I have complained in the past about the time it takes for the Israel PTO to generate acknowledgement receipt for things that are filed electronically (as well as the fact that the ILPTO sends the filer a copy of the document filed, instead of issuing a hash function value like the USPTO used to do under EFS, before the introduction of PatentCrapper).
This morning I filed a power of attorney in a national phase filing that I effected last week. Then the ILPTO sent out a notice:
I'm not going to translate it, but it says that there is a temporary disruption in ILPTO's electronic patent filing system, so that it's slow to process incoming documents and issue filing acknowledgement receipts, and the Office is working on the matter.
I'm still waiting for the acknowledgement receipt, several hours after filing. But in the meantime, the ILPTO did send me notice, telling me that a POA needs to be submitted in this application.
Thanks, guys.