Wer sich für die Patentschrift interessiert, kann sich mit diesem bash-Script (benutzt wget und Imagemagick) ein PDF bauen:

#!/bin/sh
# Download the us patent application us20090153474
# and convert the single tiff images to a more handy pdf.
#
pat="us20090153474"
base="http://aiw2.uspto.gov"
file="/.DImg?Docid=${pat}ki&IDKey=47B13F807488&ImgFormat=tif"
 
cmd="convert"
for (( i = 1; i < = 20; i++ ))
do
	src="$base$file&PageNum=$i"
	if [[ $i -lt 10 ]]
	then
		num="0"$i
	else
		num=""$i
	fi
	dst="${pat}_$num.tiff"
	wget --output-document "$dst" "$src"
 
	cmd="$cmd $dst"
	if [[ $i -eq 1 ]]; then
		cmd="$cmd -rotate -90"
	fi
	if [[ $i -eq 8 ]]; then
		cmd="$cmd -rotate 90"
	fi
done
cmd="$cmd $pat.pdf"
echo "$cmd"

As the US patent office website does only provide somewhat hard to handle TIFFs, I provided a bash script to download and convert them into one single pdf: Download and pdfify US Patent Application 20080316183.

Especially when displayed on (uncalibrated) monitors or under varying light conditions, achieving a proper colour impression is an art by itself.

The Gnome HCI Styleguide on Colour suggests using a palette of 32 (predefined) colours and not to rely on them.

Ideal would be to make the whole colour scheme skinable via something like a simplified CSS.

I was looking for advice how to use colours (I’ll blog about this soon) – and some (official) thoughts about when to use premade widgets and when to use custom ones.

(1) Due to Apple’s rather esoteric communication policy, you need to register to see the webpage. Call me a coward, but I won’t mirror the pdf.

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Das sieht doch richtig scharf aus, oder? Bemerkenswert finde ich:

• keine Menüs,
• keine Toolsbars,
• nix – einfach ein Stift in der Hand!

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