No additional plug-in software is required, but images do not load quickly and printout quality can be low resolution. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website contains every issued U.S. patent, 1790-present. Printouts are of high quality and images load relatively quickly. This plug-in is compatible with Netscape Communicator 3.0 and higher, Internet Explorer 3.0 and higher, and Opera 3.51 and higher. Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 is required.
Installation takes about a few minutes and instructions are below.
Click one of the download links. Depending on the browser you are using, a pop-up box may appear at this point, asking you whether you want to run the program from its current location or save the program to disk. If you are not asked this question, proceed to step 3. For other browser software, save it in a folder associated with that browser. The file will download.