USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Tuesday Mar 08, 2022

Planned Events

Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the EFS-Web beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, March 12 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, March 12 ET.

During the maintenance period, please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically file patent applications.

Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, March 13 and ending at 5 a.m., Sunday, March 13 ET.

During the maintenance period, please use Patent Center as an alternative to retrieve patent applications.