USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Thursday Jun 16, 2022

Planned Events

Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR) System Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private PAIR beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, June 17 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, June 17 ET.

During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable, but applicants may use Patent Center.

If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at (866) 217-9197 during their operating hours of 6 a.m., to 12 a.m., Monday - Friday ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.

Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance

The OCIO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, June 19 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, June 19 ET.

Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.

Multiple Systems Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 21 and ending at 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 21 ET.

Availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed during this maintenance period will be delayed in the following systems:

    •    Patent Center
    •    Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)

Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at (866) 217-9197 during their operating hours of 6 a.m. to midnight, Monday - Friday ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov