USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Tuesday Aug 13, 2013

PRPS and EFS-Web Maintenance

PRPS Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) beginning at 12 midnight and ending at 5 a.m. on Thursday, August 15.

PRPS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.

EFS-Web Maintenance

USPTO will perform system maintenance on EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency beginning at 1 a.m. and ending at 5 a.m. on Thursday, August 15.

Applicants should not access EFS-Web or EFS-Web Contingency during the maintenance period.