Identity, Credential, and Access Management-Authenticator MFA (ICAM-MFA) Migration
The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on ICAM-MFA from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Thursday, June 29 and ending at 3 a.m., Friday, June 30 ET.
Note: ICAM-MFA will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.
Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on PEDS from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, June 30 ET.
During this maintenance period, PEDS will be unavailable.
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, July 2 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.
MyUSPTO Updates
The USPTO will be performing updates to MyUSPTO experience from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5 ET. Users may notice slight differences in the security preferences workflow as we continue to improve your USPTO.gov account experience.
No action is required for this update.