USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Thursday Apr 04, 2013

Maintenance Postponed, EPAS and Trademark System Maintenance

PatFT and AppFT Maintenance Postponed

The Patent Full-Text on the Web (PatFT) and Application Full Text (AppFT) maintenance originally scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. on Friday, April 5 has been postponed. USPTO will provide more information once the rescheduled date is finalized.

EPAS Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance on the Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) beginning at 12 midnight and ending at 3 a.m. on Saturday, April 6. EPAS customers should please complete your submissions prior to this event.

Application Maintenance Postponed

The maintenance on the Pay.gov webpage originally scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 has been postponed. USPTO will provide more information on the new dates, times and affected applications in the coming days.

Trademark System Maintenance

The USPTO will perform system maintenance beginning at 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 and ending at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 7. The following systems will be impacted:

  • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
  • Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual (ID Manual)
  • Design Code Search Manual
  • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
  • Trademark Electronic Application System - Domestic and International (TEAS and TEASi).