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Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform emergency maintenance affecting the following systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday July 29 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday July 29 ET.
The systems listed below will be unavailable during the maintenance period:
- Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)
- Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)
- Electronic Filing System and Contingency (EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency)
- Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS)
- Electronic Freedom of Information Act (E-FOIA)
- Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront
Customers who make updates using Private PAIR may not be able to view the updates until after the maintenance is fully completed.
The systems listed below may be unavailable during the maintenance:
- Electronic Patent Assignment System (ePAS)
- Patent Review Process System (PRPS)
- Financial Manager
- Global Dossier (GD)
- One Portfolio Dossier (OPD)
Global Dossier and One Portfolio Dossier will not be able to retrieve the Document Images, and may be un-available, during the maintenance period.
The maintenance will cause an outage and payment processing for USPTO storefronts. Users of the following systems should not attempt to make a payment during the maintenance period:
- Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)
- Patent Maintenance Fee Storefront
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)
- Order Entry Management System (OEMS)
For Patent Customers:
During the maintenance period, EFS-Web applicants may file new patent applications and follow-on submissions without fees. However, please do not file ePetitions, eTerminal Disclaimers, Web 85b, or any submissions which require fee payment at time of submission, since these will fail without successful payment.
EFS-Web Applicants
During the maintenance period, if you need to file patent applications or submissions, please use an alternative filing method.
If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.
Posted at 08:32AM Jul 28, 2017 in Current Status |