Special thanks to John Gugie, Morg, and the Diaclone Mailing List for this information :-)

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I got the patent TIFFs to work.  I followed the directions at:
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/images.htm

They tell you download AlternaTIFF (only 193 kb) which is 
at:  http://www.mieweb.com/alternatiff

Just install it...I had to check off most of the boxes to get it to 
work.  Then restart your browser (I use MIE 5.5).

I also found the way to search for patents by #.  The page is called Patent 
Number Search Page and they'll help with some info before you begin.  The 
help page is at:

http://www.uspto.gov/patft/helpnum.htm

The Search page is at:
http://164.195.100.11/netahtml/srchnum.htm
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OK, here's a link -

http://164.195.100.11/netahtml/search-bool.html

That allows you to search for patents for free. Below is the link for 
Blaster's patent-


http://164.195.100.11/netacgi/nph-Parser?
Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-
bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=pall&s1='Reconfigurable+radio+cassett
e+recorder+toy'.TTL.&OS=TTL/"Reconfigurable+radio+cassette+recorder+to
y"&RS=TTL/"Reconfigurable+radio+cassette+recorder+toy"

However, the search only seems to work by description and the images 
when you get to them are tiffs or Quicktime. Either way, I just get 
the Quicktime logo, so maybe someone else will have better luck :)

Morg



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