Beginning April 18, 2023, the USPTO will begin issuing electronic patent grants (eGrants) to patent recipients, which minimizes paper waste, potentially reduces patent pendency, and allows recipients to get their patent grant in PDF format on the day of issue.
Patent Center is the next generation tool for electronic filing and management of patent applications, which features a single unified interface, incorporates Public PAIR functionality and will be replacing EFS-Web and Private PAIR. Patent Center is available for all users. Patent Center features a training mode, which is a simulator to practice filing in DOCX format. Visit the Patent Center Information page for more information.