USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Saturday May 16, 2015

Applications and RAM Maintenances

Applications Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several applications beginning at 10:01 p.m., Saturday, May 16 and ending at 5 a.m., Sunday, May 17 ET.

The applications listed below will experience a brief service interruption during the maintenance period:

  • Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)
  • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)
  • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)

RAM Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting Revenue Accounting and Management beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 10 a.m., Sunday, May 17 ET.

Users may experience brief, intermittent service interruptions affecting all forms of payment during the maintenance period. Applicants will need to attempt their payment again after the maintenance period is complete, if they encounter an issue.

The following USPTO systems will be impacted during the maintenance period:

  • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) and EFS-Web Contingency
  • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
  • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
  • Order Entry Management System (OEMS)
  • Office of Finance On-Line Shopping Site
  • Revenue Accounting and Management (RAM)
  • Patent Review Processing System (PRPS)
  • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
  • Trademark Electronic Application System international (TEASi)