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This document is divided into
different sections and each section is presented in Q&A
form. Please click on the appropriate section to find the
solution for your query.If you have a question about the
installation, you can find the solution under installation
section. If you still need assistance, please contact
help@internetiff.com
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THE TOP 6 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
TROUBLESHOOTING
INSTALLATION
GENERAL
interneTIFF
innoVUE
ipMAGNET
LATEST:When I open a Patent
Application, I get the following Message.
This is caused
either:
--because of the conflicts between
the latest Windows/Browser Upgrades and older Versions
of interneTIFF. or
--your Annual License might have
expired.
This happens when you
open the Patent Applications..
interneTIFF is made up of
a lot of third party DLL's. The new Microsoft Updates are
conflicting with the DLLS of the older versions of
interneTIFF.
If you are using
Versions 9 and Lower , then you can
UPGRADE TO interneTIFF
Professional 2013 V11.0 with Discount
If you
are using Versions 10 , then you have two options:
If you still have time remaining in your
annual license(one year from the date of purchase), please
email upgrade@internetiff.com
OR
If the
annual license expired, you can upgrade to the latest
interneTIFF Professional 2013 Bundle V11 at 25%
discount.
UPGRADE TO interneTIFF
Professional 2013 V11.0 with Discount
Please see Version History for New Features in Version
11.
TROUBLESHOOTING
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- I am
getting "HTTP_STATUS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT"
Error"
INSTALLATION
- How
do I find out if I have the ADMIN Rights?
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- How
do I install the product ?
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- ERROR registering interneTIFF?
- How do I Uninstall the product?
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GENERAL
- What
does interneTIFF 2013 Bundle include?
- What
is the difference between IE and FireFox Versions of
interneTIFF?
- What
browsers are supported with Version 11.0?
- What happened to
Netscape Browser with Version 11.0?
- What
Image Formats are supported with Version 11.0 ?
- What
Operating Systems are supported with Version 1010
?
- interneTIFF and the PRIVATE
PAIR Features?
- Is the converted PDF
searchable?
- What are the differences
between the FREE, TRIAL and PROFESSIONAL Versions?
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- Can your products support
additional File Formats?
- How Can I Purchase the
product?
- Tech
Support Contact Information
interneTIFF
- SAVE: How do I view the
patent pages that I just saved? Do I need another TIFF
Viewer for my local files?
- SAVE: What is the naming
convention when saving ALL files from uspto.gov?
- SAVE: I aborted the
Save process. What happens to the saved TIFF
File?
- SAVE: While Saving from
the USPTO site, the Status message jumped from Saving 1 to
Saving 4. What happened to pages 2 and 3?
- SAVE: Can I Save the
Entire Patent with a Single Click?
- SAVE: What is Direct-Save?
- SAVE: What is the VIEW
PATENTS Option?
- PRINT: Can I Print the
Entire Patent with a Single Click?
- PRINT: The default Print Size
is too small for me.How do I change the Print Settings.?
- PRINT: What is PRINT PLUS
SAVE?
- PRINT: What is PRINT DIRECT?
- VIEW: What is interneTIFF's
Dynamic Display?
- VIEW: How can I turn on/off Dynamic Display
option?
- VIEW: What are the various
Viewing/Zooming Options?
- VIEW: What about the USPTO's
navigation buttons for pages and sections?
- VIEW: What is PLAYBACK
Option?
- CLIPBOARD: How can I copy the
image into my Word Processor like Microsoft Word?
- FEATURE: What is the EDIT
feature?
- FEATURE: What is ABORT
feature?
- FEATURE: How do I Set/Modify
various User options?
- FEATURE: What is Context
Menu?
- FEATURE: What is the
USPTO HitCount?
- FEATURE: Search ONCE, View
ALL
- FEATURE: Patent Navigation
System
 FEATURE: Pat to Pub Cross
Reference Locator
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 FEATURE: Pub to Pat Cross
Reference Locator
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 FEATURE: Get a List
of Patents that are Cited by this
Patent
- FEATURE: Get a List of Patents
that CITES this Patent
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 FEATURE: NARROW
Search
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 FEATURE: Patent/Publication
Number Search
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 FEATURE: UNITED STATES PATENT
CLASSIFICATION
innoVUE
- How can I view local
images that are on my Hard Drive using interneTIFF
?
- How can I disable
innoVUE
from opening my local TIFF Files.How can I change the
display settings?
- Why am I seeing an icon
next to my local TIFF images?
- Can innoVUE merge
individual PDFs to a Single PDF?
- How can I convert the
TIFF image to a PDF Format?
- How can I playback a
multi-image TIFF?
TROUBLESHOOTING
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I was able to view the patents using
interneTIFF till yesterday. Now QuickTime is opening the
patent images.
Possible Reasons:
-Recent Windows
Operating System Upgrade: Your system registry might have
been updated. You have to re-install interneTIFF
OR
-QuickTime interference:
STEP 1:The first thing to check is to open innoVUE
from your desktop and Select User Preferences 
and Fix File associations and check the Status of the file
associations
.
