Weird, I can't view that one either, on both of my machines. Why would a government site require a QuickTime plug in? Turns out they are TIFF files: http://inventblog.com/business-and-tech-tips/quicktime-tif-and-uspto-images.html http://www.uspto.gov/faq/plugins/tiff.jsp If they are TIFF files try to reset your preferences for another program to open TIFFs? Try one of those other programs? On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That may very well be the case (bad double entendres) with that particular > patent, but still, I get a nasty-gram saying that the plugin isn't loaded. > Here's one that I KNOW has images: > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,178,602.PN.&OS=PN/7,178,602&RS=PN/7,178,602 > > r > > Sent from my Dreadnought using that barely tolerable Thunderbird email > program > > On 7/14/2010 6:32 PM, Chris Lindh wrote: > > There isn't anything there Ray, I installed QuickTime on my main > machine, no dice, and nothing came up on my XP machine either. I > don't think there is anything there. Can any one else check it? > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've tried IE as well as Chrome in addition to the other browsers. None of > them will display the images in the US Patent Office database. > > Try this one: > http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=28&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&S1=%28well+AND+plug%29.TI.&OS=ttl/%28well+and+plug%29&RS=TTL/%28well+AND+plug%29 > > Click on the "Image" link. I've tried it on W7, XP and a Ubuntu Linux box > that I keep wondering what good it is. > > r > > Sent from my Dreadnought using that barely tolerable Thunderbird email > program > > On 7/14/2010 5:45 PM, Chris Lindh wrote: > > I would download Internet Exploder... you can delete it when you're > done. I keep IE open all the time as my 2nd browser. Some pages will > only display correctly in IE. > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Has anyone had trouble installing Apple Quicktime for use with Firefox > and/or Opera? I have the latest versions of both browsers and just d/l'ed > the lates QT program. It runs as a standalone application but won't run > under either browser. I've made sure the QT dlls are in the plugin > directories, restarted, rebooted, reenlisted...whatever. But trying to do a > search of the US Patent and Trademark database won't allow the images to be > displayed. Firefox sez a plugin is needed and Opera just sez "plugin > content" and neither of them show QT as an installed plugin. I'd pull my > hair out, but I don't have any. > > If ya got any ideas, I'd appreciate hearin 'em. I've gotta get this patent > search done so I can get the photos and posters from last weekend's race > done. > > Thanx > > r > > -- > Sent from my Dreadnought using that barely tolerable Thunderbird email > program > > Rules: Please play nicely with others. > > -List members page (text & pic links): > http://www.myelcamino.net/eclist.htm > -List members page (all pics): > http://www.myelcamino.net/ec_list.htm > > Rules: Please play nicely with others. > > -List members page (text & pic links): > http://www.myelcamino.net/eclist.htm > -List members page (all pics): Rules: Please play nicely with others. -List members page (text & pic links): http://www.myelcamino.net/eclist.htm -List members page (all pics): http://www.myelcamino.net/ec_list.htm