USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Thursday Feb 26, 2015

USPTO Phone Contact Centers, TMNG ID Manual, PRPS, and USPTO Website Maintenances

USPTO Phone Contact Centers

USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the USPTO phone contact centers beginning at 7 p.m., Friday, February 27 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, March 1 EST.

Callers may experience longer than normal wait times during the maintenance period.

The following USPTO websites will also be unavailable during the maintenance period:

TMNG ID Manual Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Next Generation (TMNG) beta version of the Identification Manual for Acceptable Goods and Services beginning at 10:01 p.m., Friday, February 27 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, February 28 EST.

TMNG IDM users may experience difficulty connecting to the TMNG IDM beta version during the deployment period. The legacy Trademark ID Manual available at http://tess2.uspto.gov/netahtml/tidm.html is not impacted.

PRPS Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) beginning at 1 a.m. and ending at 6 a.m., Saturday, February 28.

PRPS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.

USPTO Website Maintenance

The USPTO public website, www.uspto.gov, will undergo maintenance beginning at 3 a.m. and ending at 6 a.m., Tuesday, March 3 EST.

Users may experience intermittent interruptions when trying to access the site during the maintenance period.