USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Friday Mar 29, 2013

EFS-Web and Applications 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 30. 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.

Applications Maintenance

USPTO is performing maintenance on several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 30. The following applications will be unavailable during the maintenance:

  • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)
  • Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)
  • Patent Review Processing System (PRPS).