USPTO incident

The role of a USPTO patent examiner

USPTO is currently experiencing a minor incident, which began 43d ago. The vendor's full update timeline is below.

Started
May 05, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 43d 10h
Detected by Pingoru
May 05, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC

Update timeline

  1. monitoring Apr 21, 2026, 08:09 PM UTC

    Join us for this event to learn more about the patent examination process, the role of a patent examiner, and chat with USPTO team members.