Anytime, the TIFF associations are
hijacked from interneTIFF and innoVUE, you can
re-associate them back using this screen.
If the status is not OK,
then click on the Change Button.
STEP 2:QuickTime is interfering and taking over the
TIFF Format. You have to disable QuickTime TIFF Format.
Open QuickTime Player->Edit
Menu->Preferences->QuickTime Preferences.
Select
Browser Plug-in from the PullDown Menu and Click MIME
Settings Button, Browse to Images and uncheck
TIFF.
FireFox/Opera users: Locate your browser's
plug-in directory((C or D):\Program Files\Mozilla
Firefox\plugins ) and
1. Delete npq*.dll
2. Delete
QuickTimePlugin.class
You might
have to Re-install interneTIFF after disabling Quick Time
.
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My local TIFF's are
associated with a different product before but I
associated them with innoVUE.ico What happens if I
un-install the product?
The product saves all the information
from your registry when it's installed and puts back that
information when it's un-installed.
For Ex: if your default image viewer
for a particular format is Photoshop, and you have
selected innoVUE to be your new default viewer for that
format. During uninstallation, interneTIFF will set
Photoshop back as your default viewer. However if you
installed some other image viewers after you installed
interneTIFF, those new image viewers will take over the
File associations and interneTIFF uninstallation program
will still put Photoshop as your default viewer when
uninstall interneTIFF .
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The Status Message in the
TOOLBAR stays at "Requesting...." or "Connecting..." for a
long time?
Every page in the Patent is a LINK by itself.
If the Traffic at the USPTO site is heavy and/or your
internet connection is slow, it will take a while for the
requested link to be received. After a while, if the
connection is still busy, you will get a "TIME OUT"
Message. However, if you don't want to wait and kill the
link manually, you can Click the "STOP" button on your
ToolBar.
If this happens during SAVEALL/PRINTALL, you
have the option of STOPPING the whole process or CONTINUE
with the remainder of the pages and SAVE/PRINT missing
pages later.
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I bookmarked a Patent a while ago.
When I try to open it now, I get a "Time Out"
Error.?
USPTO
generates the search results dynamically. So your
bookmarked URL may not be valid after a certain period.
You have to perform a new Search for the Patent.
- I am
getting a
"HTTP_STATUS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT"
Error.
These errors are
due to the fact that you are still using our discontinued,
obsolete products. These products do not work with the
latest browsers.
You have to Upgrade to the latest
Version. UPGRADE TO
V11.0
with
Discount
In order to
develop and support interneTIFF integration with the
latest technological innovations with Browser
Technology(IE10,FireFox16+,Google Chrome 23+, etc) and new
OS(Windows 8, 64 bit OS), we have retired the following
older versions permanently.
Version 4.x to Version
10.x
GENERAL
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What
does interneTIFF 2013 Bundle include?
 --Designed for patent
viewing/saving/printing at the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), this internet TIFF Viewer is
all you need to view TIFF files directly over the
internet .
 --Viewer for Locally saved
Patent Images. It also includes a TIFF to PDF Converter
and a TIFF Merger.
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What is the
difference between IE and FireFox Versions of interneTIFF?
IE
Version is an ActiveX Control whereas the FireFox
Version is a Plug-in. FireFox Version is used for
Netscape, FireFox and Opera Browsers.
We try to
maintain the same look and feel for both Versions,as
much as we can.
The following two features are
different between the two versions
-Dynamic Display is not available in
FireFox Version.
-Automatic Search List feature is not
available in FireFox Version.
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What browsers are
supported with Version 11.0?
Microsoft
Internet Explorer:
7,8,9,10
FireFox(16.0+)
Google
Chrome
23+
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What happened to
Netscape Browser??
As you may have read,
Netscape Browsers are obsolete now and we so we have
discontinued supporting Netscape
Browser.
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What Image Formats are
supported with Version 11.0?
interneTIFF reads and writes
several TIFF formats that does not require an LZW
license. TIFF is a tag-based file format designed to
promote universal interchanges of digital image data.
Because TIFF files do not have a single way to store
image data, there are many versions of TIFF. interneTIFF
supports the most common TIFF formats.
interneTIFF can also be used on any website
that has TIFF images and supports different flavors of
TIFF, including TIFF CCITT, TIFF CCITT Group 3, TIFF
CCITT Group 4, which are compressed TIFF files that are
commonly used for FAX transmission and document
imaging.(LZW not supported
).
interneTIFF
can save the Patent images as TIFF's and PDF's.
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What Operating Systems are
supported with Version 11.0 ?
Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 and
Windows 8
Both 32 and 64 bit XP/VISTA OS is
supported.
NOTE: All 64-bit OS
comes with a 32 bit and a 64 bit IE browsers. interneTIFF
will only work with the 32 bit IE on the 64 bit
OS.
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interneTIFF and the PRIVATE PAIR
Features?
interneTIFF now can read, save, print
patent pages at the Private Pair Website. You can only
print or save one page at a time. You have to use the
Private Pair's navigational buttons to browse between
pages. Some of the regular features are not functional by
design at the Private Pair Site.
