USPTO outage: EFS restored but PAIR data ‘may not be valid’
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday said its patent systems are “operational from a filing and fee payment perspective”, a week after the agency’s PALM database went offline.
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20 August 2018 Patent lawyers have told WIPR that they have been left with costly alternative filing options after the US Patent and Trademark Office’s systems have been offline since Wednesday, August 15.
21 August 2018 The US Patent and Trademark Office has said it will issue refunds to applicants forced to pay higher filing fees while the agency’s patent systems are unavailable.
