Text: Don't waste time with USPTO, limited by past 30 yrs of US patents & poor viewer support. Instead, try the European Patent Office via http://ep.espacenet.com & advanced search option. You'll find multi-lingual support refreshing, and current DB has most world wide pats since 1920 & slowly adding older pats. After 1000+ hrs on EPO I can attest it's excellent...& 100% free, supported by patent fees. After gaining familiarity with basic search engine, try gaining same with sub/classes, then run searches from within same. Figs are encrypted pdf...viewable & storable to HD...but not printable per se, yet I can print via screen shots from my Mac.

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