USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Sunday Apr 14, 2013

PATFT & APPFT Maintenance Cancelled; PRPS Upgrade; and TEAS/TEASi Maintenance

PATFT and APPFT Maintenance Cancelled

The maintenance USPTO had originally scheduled below, has been cancelled.

USPTO will be performing maintenance on Patent Full-Text on the Web (PatFT) and Application Full Text (AppFT) starting at 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 14 and ending at 5 a.m. on Monday, April 15.

External users will not be able to access these systems during the maintenance.

PRPS Upgrade

The USPTO upgrade to the Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) to version 1.4 originally scheduled to start at 12 midnight and end at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 13 has been postponed and rescheduled to begin at 12 midnight and end at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 20.

PRPS will not be available during the upgrade period.

TEAS/TEASi Maintenance

USPTO will perform system maintenance on the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application Submission International (TEASi) beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.