USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Friday Dec 11, 2020

Current Events

Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Outage
Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) is currently having performance issues due to system maintenance. The Department of Commerce is working to resolve the connectivity issue.  An update will be provided when BDSS is back online.

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.