One or more systems affected by planned maintenance

Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the Private PAIR beginning at 6 p.m., Monday, April 4 and ending at 7 p.m., Monday, April 4 ET.

During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable but applicants may continue to access applications via Patent Center during this time.

If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at (866) 217-9197 during their operating hours of 6 a.m., to midnight, Monday - Friday ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.


Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS beginning at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 5 and ending at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 5 ET.

During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: 

  • Patent Practitioner Search
  • Registered Practitioner Portal
  • Exam Applicant Portal


Multiple Systems Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting One Portal Dossier (OPD) and Global Dossier (GD) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, April 7 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, April 7 ET.

Patent Trial Appeal Board (PTAB)  and Patents Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS) will be down during the maintenance period.


Last updated: Monday, Apr 4, 2022 at 1:49 PM 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.