USPTO incident

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

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

USPTO experienced a minor incident on October 17, 2023, lasting 1080d 6h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 17, 2023, 01:45 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 01, 2026, 08:25 PM UTC
Duration
1080d 6h
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 17, 2023, 01:45 PM 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.