USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Friday Mar 11, 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.

Vendor Portal Maintenance

The USPTO will perform system maintenance on the Vendor Portal beginning at 10 p.m., Tuesday, March 15 and ending at 12 a.m., Wednesday, March 16 ET.

During the maintenance period, the Vendor Portal will be unavailable.

Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 16 and ending at 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 16 ET.

During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.