Private-PAIR, Public-PAIR, and Patent Center Issues
Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR), Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public-PAIR), and Patent Center are currently experiencing technical difficulties resulting in slow document retrieval. The USPTO is aware of this issue and is working diligently to resolve it.
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Last updated: Monday, Mar 28, 2022 at 7:02 AM ET
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