USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Thursday Sep 20, 2018

EFS-Web, EFS-Web Contingency, and Private PAIR Maintenance

EFS-Web, EFS-Web Contingency, and Private PAIR Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web, EFS-Web Contingency, and Private PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, September 21 and ending at 5:30 a.m. Friday, September 21 ET.

During the maintenance period, EFS-Web, EFS-Web Contingency, and Private PAIR will be unavailable. If you need to file a new application, follow-on submission, or fees during this maintenance period, please use an alternative filing method.

If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center at (866) 217-9197 during their operating hours of 6 a.m. to midnight ET, Monday - Friday, or email ebc@uspto.gov.

MyUSPTO.gov Maintenance

The USPTO will perform systems maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, September 26 and ending at 1 a.m., Wednesday, September 26 ET.

The my.uspto.gov website will be unavailable during the maintenance period.

Financial Manager users will not be able to make updates to their stored payment methods or create new Financial Manager accounts during the maintenance period.