USPTO incident

USPTO designates as precedential a decision waiving Director Review deadline and terminating proceeding under "Hulu"

Minor Ongoing View vendor source →

USPTO is currently experiencing a minor incident, which began 5h ago. The vendor's full update timeline is below.

Started
Jun 23, 2026, 08:56 AM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 4h 38m
Detected by Pingoru
Jun 23, 2026, 08:56 AM UTC

Update timeline

  1. monitoring Jun 23, 2026, 08:56 AM UTC

    Director waives review deadlines, allows extensions in exceptional cases, and vacates institution under "Hulu" after invalidity findings.