WWW::Patent::Page::USPTO

support the use of the United States Patent and Trademark Office web site

methods

set up the methods available for each document type

USPTO_tif

tif capture and manipulation

This is where the fun stuff happens. TODO: append the tiffs pagewise into a pdf; provide USPTO_pdf .

USPTO_pdf

tif capture and manipulation into a PDF

Code kindly written by Dr. Hermann Schier.

USPTO_htm

htm capture and manipulation

This is where the fun stuff happens. TODO: better error handling .

USPTO_terms

terms of use

USPTO_country_known

hash with keys of two letter acronyms, values of the dates covered

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2008, Wanda B. Anon wanda_b_anon@yahoo.com . All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License version 2.0 or above ( http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0 ) .