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Is the converted PDF
searchable?
No. interneTIFF converts
TIFF "images", which are non-searchable to begin with, to
PDFs.
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What are
the differences between the FREE, TRIAL and Registered
Versions?
When you install the Free/Trial
Version, for the first 5 days, all the features of the registered
version are available to try out.
You can only
Save or Print upto 5 pages/Patent in the TRIAl Version.
After the 5-day evaluation, the product becomes a
FREE version.
You can only save or Print one page at
a time in the FREE version.
Most of the features are
disabled in the FREE Version.
Pleasecompare the differences between the
PRO/TRIAL/FREE Versions of interneTIFF 2013 Bundle
.
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Can your products
support additional File
Formats?
Yes. We can support almost all of the
existing raster image file formats. Please contact
info@internetiff.com for specific
formats.
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How Can I Purchase the
product?
Please
visit the Web-site atwww.internetiff.comand the
BUY Section for purchasing the
product.
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Tech Support Contact
Information
If you cannot find the solution you
are looking from these FAQ’s, please E-mail to
help@internetiff.com.
One of our technical support
engineers will get back to you within 24 hours.
Please visit
Contact Page
for further details .
INSTALLATION
How do I find
out if I have the ADMIN Rights?
You need to have
Administrator Rights to install
interneTIFF.
The
easiest way to find out is :
1. Right-click on the
Start Menu on your Desktop. (XP) or  (VISTA)
2. If you
do see "Open All Users" and "Explore
All Users", then you do have the ADMIN
rights.
3.
If you don't see Open All Users" and
"Explore All Users", then you don't have
the ADMIN rights.
How do I find out the Version
that I am currently using?
Please visit
www.internetiff.com and click on the UPGRADES
Section to get your currently installed Version
Number.
What kinds of licenses are
available?
interneTIFF is a Single Machine AND
Single User License.
Site Licenses are also available and
starts with a minimum of 5 Seat. For more information on
Site Licenses, please visit
http://www.internetiff.com
All
Licenses are valid for a year and can be renewed at a
discount.
How do I install
the product ?
After you finish downloading,
locate IE-itiff-2013-FREE/FF-itiff-2013-FREE(Free) or
IE-itiff-2013-PRO/FF-itiff-2013-PRO(Registered) on your machine.
You
can then start installing either by:
1. Double
clicking OR
2. Go to Start->Run, use the Browse
button to locate itiff-XF-8/itiff-NF-8(Free) or
itiff-XP-8/itiff-NP-8(Registered and click
OK.
Opera/FireFox Users:
Installation did not detect any browsers. How do I
manually move the plugin to the appropriate directory?
After you finish downloading, open
Windows Explorer and locate your Browser's plug-in folder.
Copy
npitifffree.dll(FREE) or npitiffpro.dll(REG) from (Cor
D):/Program Files/innomage/interneTIFFN to the Plugins
Folder you just located.
For Ex: Copy (C or D):/Program
Files/innomage/interneTIFFN/npitiffpro.dll to (C or
D):\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins
I am getting a "Unable to
Write to the Registry" Error when I try to print?
interneTIFF reads and writes values
from the system registry to get the user settings.
You
have to log on as Administrator to completely install the
products if you are using Win2000/NT/XP.
Click
here(TODO) to check if you have ADMIN
Rights.
How do I know if the product is installed
correctly?
You can verify if the
product is installed correctly by opening a patent from
the USPTO.
You should be able to view the Patent in
your browser using the installed product .
When interneTIFF is installed and
activated by clicking the "IMAGE" button at the USPTO, you
should see the interneTIFF Toolbar as shown below.
Installed interneTIFF in IE. But I
still can't see the Image.? All I see is a 
.
Depending on your security settings,
you might have to activate the interneTIFF Control.
Click to Activate. This is a one time
activation.
I get "the ordinal 6451
could not be located in the dynamic link library
MFC42.DLL" error?I cannot install interneTIFF
The most common
reason for this is error is that your machine has an older
version of a required mfc42.dll. Some of the product you
installed might have installed an older version of that
dll. You can get the latest required dlls from
thisMicrosoft
Site
ERROR
registering interneTIFF?
All our products are designed using
Microsoft Visual Studio. In order for these programs to be
successfully installed you need to have certain
dll's.There is a pretty good chance that these files
already exists on your system. If not please download them
at RUNTIME
DLLS. Unzip the file into your
windows/system directory and re-install the product.
During unzip, if it prompts with a message "file in use",
skip to the next dll.
How do I
Uninstall the product?
1. Close all Browsers
2. Open the Control Panel from the
Start menu. From the Control Panel, select Add-Remove
Programs
3. Locate interneTIFF.
4. Uninstall will remove the
product and the directories that were created during
installation from your machine.
What are
the Minimum System Requirements?
OS: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7,Windows 8
Browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer: 9,10
FireFox(16.0+),Google
Chrome(23+).
