USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Wednesday Oct 13, 2021

Planned Events

Patent Application Locating and Monitoring-Reporting System (PALM-PRS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform patching maintenance on PALM-PRS beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, October 14 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, October 14 ET.

During the maintenance period, PALM-PRS will be unavailable.

Open Data Portal Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on Open Data Portal beginning at 12 a.m., Thursday, October 14 and ending at 3 a.m., Thursday, October 14 ET.

During the maintenance window users might experience a monetary outage.

Multiple Systems Maintenance

The OCIO will perform maintenance on multiple systems beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 15 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 16 ET. 

The following systems will be under maintenance:

  • Global Dossier (GD)
  • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS

During the maintenance period, the applications may be unavailable.

Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 16 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, October 16 ET.

During the maintenance period, ESTTA will be unavailable.

Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) beginning at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 16 and ending at 2 p.m., Saturday, October 16 ET.

During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.

Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 16 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, October 16 ET.

During the maintenance period, ESTTA will be unavailable.

Vendor Portal Maintenance
The USPTO will perform system maintenance affecting the Vendor Portal beginning at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 16 and ending at 12 p.m., Saturday, October 16 ET.

During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal users will not be able to submit and process invoices and eDeliverables.

Trademark System Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 10:01 p.m., Saturday, October 16 and ending at 1 a.m., Sunday October 17 ET.

During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:

     • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)    
     • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
     • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)