William Ahmed via Patentpractice wrote:
> 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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