USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Thursday Dec 21, 2017

Maintenance impacting EFS-Web

Maintenance impacting EFS-Web

The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting the Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, December 22 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, December 22 ET.
 
During the maintenance period, EFS-Web will be unavailable.
 
Users should save all work word and exit EFS-Web before 11:59 p.m., Thursday, December 21 ET.
 
EFS-Web Applicants

During the maintenance period, if you need to file patent applications or submissions, please use an alternative filing method.

If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.