USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Wednesday Feb 03, 2016

Ongoing EFS-Web Issues

Follow-on Access Issues Resolved

All EFS-Web applications filed on January 5, as well as on January 13 and 14, can now be viewed in Private PAIR and follow-on submissions can be submitted in EFS-Web.

Please verify your application and if you have any questions, contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free) or 571-272-4100.

Ongoing EFS-Web Issue

EFS-Web Acknowledgement Receipt (N417) and Fee Transmittal (WFEE): Some EFS-Web submissions filed on Dec 22 and Dec 27 did not receive an acknowledgement receipt (N417) and correct fee transmittal (WFEE).

Technical teams are aware of this problem and are actively working to resolve it. We apologize for any inconvenience.