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Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance


The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 7 ET.

During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.

Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.

Last updated: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 8:26 AM ET
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