DISPLAY:
1024 X 768
interneTIFF
How do I view the patent
pages that I just saved? Do I need another TIFF Viewer for
my local files?
innoVUE is a stand-alone
Desktop application with complete set of imaging tools to
view/save/print your locally saved patents or images.
innoVUE is installed automatically during the installation
of interneTIFF-PRO. A shortcut of innoVUE is placed on the desktop
for easy access.
What is
the naming convention when saving ALL files from
uspto.gov?
The default option is "Save ALL, Save
all pages in a Single File". The Single File is saved in
patentnumber.tif format.
If you choose "Save each page as
Individual File" option, then pages are saved as patentnumber-pagenumber.tif
format.
If you choose "Save by
Sections" option, then pages are saved as patentnumber-sectionname.tif
format(eg: 6457832-clm, 6457832.spe etc).
I
aborted the Save process. What happens to the saved TIFF
File?
Only the pages saved prior to
aborting will be included in the file.
While
Saving from the USPTO site, the Status message jumped from
Saving 1 to Saving 4. What happened to pages 2 and
3?
If your network connection is
fast, then there is very little time incurred between
saving the images and therefore the status messages are
updated rapidly and are not visible. The images, however
will be saved correctly.
Can I
Save the Entire Patent with a Single Click?
 SAVE AND
SAVEALL(PRO
ONLY):
RANGE:
You can save the entire document,
single page, or a range of pages or by sections.
The default option is "Save ALL, Save
all pages in a Single File". The Single File is saved in
patentnumber.tif format.
You can start Saving from any page in
the Patent. Once the Saving Operation completes, the
starting page is displayed back.
HINT:
When you select Save Sections,
individual Section's page ranges are calculated and
displayed. This is a very useful feature if the patent has
unusually large number of pages. There is a possibility
that the connection might be lost during the save
process.You can conveniently save each section
separately.
STYLE:
If you choose "Save each page as
Individual File" option, then all the images in the patent
are saved as individual files.
If
you choose "Merge all patent pages to a Single File"
option, then all the images in the patent are merged and
saved as a Single Multi-Image File.
Default: Merge all patent pages to a
Single File
FORMAT:
You can choose to save the Patents in
TIFF, PDF or both Formats.
To
Modify, Click on Modify Format Button, Select the Format
and Click Save Settings.
FOLDER:
You can modify the Save Folder by
Clicking on Modify Save Folder, which will bring the
following Screen.
You can either browse to your new
Save Folder or Create a New Folder by typing it.
The Default Save Folder is
C:\InterneTIFF and "Save Patents in a Separate Folder".
Using this option, a new folder is
created under the Main Save Folder for each patent.
If you do not want to save Patents in
a Separate directory, Uncheck this
Option.
What is
Direct-Save?
DIRECT SAVE OPTIONS
:
Using Direct Save, the Save process
is faster and has no extra Dialog Boxes
Set the STYLE, FORMAT and
FOLDER and VIEW PATENTS of your Choice(or just choose the
defaults).
Check the "SAVE DIRECT"
Option for Direct Save and Click Save Settings
Save Range and Save Sections are not
available for Direct Save.
Save commences as soon as the
Save Button is Selected from the
Toolbar.
AUTO
OPEN: What is the VIEW PATENTS
Option?
You
have the option to let interneTIFF automatically open the
Patent that is just saved.
Check
"Open Patent after Saving" and select the format to open
the Patent.
If TIFF is selected,
the Patent is opened using innoVUE
If PDF is selected, the Patent is
opened using a PDF reader, like Adobe.
Can I
Print the Entire Patent with a Single
Click?
 PRINT AND
PRINT ALL(PRO
ONLY) :
You have 4 options to
Print the Patent:
1. ALL: Prints
all the pages in the Patent
2.
Range: You can choose only a range of Pages in a Patent to
Print.
3. Current Page: Prints
only the current Page that is displayed.
4. Print Patent Section: You can just
print the Section required. When you select this option,
you can choose from one of the 4 Sections. If any of the
sections is not present, it will be disabled.
When the last valid page is printed,
the print process automatically exits.
While printing, the following Dialog
Box appears. It will indicate the progress of the current
page printing and also the name of the printer.
Please do
not use the Browser back button during printing.
The user has the option of Canceling
the Print Job by clicking the Cancel Button in the
Printing Dialog Box.
You can start
Printing starting from any page in the Patent. Once the
Print Operation completes, the starting page is displayed
back.
HINT:
Each page has to be accessed twice,
once each for printing and saving from the USPTO Website.
Instead, you can save once, open the saved patent using
innoVUE and print from your local machine.
This feature is helpful if:
1.For users with slower connections,
printing from the locally saved TIFF file is very
convenient and faster.
2. If the
document has large number of pages, you can save locally
and print at a later stage.
The
default Print Size is too small for me.How do I change the
Print Settings.?
Please
click the User Preferences Menu from the interneTIFF
Toolbar
Select Print Options menu
option. There are a number of options that you can set to
match your printing preferences.
Select the Save Options button to
start using your new settings.
PRINT and PREVIEW OPTIONS
The product includes an advanced
Print function with a variety of user options.
