Known issues:
- Figure/Sheet Correspondence
Currently, sheet 1 is imported as Fig. 1, sheet 2 as Fig. 2, etc.
You can renumber the sheets after import. In
some cases, sheets contain multiple figures so the figure numbering
becomes inconsistent--we'll address this later.
- Speed
Importing is very slow since we're scraping from the USPTO. We
understand that users expect low latency--on the order of seconds--and
in future can provide this by partnering with a patent
content provider (e.g. FPO, Google Patents, etc).
- Figure/Part Subspecies
We don't currently support figure or part subspecies (e.g. "Fig. 3A",
"roller 22b"). We'll support this later.
- Webkit unsupported
Currently IE6-8 and FF3+ are supported. To support Webkit-based
browsers (e.g. Safari & Chrome), at least one bug in Webkit's rich text
handling needs to be fixed. We've committed patches for a few (less
serious) problems we found in Firefox but haven't yet gotten around to
Webkit.
- Patents with titles longer than 200 characters
The USPTO limits titles to 500 characters. If you import a
patent with a title longer than 200 characters, you'll receive an error.
We'll fix this soon.
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