To say that 2008 has been an exciting year would be, well, the understatement of the year. 2008 is when we made the leap from being an idea to being an awesome service with tons of happy customers. None of this would have been possible without the support and encouragement of our customers, partners and the extended Pixily family. So, a heartfelt Thank you, from all of us at Pixily.

We look forward to an exciting year ahead with dozens of great features planned. Happy Holidays and we wish you all a happy and “organized” 2009.

January is National Get Organized Month. To celebrate our association with the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and as a sponsor of National Get Organized Month, we are offering our members the ability to mail or scan in an extra 50 sheets of information during the month of January. This special offer, available until January 31st, is designed to help consumers and small businesses get a jump start on their New Year’s resolutions to get organized and clear out the backlog of paper clutter in their homes and offices.

Stay tuned for more ways to get organized and stay organized. Happy 2009.

The US Patent trademark office (USPTO) has gone digital by implementing a system where all applications that it will receive from now on will be scanned first before they are processed. Furthermore, as of August 27th, 2008, it does not require applicants to submit duplicate copies of all Patent service request forms. Incidentally, even the letter that announced the change was scanned and published on their web site as a PDF.

The USPTO required applicants to submit duplicate copies since two of the business functions, namely, processing of the fees and processing of the applications, where performed in two different parts of the USPTO office. Now with each application being scanned at the time of receipt, the entire USPTO can access these applications from anywhere and anytime.

This is a great first step for an over burdened government organization to make business processes efficient, fast and less expensive. We only hope that this will decrease the overall application processing times.