Print Style:This allows the user
to choose a print style from 4 different options
1. Fit To Page: This is the default
option. Based on the image and Paper dimensions, the image
will be scaled according to the paper dimensions to fit in
the space between the current margins.
2. Specify Size: The user can specify
the Width and Height of the printed image and the plug-in
will scale the image accordingly. If the image dimensions
exceed the available paper dimensions the image is
automatically reduced to fit the page.
3. Printer DPI: The image will be
printed according to the printer resolution. The printed
output will not be the same as the screen output. The
image will be resized according to the printer DPI. For
Example, a 640 X 480 image will be printed at half the
size if the printer DPI is increased from 180 DPI to 360
DPI.
4. Image DPI: The image will
be printed according to the image dimensions, irrespective
of the Printer DPI. If the image size exceeds the paper
dimensions, the image will be scaled to fit on the page.
Margins: This will allow the user
to select the left, right, top and bottom margins of the
paper. The default margin values are set at 1" for all
four sides.
The Minimum button
will automatically calculate the minimum margins for the
selected paper style. This option will give the maximum
available printed area on the paper.
Alignment: This will allow the
user to control the position of the image on the paper.
The default alignments are Horizontal and Vertical Center.
Available options include Top-Left, Top-Center, Top-Right,
Center-Left , Center-Center, Center-Right, Bottom-Left,
Bottom-Center and Bottom-Right.
Header and
Footer: This option will allow the user to print the
Header and Footer on the printed output. The information
includes the File, Image and Print Style information for
the Header and Date, Page Numbers for the Footer.
Preview
Area: The Paper and Print Style selected is displayed
in this area. The minimum margins are displayed in gray
and the available paper in white. The image will be
dynamically repainted according to the selected options.
Print
Setup: This button will bring the Printer Settings
Dialog Box. The Paper Style and the Orientation can be
selected here and the Preview Area is redrawn accordingly.
Default: This option will reset
all the values to its original installed state.
Save
Settings: The Options Selected will be saved and
maintained throughout, until the user changes any of the
options at a later time.
NEW IN 10.0
PRINT PLUS SAVE:
Select this option to PRINT and SAVE
the Patent at the same time with a Single Click.
If you want to view the entire saved
patent after Saving and Printing, Check "Open Patent with
innoVUE".
PRINT DIRECT:
Select this option if you want to
Print Direct from the Toolbar without additional dialog
Boxes.
What is
PRINT PLUS SAVE?
We have introduced
the new PRINT PLUS SAVE Option in Version 10.0.
Using this Option, every time you
Print a Patent, it is also saved simultaneously.
So, instead of
selecting Print Option once to print and then the Save
Option to Save, we have combined these two operations into
a Single Click PRINT PLUS SAVE.
If you also
choose "Open Patent with innoVUE after Printing and
Saving", interneTIFF now simplifies the whole entire
Print/Save/View process with just a Single click.
The Patent will be Printed, while
Saving at the same time and then the entire Patent is
opened using innoVUE.
You can set
this option from USER PREFERENCES->PRINT Options .
What is
PRINT DIRECT?
The Standard procedure to Print is to
Click the Print Button from interneTIFF Toolbar, which
will bring up Print Dialog Box. You then select the
appropriate settings and then Click the PRINT Button.
Using the new PRINT DIRECT Option,
printing commences as soon as the Print Button is Clicked
from the interneTIFF Toolbar.
PRINT DIRECT Option Prints ALL Pages
in the Patent(PRO) or the Current Page(FREE).
Print by Range or Print by Sections
is not available using PRINT DIRECT.
What is
interneTIFF's Dynamic
Display?
For Internet Explorer Users ONLY.
Click here for Mozilla FireFox
and OPERA USERS.
Dynamic Display-IE Browsers
: By
default, USPTO displays the patent image at a reduced
resolution. Even if you have your desktop screen size
width at 2048, the image will still be displayed at a
width of 570.
interneTIFF
dynamically adjusts this display based on your desktop
size . If your desktop size is larger, then the image is
displayedaccordingly, maintaining the Aspect
Ratio.
Compare FIG-1 and FIG-2
FIG 1: This is how interneTIFF
displays a Patent Page, without the dynamic display
feature. interneTIFF displays using the standard USPTO
settings.
FIG 2: This is how interneTIFF
displays a Patent , with the dynamic display feature.
interneTIFF adjusts the display using dynamic display
option
Dynamic Display
: Mozilla FireFox and OPERA
USERS.
Starting with Mozilla FireFox Version
1.5 and later, inteneTIFF modified the Dynamic Display
because of backward compatibility issues with FireFox.
Instead, we have implemented another
feature to simulate the behavior.
Once the Patent is opened, Right
Click on the image and Select Magnify Display. Based on
your desktop size and settings, the image is magnified and
displayed to fit the whole screen.
You can also use View after Download
feature.
How can
I turn on/off Dynamic Display
option?
Please click the User
Preferences Menu
from the interneTIFF Toolbar
Select Display Options
and Choose USPTO(--USPTO Setting)
Click Save Settings.
