Planned Events
Standalone Sponsorship Tool Discontinued
As of September 15, 2021, the standalone Sponsorship Tool at https://patentcenter-sponsorships.uspto.gov/ will no longer be available.
Please use the Sponsorship feature in Patent Center to view and manage support staff sponsorships for EFS-Web, Private PAIR, and Patent Center. You may use your same uspto.gov account information to sign in to all filing systems. After signing in to Patent Center at https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/#!/, you can access the sponsorship tool under the Manage > Sponsor Users menu option.
If you have browser bookmarks or favorites to the standalone Sponsorship Tool, please update them to https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/#!/.
See the Patent Center Sponsorship Guide for more information.
For questions or assistance, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 during their operating hours of 6 a.m. to midnight ET, Monday - Friday, or email ebc@uspto.gov.
MyUSPTO Maintenance
The OCIO will perform maintenance on the MyUSPTO application on two nights:
- The first night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, September 28 and end at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 28 ET.
- The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 3 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 3 ET.
During the maintenance period, MyUSPTO will be available, but might experience some slow response time.
EFS-Web Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 2 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 2 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following applications will be unavailable:
• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers
• EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers
• EFS-Web Contingency
During the maintenance period, applicants can use Patent Center to submit patent applications and follow-on submissions.
For assistance and questions, please contact the Patent EBC at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.
BDSS Maintenance
The OCIO will perform maintenance on Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS), beginning at 11 a.m., Wednesday, September 29 and ending at 5 p.m., Wednesday, September 29 ET.
During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.
Posted at 03:38AM Sep 27, 2021 in Planned Events |