FAMILY-IZER now has its own web site!

Blazing Dawn's FAMILY-IZER patent family retrieval tool now has its own web site! Just go to www.familyizer.com to use it.

FAMILY-IZER is great for analyzing the patent portfolio of a company since it does not simply keep repeating the same family info over and over again for patents that are members of a single family. Instead, it provides the entire family once, and then refers back to that family for each subsequent patent that is a member.

ChecksQuick(TM) 3.2.1 for Windows is now available

ChecksQuick 3.2.1 fixes a bug that effects Windows users, only, especially Windows 7 users. This is a free upgrade for licensed users.

Mac OS X users can continue to use Version 3.2.

Download links for Mac OS X and Windows are on the Blazing Dawn "Household" page.

Patent Grabber 5.8.2 is now available

Patent Grabber(TM) 5.8.2 is now available for download. This update adjusts for a change made by the European Patent Office that prevented the downloading of EP, PCT and International patents. This is a free upgrade for licensed users.

Go to the Blazing Dawn Software Patent Tools page to download.

Patent Grabber(TM) 5.8.1 is now available

Patent Grabber 5.8.1 is now available for download. Several minor issues were addressed in this update. It is a free upgrade for licensed users:

• Windows version should now retain "licensed" state for all users under Windows 7.
• Brought back case insensitivity for U.S. patent numbers that start with letters, such as reissue patents.
• The "Check for Updates" button will now work from behind a proxy server if one is entered into Preferences.

Download a copy now?

ChecksQuick(TM) 3.2 is now available

ChecksQuick 3.2 is now available for download. Here is what's new:

- Check amounts of up to 99,999.99 can now be used.

- A new dropdown button on each Payment Card allows users to quickly jump to a specific card.

New Check Layout Option:

- Landscape feeding of checks is now supported on left and right-feeding printers through the addition of a y-Offset adjustment. Previously, landscape feeding was only supported on center-feeding printers.

This is a free upgrade for licensed users. For licensed Mac users, ChecksQuick 3.2 should automatically open in its licensed state.

Licensed Windows users will likely have to enter their username and license codes, since the location of Preferences had to be changed to allow for compatibility with Windows 7. To use your old Layout files, you will need to move them from the root directory where they currently reside to a special folder that depends on which version of Windows you are using. Contact the author for assistence, if needed.

Second beta of ChecksQuick 3.2

A second beta of ChecksQuick 3.2 is now available for download. In addition to supporting non-center-feeding printers to feed checks in landscape orientation, beta 2 adds support for checks of greater than $9999.99. Not that I routinely write checks for more than that, but at least one ChecksQuick user had requested that feature. So here it is!

You can download beta 2 from the following links:

Mac OS X (From Tiger to Snow Leopard)

Windows (From 2000 to 7)

Please let me have your comments and/or suggestions.

ChecksQuick 3.2 beta now available

I finally started upgrading ChecksQuick(TM). A beta of Version 3.2 is now available. For all users, this version adds a y-Offset (in addition to the present x-Offset) so that checks can be fed in landscape orientation (shorter-side first) into printers that feed from the right or left side. Previously, landscape orientation was only supported on center-feeding printers.

This version also moves the preferences and check layout files for Windows users to avoid any incompatibility with Windows 7.

Download the beta from one of the following links:

ChecksQuick 3.2 beta for Mac OS X

ChecksQuick 3.2 beta for Windows