Current Events
Systems
Maintenance
The USPTO will perform
routine maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01
a.m., Saturday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Sunday, January 21 ET.
The following systems and
systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the
maintenance period:
- Office
of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)
- Patent
Center and Sponsorship tool
- Patent
Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)
- Publication
Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)
- Financial
Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront
- Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
- Trademark
Official Gazette (TMOG)
- Trademark
Electronic Search System (TESS)
The maintenance will also
cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System
for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment
Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial
and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).
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 6AM - 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 P-TACTS
FAQ page (https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions)
and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email atTrials@uspto.gov(link sends e-mail).
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(link sends e-mail).
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(link sends
e-mail).
Posted at 11:20AM Jan 12, 2024 in Current Status |