USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Wednesday Oct 16, 2013

Private PAIR, PUBEAST/PUBWEST, and PATFT/APPFT Maintenance

Private PAIR Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance to Private PAIR beginning at 1 a.m. and ending at 4 a.m., Eastern Time, Thursday, October 17. Access to U.S. references will be unavailable during the maintenance period.

PUBEAST and PUBWEST Maintenance

The USPTO will perform an upgrade to PUBEAST and PUBWEST beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 18 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, October 19.

Both systems will be unavailable during the upgrade period.

PATFT and APPFT Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Full Text Search systems PATFT and APPFT beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, October 19 and ending at 5 a.m., Sunday, October 20.

Customers will be unable to access PATFT and APPFT during the maintenance period.