EFS-Web, EFS-Web Contingency, TMOG, Maintenance Fee Processing System Maintenance Extended and Systems Maintenance
EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency beginning 6 a.m. and ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 24 ET.
EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
During this outage period, applicants may file new patent applications, new international design applications and documents and fees for national stage entry under 35 U.S.C. 371 via Priority Mail Express® from the United States Postal Service (USPS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10. Applicants may file other documents or fee payments by:
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facsimile transmission to the USPTO Central Facsimile (571) 273-8300,
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first class mail with a certificate of mailing in accordance with 37 CFR 1.8, or
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Priority Mail Express® from the USPS in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10
Please note that filing of a new application under 35 USC 111(a), except reissue, design or plant applications, via Priority Mail Express® requires payment of the non-electronic filing fee (37 CFR 1.16(t)) in addition to the other required fees. The non-electronic filing fee is $400 ($200 for small and micro entities). Also please note that an international design application filed in paper may be subject to additional WIPO publication fees.
New patent applications, new international design applications, copies of the international (PCT) application and basic national fee necessary to enter the national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371, and documents that are required to establish the filing date of an application (e.g., a missing drawing figure or page of the specification) cannot be submitted by facsimile transmission, and certificate of mailing procedures under 37 CFR 1.8 do not apply to these documents. Patent correspondence, including new patent applications, new international design applications, and documents or fee payments, cannot be submitted via e-mail. Please contact the USPTO Inventor’s Assistance Center during business hours (Mon-Fri, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM ET) at 1-800-786-9199 if you have any questions regarding alternative filing methods. Information regarding filing by first class mail with a certificate of mailing or by “Priority Mail Express” can also be found in the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), Sections 512 and 513, available on the USPTO Web site. Applicants are strongly advised to transmit their electronic filings prior to the outage period to ensure that the submissions are correctly completed.
If you have questions, please contact the Patent EBC at 1-866-217-9197 or ebc@uspto.gov.
TMOG Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting the Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) beginning at midnight and ending at 5 a.m., Wednesday, May 25 ET.
TMOG will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
Fee Processing System Maintenance Extended
The nightly Fee Processing system maintenance originally scheduled to end on Sunday, May 8 has now been extended to end on Saturday, June 18. During the maintenance, the Fee Processing system will be unavailable nightly from 1 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. ET.
The maintenance will cause an outage to Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fee Storefront. The maintenance will also cause interruption to payment processing for users of the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi), Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS) and the Order Entry Management System (OEMS).
Users attempting to pay for a trademark order via TEAS or TEASi should save their work and not try to pay during the maintenance timeframe.
Users processing an order via OEMS should not try to pay for an order during the maintenance timeframe.
Users processing a trademark assignment action via ETAS should not try to pay for an order during the maintenance timeframe.
Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 8 a.m., Sunday, June 5 ET.
The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:
- Electronic Freedom of Information Act (eFOIA)
- Electronic Filing System (EFS)
- Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)
- Patent Review Processing System (PRPS)
- Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)
- Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)
- Revenue Accounting and Management System (RAM)
- Financial Manager 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 following systems:
- Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)
- Order Entry Management System (OEMS)
Posted at 10:40AM May 23, 2016 in Planned Events |