The Patent Full-Text Database has been loaded with text and image data through 03 October 2000. The Patent Bibliographic Database has been loaded with data through 03 October 2000. The FTP server has been loaded with bibliographic data through 03 October 2000. The image servers continue to have problems.
Service is intermittent.
The Patent Bibliographic Database will be down on 8 July 1999 from 7 am until approximately 8 am for system firmware upgrades. There are known problems with the numbering of plant patents in the May 1999 issues that are being addressed. See the OG Notices for those issues for details. Issues since 27 April have been posted on issue day. We hope these delays have now been overcome.