USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Monday Mar 13, 2017

EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency Maintenance and PTAB E2E Maintenance

EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, March 18 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, March 18 ET.

Electronic Filing System - Web (EFS-Web) and EFS-Web Contingency will be unavailable during the maintenance period.

If you need to file an application or submission, please use an alternative payment method.

If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.

PTAB E2E Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Trial Appeal Board E2E (PTAB E2E) beginning at midnight, Saturday, March 18 and ending at 4 a.m., Saturday, March 18 ET.
 
During the maintenance period, PTAB E2E will be unavailable.