DISPLAY
OPTIONS:
Display Size:
By default, the image is displayed
using interneTIFF Dynamic Setting. The user can change
this option so that the image can be displayed at the
screen resolution by scaling the image to any of the
following resolutions.
The image
is displayed based on one of the following five user
selected options.
1.Window Fit,
Keep Aspect Ratio: Fits the entire image in the window
while maintaining the aspect ratio.
2.Window Fit, Stretch: The image is
stretched to fit in the entire window.
3.Fit To Height: The height of the
image is adjusted to fit in the window.
4. Fit to Width: The width of the
image is adjusted to fit in the window.
5. USPTO: This is the USPTO default
setting to view images at the USPTO.
PS: Dynamic Display is NOT available
for FireFox and Opera Browsers. Click
here for Mozilla FireFox and OPERA USERS.
Playback
Speed:
Select the Speed
of the the Playback. Options available are Slow, Medium,
Fast.
Default: Medium.
What are
the various Viewing/Zooming Options?
IMAGE
VIEW(PRO ONLY)
These display features do
not modify the image size, but only your view of the
image. These features are helpful when the image
dimensions are larger than your screen display size.
Right Click on the imageand select
Zoom Tools.
ZOOM REGIONAL
:
Selecting this button will let
you zoom in on the rectangular selection of the image.
Hold down the left mouse button and drag it on the region
where you want to zoom in. Once the selection is made,
release the mouse button. The selected area will be
zoomed. You can zoom in further on this new displayed
region. You click on the Original button to get back to
the initial display view of the image.
ZOOM IN/OUT
:
Zoom
in/out the image.You click on the Original button to get
back to the initial display view of the image.
How do I
navigate or jump to a certain
Page?
PAGE
NAVIGATION :
Using these buttons, you can
navigate between the pages in the Patent.
Options include FIRST PAGE, PREVIOUS
PAGE,GO TO ANYPAGE, NEXT PAGE and LAST PAGE
There is no need to use the USPTO
navigational buttons. Instead, use interneTIFF's buttons
to go to any page or Section.
GO TO PAGE: (PRO ONLY)
Use the center button to jump to a
particular page or a section within the patent.
What is
PLAYBACK Option?
PLAYBACK is where
the entire Patent is played back as a user controlled
slideshow.
You can STOP the
Playback at any time.
The speed
of the playback can be adjusted from USER
PREFERENCES->DISPLAY Options.
This feature is useful to browse the
Patents before you decide to Print or Save them.
How can
I copy the image into my Word Processor like Microsoft
Word?
CLIPBOARD COPY (PRO ONLY)
Right Click on the Image
and Select ClipBoard copy.
Conveniently copy and paste the
entire page or a portion of the page into your favorite
Word Processor.
The product lets
you select a part of the image in one of the pre-defined
shapes. Once selected, you can apply any of the image
processing features to your selection. You can select only
one region (shape) at a time and apply processing. But you
can select a different region (shape) after processing the
first one.
COPY/PASTE
FLOATER :
You can copy either the entire image
or a selected region to the clipboard.
1. Select a shape of interest and
drag it on the region you want to copy.
2. Select Copy Region option.
3. You can then paste it by selecting
the Paste Region option - on to a different browsed image
or - in a different application(For Ex: MS Word).
What is the EDIT
feature?
Right Click on the Image and Select
Edit.
At any stage, if you wish
to get back to the original state of the image, Click this
button. All the processing actions will be lost and you
will have the original image.
What is ABORT
feature?
This option will allow the user to
abort a lengthy download process. This feature is
especially handy if the internet traffic is heavy and it
is taking a long time to download the pages in the patent.
Select this to stop the SAVE ALL process if you decide to
cancel the operation.
How do I Set/Modify various User
options?
This is where the User Sets personal
preferences for Printing, Saving and Display Options. The
user can reset the options back to it's default values by
clicking the default button.
What is Context
Menu?
CONTEXT MENU:
You can access all the features of
the interneTIFF by right clicking the mouse on the Patent
Page.
What is the USPTO
HitCount.?
According to USPTO, Individuals,
companies, IP addresses, or blocks of IP addresses who, in
effect, deny service to the general public by generating
unusually high numbers (1000 or more) of daily database
accesses (searches, pages, or hits), whether generated
manually or in an automated fashion, may be denied access
to these servers without notice.
The USPTO HitCount gives you the
number of times you have accessed USPTO using
interneTIFF.
DO NOT rely in this
number as USPTO might change the definition of a hit when
you access it's site.
THIS IS TO
BE USED ONLY AS A ROUGH ESTIMATE. The User is ultimately
responsible for USPTO usage limits.
RESET the count on a daily basis to
have an estimate of the Hits per Day.
When the HitCount reaches 1000, it
will be reset back to 1 automatically.
SEARCH ONCE, VIEW
ALL
Using this new
feature, you can search the USPTO database once and can
then View/Open/Print/Save these search results
sequentially.
