<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>While filling out a pdf for my user group's permission to publish<br></div>I noticed that the digital signature consists of name and date-time stamp.<br><br></div><div>A few weeks ago I filled out an on-line data-collection form<br></div><div>and was asked to use a trick to sign 'electronically':<br><br></div><div>"Put a forward slash before and after your name."<br></div><div><br></div><div>This is accepted and recommended practice in the <br>U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.<br></div><div><br><a href="https://www.globalipmatters.com/2014/10/20/electronically-signing-uspto-papers-theres-a-rule-for-that">https://www.globalipmatters.com/2014/10/20/electronically-signing-uspto-papers-theres-a-rule-for-that</a><br><br></div>See my previous tip for a time-stamp with time-am-pm.<br><br><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">%%  name: \texmf-local\tex\latex\local\digital-signature.sty<br>%% description: write signature=#1 enclosed in forward slashes<br>%%              with date-time stamp<br>%%     purpose: standardize signature and date-time stamp<br>%% usage:<br>%\usepackage{format-time-am-pm}<br>%\usepackage{digital-signature}<br>%\DigitalSignature{John Doe}<br>%%To sign your name electronically,<br>%%enter a " / " at the start and the end of your name.<br>%%Example: /John Doe/<br>%%<a href="https://www.globalipmatters.com/2014/10/20/electronically-signing-uspto-papers-theres-a-rule-for-that">https://www.globalipmatters.com/2014/10/20/electronically-signing-uspto-papers-theres-a-rule-for-that</a><br>%\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}<br>%\ProvidesPackage{digital-signature}[2016-07-11 v0 (R.J. Fehd)]<br>%\RequirePackage{format-time-am-pm}<br>\def\DigitalSignature#1%<br>{{{\bfseries\itshape\Large/#1/\thinspace}%<br> \newlength{\DateLength}%<br>\settowidth{\DateLength}      {\footnotesize\today}%<br> \parbox[c]{\DateLength}{\hfill\footnotesize\today\\<br>\strut\hfill\timeAMPM{\the\time}}<br>}}%end:DigitalSignature<br></span><br></div>Ron Fehd   Atlanta GA<br><br></div>