Java Settings for EFS-Web

Java Settings for EFS-Web EFS-Web is the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) new easy-to-use, web-based patent application and document submission solution. EFS-Web utilizes standard web-based screens and prompts to enable you to submit a portable document format (PDF) document directly to the USPTO within minutes. A key component of EFS-Web is the use of JAVATM. For Registered users, JAVA enables them to login and access their account information online. SomE FactS about JaVa and EFS-WEb •    AVA is a general purpose programming language with a number of features that make  J the language well suited for use on the Web.  •    mall JAVA applications are called JAVA applets and can be downloaded from a Web  S server and run on your computer by a JAVA-compatible Web browser such as Netscape  Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. EFS-WEB requires that you have Sun JAVA Runtime Environment (JRE), Microsoft JAM Virtual Machine (JVM) or Microsoft VM (Virtual Machine) enabled on your computer.  The minimum  JAVA Sun JRE version required is the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0, v 1.5.0_06. Computers with a Microsoft operating system (OS) produced prior to 2001 may come with  Microsoft JAVA Virtual Machine installed, which will allow you to run all JAVA based   components.  Computers produced after 2001 will need, if they have not already done so,  to download JAVA Runtime Environment  from the Sun Microsystems site in order to run  JAVA applets. JAVA-enabling a computer should be handled in one of two ways: First, if your organization has an IT department, System Administrator or Security  Administrator, contact them using your organization’s standard support procedures and  request that your computer be JAVA-enabled. The USPTO encourages all EFS-Web users to  maintain compliance with their organization’s policies regarding changes to their desktop  machines and IT security infrastructure. If you would like to JAVA-enable your computer yourself, USPTO has tested and validated  the following procedures for doing so: 1. Locate the J2SE JRE download page:    a. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP users:       i.  Go to: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp        ii.  Scroll to “Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9” and click on         “Download”.     * United States Patent and Trademark Office Commissioner for Patents P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 Java Settings for EFS-Web                 iii.  You will then have to click to accept the license agreement.  iv.    n the Download page, click the “jre-1_5_0_09-windows-i586-p.exe” link.  O v.    hen prompted by the File Download window, click the Open button to  W begin the download.  vi.    ollow the instructions of the installation program, accepting all default  F options.                      b. Macintosh users:   i.     o to http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/java2se50release3.