This feature is very
useful to locate and view Patents that are technologically
relevant to your Search terms
Once
you narrow your search and get the results from the USPTO
Database, all you have to do is Click on any one of those
relevant patents.
interneTIFF will
then let you navigate these results without coming back to
your search results page.
INTERNET
EXPLORER VERSION
STEP 1:
For Example, if you want to search
for all patents that has Current US Classification
340/540.
You can now Search
using ADVANCED Search Option-Version 10
STEP 2: The First 50 results
that has the US Classification 340/540 are show below.
STEP 3: Now you can open any
one of these 50 results using interneTIFF.
You can get the Next 50 Results by
Selecting NEXT 50 Button
You can also get all 1000
Results(Maximum Allowed by interneTIFF) by selecting
Search All Button
Once a Patent is opened using
interneTIFF, you can navigate to any of these 50 results
without coming back to this search page.
Click on
which will bring the
following Screen that has all these 50 results.
Just click on any Patent and Click
View Patent to open the Patent.
FIREFOX/GOOGLE CHROME
VERSION.
You have to
manually enter the URL into the Edit Box.
When you click on the ,You will see the
following screen. You can then Copy the URL from the
Address bar and Paste it into the Box.
PATENT NAVIGATION
SYSTEM
Once you have the
SearchList by clicking, instead of opening
the SearchList everytime, you can navigate the Patents in
your Search List using these navigational buttons.
When you navigate through these
Patents, the Status Pane will show the current Patent that
is showing.
PATENT TO PUBLISHED APPLICATION CROSS
REFERENCE LOCATOR
For any given Patent, this feature
helps you to locate any published application,if
available.
For Example, To find
out if Patent No: 7488734 has any Published Application,
click  .
Sometimes,
an issued patent might not have a published application.
There are various reasons for this. For example, being
abandoned.
According to USPTO, "A
patent application becomes abandoned for failure to file a
complete and proper reply as the condition of the
application may require within the time period provided.An
abandoned application, is one which is removed from the
Office docket of pending applications"
If there is
any available Published Application, then interneTIFF will
automatically open it.
In this example Patent 7488734 has a
Published Application 20040002535.
PUBLISHED
APPLICATION TO ISSUED PATENT CROSS
REFERENCE LOCATOR
For any given Published Application,
this feature helps you to find out if a Patent is issued.
For Example, To find out if a
Patent is issued for the Published Application
20040002535, Click .
If a Patent is issued for this
Published Application, then "PATENT XXXXXXXX ISSUED"
message appears on the Status Pane.
If there is any available Published
Application, then interneTIFF will automatically open
it.
In
this example Published Application 20040002535 has an
issued Patent 7488734.
*Using these Cross
Reference features, you can Print/Save both a Published
Application and it's Issued Patent from the same Screen
with out doing any additional
searches.
 MULTI-LEVEL REFERENCES CITED and
REFERENCED BY LOCATOR
This feature presents
1. All the patents that this
Particular Patent Cited or
2. All
patents that Cites this Patent.
This feature
is only available for Issued Patents.
GET
THE LIST OF PATENTS THAT ARE CITED BY
THIS PATENT:
STEP1:
Click and Select Get all the Patents Cited by this
Patent.
interneTIFF searches
the USPTO database and presents you with a list of all
patents that are Cited by this Patent, from earliest to
the latest.
In our Example, our
starting Patent is 8311888
STEP2:
You can select any of the issued
Patent from the List and Download the Patent right away.
In our Example, Patent 6092100 is
selected and downloaded.
STEP3:
From You can go down the Reference
Chain by getting the References Cited by the newly
Downloaded patent, 6092100 by checking Get References Cited by.
The following Screen Shows the
References Cited by 6092100.
At
any given stage, the Reference Flow List gives you the
exact flow of this multi-level Reference Cited results.
In our Example, we started with
8311888, which Cites 6092100, which inturn Cites 5970455
and so on and so forth.
At any stage, You can get back your
original Patent by Checking Open the Original Parent
Patent.
If you have
another patent that you want to check the References
Cited, Check Check to
Get Cited References for any Patent.
GET A LIST OF PATENTS THAT CITES THIS
PATENT:
STEP1:
When you Select and select Get all the Patents that Cites this
Patent, to get a list of all patents that Cites this
Patent, from latest to the earliest.
In our Example, our starting Patent
is 5630972
STEP2:
You can select any of the issued
Patent from the List and Download the Patent right away.
In our Example, Patent 6092100 is
selected and downloaded.
STEP3:
From You can go down the Reference
Chain by getting the References Cited by the newly
Downloaded patent, 6092100 by checking Get References Cited by.
The following Screen Shows the
References Cited by 6092100.
At any given stage, the
Reference Flow List gives you the exact flow of this
multi-level Reference Cited results..
In our Example, we
started with 5630972 which was cited by 6184340 which
inturn was cited by 7147787.
At any stage, You can get back your
original Patent by Checking Open the Original Parent
Patent.
If you have
another patent and you want to check the Patents that
Cited that Patent, Check Check to Get Patents that
References any Patent.
