USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Wednesday Oct 17, 2012

PRPS, EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency Maintenance

PRPS Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance on the  Patent Review Process System (PRPS) starting at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 5 a.m. Saturday, October 20. PRPS will not be available during this time.

EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic Filing System (EFS) Web starting at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 4 a.m. Sunday, October 28. Both EFS Web and EFS Web Contingency will not be available during this time.

If you have any questions, contact the Patent EBC by phone at (866)217-9197 or by email at ebc@uspto.gov