Fee Processing System Outage
The USPTO will conduct maintenance on Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 6 a.m., Wednesday, August 31 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) the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Patent Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E).
EFS-Web Customers:
EFS-Web users may pay using the “Current USPTO Payment System” during the maintenance timeframe. See EFS-Web Fee Payment Quick Start Guide (pdf) for more info.
If you have any questions, contact the Patent EBC by phone at 866-217-9197 or by email at ebc@uspto.gov.
TTAB Customers:
If your deadline is today and a document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically prior to midnight, you must submit your filing by mail. This outage does not impact ESTTA forms that do not require a filing fee. Oppositions or extensions of time to oppose § 66(a) applications must be filed electronically.
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. For additional information on filing during system outages, see the Trademark alternative filing methods webpage. If you have any questions regarding alternative filing methods for TEAS/TEASi, please contact TEAS@uspto.gov.
Posted at 01:00PM Aug 28, 2016 in Planned Events |