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The USPTO Data Center is moving to Alexandria, Virginia. This move will occur on weekends, beginning in April 2005 and ending 01 August 2005. During the move period, electronic business systems will be brought offline, backed up, relocated, and restored to operation. As these moves occur, selected systems will be temporarily unavailable or may not have all functionalities available for short periods of up to several days at a time.

Details of specific system outages will be posted on the eBiz alerts immediately prior to each actual move date. All system outages should start promptly at 6 PM ET on a Friday and end at 5:30 AM ET on the next scheduled business day - a Monday, or in case of holidays, a Tuesday. While every effort will be made to adhere to this schedule, unforeseen circumstances could result in longer move impacts or changes in move dates for some systems. Please plan your work accordingly.

The USPTO website itself (informational pages) will remain available without interruption during all scheduled eBusiness system outages.

Below is the planned schedule of impacts organized by function. To print, please adjust your browser's printer settings to print "landscape" format.

» Archive of Previous eBiz system alerts & schedules

Planned Periods of System Unavailability During April - July 2005 Data Center Moves
(completed moves have been removed from the schedule)
Item Function/Task External
Systems		 Outage Periods (6:00 PM EST start date / 5:30 AM EST end date)
-- A complete loss of function is indicated by an "X" and any partial loss of function is described --
There are no outages scheduled between 6/10 and 6/27, or 7/22-7/25.
      05-13/
05-16		 05-20/
05-23		 05-27/
05-31		 06-10/ 06-13 06-24/ 06/27 07-01/
07-05		 07-08/
07-11		 07-15/
07-18		 07-22/
07-25		 07-29/
08-01
G1 Automated Responses to Customer E-mail Inquiries Various         X                

   Alternative: FAQs, 800-786-9199
G2 Customer Support - Customer Service Centers Various         limited e-mail,
limited call service		 X       limited e-mail ,
limited call service 		     
    Alternative: Check HELP for other contact info
G3 Deposit Accounts - View and Manage RAM         X X              
G4 E-Mail to and from USPTO e-mail         X         partial      
G5 Employee Telephone Directory privatePAIR           X              

   Alternative: Organizational Telephone Directory

G6 FAX PTOFAX                     X    
G7 Order Copies & Documents OEMS,RAM       no patents X X     no trademarks no trademarks      
Item Function/Task External
Systems		 Outage Periods (6:00 PM EST start date / 5:30 AM EST end date)
-- A complete loss of function is indicated by an "X" and any partial loss of function is described --
There are no outages scheduled between 6/10 and 6/27, or 7/22-7/25.
      05-13/
05-16		 05-20/
05-23		 05-27/
05-31		 06-10/
06-13		 06-24/
06/27		 07-01/
07-05		 07-08/
07-11		 07-15/
07-18		 07-22/
07-25		 07-29/
08-01
P1 Patent - Apply for Entry-Level Examiner Jobs JARS           X              

