System status and availability

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01-9 a.m. ET on Saturday, October 10.  
The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during some or all of the maintenance period: 

•    Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
•    Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) and Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
•    Patent Center
•    Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)
•    Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront
•    Financial Manager
•    Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) 
•    Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
•    Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS)
•    Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)

Payment processing for transactions originating from the following system may be momentarily interrupted during the initial minutes of this maintenance window:

•    Certified Copy Center (CCC)
•    Intellectual Property Assignment System (IPAS)

For Patent Customers: 
For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.
If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. - Midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov. 

For P-TACTS Customers:
If your deadline is today for the petition filing and/or other associated documents to a pending AIA case and you cannot file electronically via the Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the alternate filing method page at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E for information concerning your AIA petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact P-TACTS during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-9797 or email Trials@uspto.gov.

For Trademark Customers:
If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email TEAS@uspto.gov.

For TTAB Customers:
If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the TTAB Outage Page for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.

The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems from midnight- 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, October 10.

During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: 

• API Key Manager
• Certified Copy Center (CCC)
• Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
• Fee Processing (Fees)
• MyUSPTO 
• Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)
• Patent Center 
• Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) 
• Assignment Center
• Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) 
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
• Trademark Center
• Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)
• Trademark Examination (TM-EXM)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTAB-Center)
• Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)

 Patent Customers: 

During the maintenance period, impacted applicants may refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing methods.

PTAB/P-TACTS Customers: 

If your deadline is today for the petition filing and/or other associated documents to a pending America Invents Act (AIA) case and you cannot file electronically via Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternate filing method. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods

Trademark Customers: 

Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov .

TTAB Customers: 

Please visit the TTAB Outage Page for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.

The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems from midnight- 5:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, October 11.

During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: 

• API Key Manager
• Certified Copy Center (CCC)
• Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
• Fee Processing (Fees)
• MyUSPTO 
• Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)
• Patent Center 
• Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) 
• Assignment Center
• Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) 
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
• Trademark Center
• Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTAB-Center)
• Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)

 Patent Customers: 

During the maintenance period, impacted applicants may refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing methods.

PTAB/P-TACTS Customers: 

If your deadline is today for the petition filing and/or other associated documents to a pending America Invents Act (AIA) case and you cannot file electronically via Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternate filing method. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods
 

Trademark Customers: 

Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov .

TTAB Customers: 

Please visit the TTAB Outage Page for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov