Pay.gov and TEAS Maintenances
Pay.gov Maintenance
Pay.gov will undergo maintenance beginning at 6 p.m., Saturday, March 28 and ending 6 hours later at midnight, Sunday, March 29 ET.
USPTO will be unable to collect credit/debit card payments through the following systems during the maintenance period:
- Electronic Filing System - Web (EFS-Web) and EFS-Web Contingency
- Electronic System for Trademarks Trials Appeals (ESTTA)
- Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application Submission (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application Submission International (TEASi)
- Order Entry Management System (OEMS)
- Office of Finance shopping site
- Patent Review Process System (PRPS)
For Patents Customers:
Customers can complete their transaction using the following methods:
- by paying online with an established deposit account or EFT account via EFS-Web
- by attaching a fee transmittal form (e.g., PTO/SB/17) with deposit account authorization in EFS-Web;
- by faxing in a credit card authorization form PTO-2038 to the USPTO Central Fax 571-273-8300;
- or by sending in a credit card authorization form PTO-2038 through Priority Mail Express(formerly Express Mail) from the United States Postal Services (USPS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10.
Facsimile submission of the basic national fee for national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371 is not accepted. Submissions that require successful online payment, such as ePetitions and Pre-grant publication submissions, will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
If you have any questions, contact the Patent EBC by phone at (866) 217-9197 or by email at ebc@uspto.gov
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 TEAS Outage page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods.
If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov
TEAS Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 11:59 a.m., Saturday, April 11 ET.
TEAS will be unavailable during the maintenance period. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Posted at 08:01AM Mar 26, 2015 in Planned Events |