System status and availability
Check this webpage for the latest information on the operating status of USPTO's systems and planned maintenance activities.
Current status of USPTO systems
Issue with Incoming Faxes to USPTO
We are currently experiencing a brief interruption in receiving faxes. The PTOFax team is actively working to restore service as quickly as possible. Additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available.
Upcoming planned events
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12-3 a.m. ET on Friday, November 13.
During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:
- API Key Manager
- Assignment Center
- Certified Copy Center (CCC)
- Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
- Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
- Fee Processing (Fees)
- MyUSPTO
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)
- Patent Center
- Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)
- Trademark Center
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
- Trademark Search
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTAB-Center)
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.