IBM has landed a contract to install a document management and workflow system at the German Patent Office. From this article, it seems like they weren’t using any form of electronic document system before, but I find that hard to beleive. I think the conversion of patent documents to digital images was one of the first biggest projects undertaken in the U.S. Anyways, from what I can tell the U.S. Patent Office is trying to upgrade it’s digital imaging system. I think I’ll try and track down some details.
Ralph
