System status and availability
Check this webpage for the latest information on the operating status of USPTO's systems and planned maintenance activities.
There are no current events at this time.
Upcoming planned events
Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on PPUBs from 10-10:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 6.
During this maintenance period, no outage is expected to PPUBs, but users may experience temporary disruption.
Patents 4 Partnerships Maintenance
The USPTO will retire the page Patents 4 Partnerships on Open Data Portal (beta) and make the data available via bulk Excel file download only on the Open Data Portal (beta) site from midnight-1 a.m. ET on Friday, October 18.
A new Open Data Portal (ODP) is launching soon, informed by the Developer Hub (Open Data Portal beta) and real customer feedback. The new ODP will include a bulk Excel file of the same application data available in Patent 4 Partnerships when launched.
Learn more about the new Open Data Portal on data.uspto.gov.
Developer Hub (DH) Retirement
The USPTO will perform retirement of the Inventor Search Assistance, Patent Bulk Data Search, and Visualizations found on Open Data Portal (beta) from midnight-1 a.m. ET on Friday, October 18.
Patent Bulk Data Search capabilities will be available on the new Open Data Portal and users can learn more about the new Open Data Portal on data.uspto.gov.