Patent Center Affected by Network Maintenance

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The USPTO will perform a routine network infrastructure upgrade beginning at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, January 7 and ending at 5 a.m. ET on Thursday, January 8. 

Patent Center will experience brief intermittent service interruptions during the maintenance period. 

Last updated: Thursday, Jan 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM ET
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Unless otherwise indicated, all systems should be operating normally.

Issues impacting remote employees are available on the Internal system status platform.

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