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Current Status
Current Events
USPTO.gov Login is temporarily unavailable
Authentication (login) to TEAS, EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Private PAIR, and the Sponsorship tool is intermittently unavailable. Please retry at a later time.
EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers to file new applications and use an alternative filing method to file follow-on submissions.
For trademark (TEAS) customers, if your deadline is today and you cannot login, 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.
USPTO is aware of this issue and is working to resolve it.
Posted at 11:01AM Nov 14, 2019 in Current Status |
Planned Events
Planned Events
DH-PTAB Retirement
The Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) API v1 will be officially retired and unavailable beginning at 10 a.m., Thursday, November 21 ET.
Please continue to use PTAB API v2 and PTAB Bulk Data available at: https://developer.uspto.gov/api-catalog/ptab-api-v2.
Please make sure to update your bookmarks and saved queries with the updated links.
AIW Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Application Images on the Web (AIW) beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, November 15 and ending at 3 a.m., Friday, November 15 ET.
During the maintenance period AIW will not be available.
Posted at 04:55PM Nov 04, 2019 in Planned Events |