Service and Website Interruptions

Network maintenance

Network maintenance is scheduled every Saturday from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m. (ET) Sunday. During this period there may be disruptions to the CIPO Web site.

Online Forms maintenance

Online forms maintenance is scheduled every Sunday from 2:00 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. (ET). During this period, there may be disruptions to the online forms service.

Network maintenance (Patents)

Network maintenance is scheduled every Saturday from 6:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. (ET) Sunday. During this period there may be disruptions to the image database or to the database.

Database maintenance

Database maintenance is scheduled every Saturday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. (ET). During this period images may not be available.


We apologize for any inconvenience caused by these interruptions.

A complete list of the service interruptions to the CIPO site is available upon request.


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