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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">The Patent Center public application access has been temporarily disabled to address excessive traffic volume impacting USPTO systems. Guests or unauthenticated users will be unable
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Logged in registered users will not be affected and will still be able to access applications. Filing applications for guest/unauthenticated users and logged in registered users
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">The USPTO Technical Teams are implementing a solution to mitigate the underlying concern and will update users when it is resolved. We expect functionality to be restored by 5pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">EMERGENCY: Patent Center Submissions</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Users are reporting that they are not able to view submissions. Patent Center operations are currently being impacted by other internal USPTO systems. The USPTO Technical Teams
are investigating the issues and will update users when it is resolved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Posted at <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1055"><b><span style="color:#005EA2">11:38AM Feb 29, 2024</span></b></a> in <span class="category">Current
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Andrea R. Jacobson (she/her ) | Senior Litigation Paralegal |
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0038A8">McGarry Bair PC<br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Direct (616) 742-3538 |
<a href="mailto:arj@mcgarrybair.com"><span style="color:#666666">arj@mcgarrybair.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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