   See vacancy announcement for alternate instructions

P2 Patent - Attorney/Agent Search OEDCI         X X     X        

   Alternative: OED Attorney/Agent Roster

  
P3 Patent - Assign Ownership ePAS         X X              
P4 Patent - Check Status - Patents PAIR
         X X     X        
P5 Patent - Check Status - Pending Patent Applications privatePAIR,
PKI, 		      no AppFT X X     X        
P6 Patent - File Application EFS, PKI         X
no fees 		no fees or
assignments 		    X no
assignments		 X    
P7 Patent - File Biological Sequences ABSS, CRF, Checker, PatentIn         no EFS no Checker
or PatentIn
     no EFS   no EFS
no CRF		    
P8 Patent - File PCT (International) USPCT-ES                          
P9 Patent - Monitor/Pay Maintenance Fees RAM         X X              
P10 Patent - Order & Pay for Copies OEMS, RAM
AIRS, PIRS 		      X X X              
P11 Patent - Search/View Assignments of Ownership AOTW         X X              
P12 Patent - Search/View Biological Sequences PSIPS       X                  
P13 Patent - Search/View - Patent Grants PatFT, PIW       X                  
P14 Patent - Search/View - Published Patent Applications AppFT, AIW       X                  
P15 Patent - View Documents (IFW) - issued patents, published applications PAIR       no images X X              
P16 Patent - View Documents - private applications privatePAIR       X X X     X        
W1 Trilateral
  VPN Access 		Trilateral           X       X      
W2 Trilateral
  Foreign Image Search 		Trilateral images                          
Item Function/Task External
Systems		 Outage Periods (6:00 PM EST start date / 5:30 AM EST end date)
-- A complete loss of function is indicated by an "X" and any partial loss of function is described --
There are no outages scheduled between 6/10 and 6/27, or 7/22-7/25.
      05-13/
05-16		 05-20/
05-23		 05-27/
05-31		 06-10/
06-13		 06-24/
06/27		 07-01/
07-05		 07-08/
07-11		 07-15/
07-18		 07-22/
07-25		 07-29/
08-01
T1 Trademark - Assign Ownership eTAS, RAM       partial X X              
T2 Trademark - Check Status TARR       X   X              
T3 Trademark - Check Status via Phone VRS       X                  
T4 Trademark - Design Search Code Manual TDSCM           X              
T5 Trademark - File Trademark Registrations/Documents TEAS, RAM       X X X              
T6 Trademark - File Madrid Protocol Applications/Documents TEAS           X              
T7 Trademark - Order & Pay for Copies OEMS,RAM       partial X X     partial partial      
T8 Trademark - Pay Fees RAM         X X              
T9 Trademark - Search/View Assignments of Ownership AOW-T         X X       partial      
T10 Trademark - Search Fasteners TESS access           X              
T11 Trademark - Search /View Registered, Pending and Abandoned Trademarks TESS           X       partial      
T12 Trademark - View Documents TDR         X X       X      
T13 TTAB - File Documents ESTTA, RAM       X no fees X
              
Alternative: Temporary FAX & USPS Mail" (POPUP or SAME WINDOW) for Oppositions to Extensions of Protection filed pursuant to §66 of Trademark Act
T14 TTAB - Search/View Proceedings TTABvue       X   X              
Item Function/Task External
Systems		 Outage Periods (6:00 PM EST start date / 5:30 AM EST end date)
-- A complete loss of function is indicated by an "X" and any partial loss of function is described --
There are no outages scheduled between 6/10 and 6/27, or 7/22-7/25.
      05-13/
05-16		 05-20/
05-23		 05-27/
05-31		 06-10/
06-13		 06-24/
06/27		 07-01/
07-05		 07-08/
07-11		 07-15/
07-18		 07-22/
07-25		 07-29/
08-01
R1 Public Search Facility
  General - Access, Workstations & Printing 		access, UPWS, RAM, printing       no UPWS
no printing		 no fees
no UPWS
no printing 		no fees       no UPWS
no printing 		     
R2 File Information Unit
  General - File Orders 		Files         X         X      
R3 Public Search Facility
  Patent - CD ROM Search 		CDs                 no FIDL no CRLS      
R4 Public Search Facility
  Patent - Search		 AIRS, PIRS, EAST/WEST       X                  
R5 Public Search Facility
  Patent - Foreign Search 		Foreign         no foreign                
R6 Public Search Facility
  Patent - Manual of Patent Examining Procedure		 MPEP                         X
   Alternative: MPEP on USPTO.GOV
R7 Public Search Facility
  Trademark - CD ROM Search 		CDs                   X      
R8 Public Search Facility
  Trademark Search 		XSearch, TICRS, TTABvue                   X      
L2 PTDL
  Patent		 BRS, CSS, EAST/ WEST       X X                
L3 PTDL
  Trademark 		XSearch                   X      
Item Function/Task External
Systems		 Outage Periods (6:00 PM EST start date / 5:30 AM EST end date)
-- A complete loss of function is indicated by an "X" and any partial loss of function is described --
There are no outages scheduled between 6/10 and 6/27, or 7/22-7/25.
      05-13/
05-16		 05-20/
05-23		 05-27/
05-31		 06-10/
06-13		 06-24/
06/27		 07-01/
07-05		 07-08/
07-11		 07-15/
07-18		 07-22/
07-25		 07-29/
08-01
S1 Subscriptions
  Assignments		 Assignments