Pubwest Workstation Hardware/Software Requirements

December 9, 2009

PubWEST Workstation Hardware/Software Requirements

PubWEST workstation minimum PC hardware requirements:

 Pentium II processor

 256 MB RAM

 100 MB of free disk space

PubWEST workstation OS and software requirements:

 Operating Systems - Windows XP

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

 TMS/Sequoia Prizm version 6.0 plug in Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) viewer (provided by USPTO)

PubWEST Workstation IE Proxy Configuration

1. Launch Internet Explorer and from the menu, select Tools > Internet Options.

2. In the Internet Options dialog box, select the Connection tab > LAN Settings…

3. The Local Area Network (LAN) Settings dialog box will appear. Check the Automatic Configuration Script box and enter the www.uspto.gov/ptdl/ptdlproxy.pac as the address shown in the diagram below, then select OK twice to close out the Internet Options box. Accessing PubWEST

Enter the following PubWEST URL in IE - http://pubwest:7788/webaka/gwP.html

The WEST logon screen will be displayed as shown below. Log in using the WEST account provided by the USPTO. You can now begin WEST search.