The USPTO’s
systems continue to be operational. You can file your applications
electronically through EFS-Web. For those who filed a patent application by
paper between August 15 and August 23 because of the outage, the director
will prescribe a procedure that will allow you to seek a refund of the paper
filing fee. Once the details of this procedure are ready, we will post that
information on our website.
Please
view our Systems Status page for all updates on the situation.
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