NARROW
SEARCH
This feature lets you
further investigate the Patent or Publication based on
various searchable terms.
So for
Example, you opened a patent. This feature will present
you with all the searchable terms like the Attorney,
Primary Examiner, Inventor(s), US and International Class
for this particular patent. So you can perform a further
Search to get all the Patents issued to this particular
Inventor or all the Patents examined by this particular
Examiner.
STEP1:
Check TERM1 and/or TERM2 and
from the pull down menu, select the desired searchable
field. If there is more than one Field value, you should
select from one of the many field values.
For Example, there might be more than
one Inventor Value.
STEP2:
Click Narrow Search.
You will see the results for this
particular search Terms.
To get
the next 50 results, Click Next 50
To get all the
results, Click
Search All. Upto a
maximum of 1000 results are displayed.
Once the results are presented to
you, you can select the desired patent and proceed to
STEP 3 to Download and View the Patent.
STEP 3:
Click Get Patent to Download the
Patent/Publication. You can also change the Download
options and Retry using new Options.
NOTES:
Some of the searchable fields are
preseneted in multiple forms. For Example if the Assignee
is Microsoft Corporation. We present this terms as both
Microsoft AND Microsoft Corporation. You can choose
either/or to get the accurate narrow search result.
PATENT/PUBLICATION NUMBER
SEARCH
Select this
to get a Patent or Publication by entering the number.
This feature lets you Download the Patent/Publication
directly, without going back to the USPTO Search Page.
STEP1:
Select Patent or
Pubication
STEP2:
Select the Type.
Utility --
5,146,634 5146634 0000050 50
Design -- D339,456 D339456 D000152
D152
Plant -- PP08,901 PP08901
PP00003 PP3
Reissue -- RE35,312
RE35312 RE00007 RE7
Defensive
Publication -- T109,201 T109201 T100005 T15 Statutory
Invention Registration -- H001,523 H001523
Re-examination -- RX12
Additional Improvement -- AI00,002
AI000318 AI00007
STEP3:
Enter the Number
STEP4:
Select GET PATENT or GET
PUBLICATION.
US
PATENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Implementing the USPTO's Seven Step
Strategy, Searching and Downloading Patents and
Publications based on United States Patent Classification
System is a breeze.
===>Access Classification Info by
Class/Subclass.
===>Get
US-to-IPC8 Concordance for any Class
===>Get US-to-Locarno Concordance
for Design Patents
===>Verify
the relevancy of the Class/Subclasses by using the
Classification Schedule
===>Look up the words in the Index
to the U.S. Patent Classification to find potential
Class/Subclasses.
===>Search
the Issued Patents and the Published Applications
databases by Current US Classification.
===>Instantly access and download
full-text Patents and Published applications for that
Classification.
You can start Searching based on the
Classification Schedule
or by Keyword Index to
USPC
CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE:
STEP 1:
If you want to Search for Utility
Patents, Select Utility from the Class Type. For searching
the Publications, select Applications. To Search for
Design Patents, select Design.
Depending on the Class
type, USPTO Classification List is displayed in STEP 1.
STEP 2:
You can Search for all the
Patents/Publications by selecting a Class from the List or
You can narrow down by Getting Subclasses(for
Utility/Application) or by Getting US to IPC
Concordances(for Design Patents).
In the above example, Class 19 is
selected which has 268 Subclasses.
Select the desired subclass and
Narrow your Search based on Class/Subclass.
STEP 3:
In this example, a Search is
performed for subclass .27 of Class 19, which
resulted in 15 results. You can then select any of the
Patent from the Search Result and proceed to STEP 4 to
Download.
P.S:
When you select Design Option and then Get US to Locarno
Concordance from STEP 2, the results are just for
illustration purposes only.
According to the USPTO, "The USPC does not
precisely concord to the Locarno. Users of this
Concordance must look at the Locarno schedules to select an appropriate
classification for the concept being
classified."
USPC
INDEX:
Select Index to USPC Option to
Search based on the USPC Index.Using this Option, You can
Look up the words in the Index to the U.S. Patent
Classification
to find potential
class/subclasses.
STEP
1:
Selecting the
appropriate Letter will display the words and the
corresponding Class-Subclass Number.
In this example, we have selected the
Letter E and chose Surgical
under the Keyword Ear,
which belongs to Class-Subclass 128/857+
STEP 2:
You can either Search for
the Entire Class 128 or by Class-Subclass of 128/857+
STEP3:
In this example, a Search is
performed for128/857+, which resulted in 228
results. You can then select any of the Patent from
the Search Result and Download.
innoVUE
(PRO ONLY)
innoVUE is a stand-alone Desktop TIFF
Viewer and a TIFF 2 PDF Converter, with complete set of
imaging tools to view/save/print your locally saved patents
or images.
innoVUE
is installed automatically during the installation of
interneTIFF-PRO. A shortcut ofinnoVUE is placed on the desktop
for easy access
The
Toolbar has a similar look and feel as the interneTIFF.
All the imaging features described
above for interneTIFF exists in this prod
- uct.
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