Account Validation for Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) Users

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Patent Review Processing System (PRPS)

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Action is needed for existing PRPS users

You are receiving this email because you are a registered user of the USPTO’s Patent Review Processing System (PRPS). PRPS will be replaced with a new system in the near future.  In order to have access to the new USPTO system you will have to validate your PRPS user profile.  The steps to validate your profile have been outlined below. 

What you need to do:

  • PRPS users should ensure that their user profile in PRPS is updated with their unique email address.
  • The email address should be associated with your name and not another individual’s name or a shared email address.
  • This email address will be linked with other USPTO systems and will become the user identification when logging into USPTO systems.

If you have any questions or need to reset your current password in PRPS, please email Trials@uspto.gov or contact the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at 571-272-7822.

Login Instructions:

In order to update your email address, login to the PRPS system 

  • Go to the “My Account” tab and click on the “Edit Profile” button:

Screenshot highlighting the "my account" and "edit profile" areas of the PRPS system

  • In the email box, ensure that the user’s email address is correct:
Screenshot of "my account" showing the email adress field

  • If not, then update the email address and click on the “Save” button
Screenshot of PRPS account showing the save button