USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Wednesday Sep 21, 2022

Planned Events

Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on PPUBS beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, September 23 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, September 23 ET.

Users need to be prepared for interruptions, including outages, limited access and reduced performance to the Patent Public Search, during this scheduled activity.

Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 24 ET.

During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.

Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on EPAS beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 1 a.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.

During the maintenance period, EPAS will be unavailable.

Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 1 a.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.

Users should save their work and exit ETAS before the migration period begins.

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

The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, September 25 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.

During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.

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.