USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Wednesday Dec 09, 2020

Current Events

Private PAIR Maintenance

Private-PAIR is down for unexpected maintenance, and should be brought up by 2 p.m. ET.

During the maintenance period, the system will not be available.

PAIR Infrastructure Update

Effective Wednesday, December 9 at 2pm ET, Private PAIR has reversed the recent changes from the infrastructure update to the previous version of PAIR. There is currently no timeframe on when the latest changes will be deployed. If you have questions about the changes to PAIR, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at ebc@uspto.gov or 866-217-9197.