USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Tuesday Mar 12, 2013

PAIR, EFS-Web, TEASi, and PATFT & APPFT Maintenance

Public/Private PAIR Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance on Public and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) beginning at 12 Midnight and ending at 3 a.m. on Saturday, March 16. PAIR will be unavailable during the maintenance.

EFS-Web Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance on the Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 6 a.m. on Saturday, March 16. The following submission types will be unavailable in EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency during the maintenance:

  • 371 National Stage applications
  • Supplemental Examination proceedings
  • Follow-on submissions to an existing application including ePetitions.

TEASi Maintenance

The Madrid Protocol filing system, Trademark Electronic Application System (TEASi), will be unavailable beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 12 noon on Saturday, March 16 for system maintenance. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please send any questions to TEAS@uspto.gov.

PATFT and APPFT Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance on  the Patent Full Text Search (PATFT & APPFT) beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 18. PATFT and APPFT will be unavailable during the maintenance.

EFS-Web Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance on the Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, March 19. EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency will be unavailable during the maintenance.