Planned Events
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems from midnight-9 a.m. ET on Saturday, April 13.
During the maintenance period, the following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable:
- Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)
- Patent Center and Sponsorship Tool
- Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)
- Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)
- Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
- Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)
The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).
For Patent Customers:
For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.
If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.
For P-TACTS Customers:
If your deadline is today for the petition filing and/or other associated documents to a pending AIA case and you cannot file electronically via the Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the alternate filing method page at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E for information concerning your AIA petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact P-TACTS during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-9797 or email Trials@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 Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email TEAS@uspto.gov.
For TTAB Customers:
If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the TTAB Outage Page for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.
Trademark System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark System from midnight-8 a.m. ET on Saturday, April 13.
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 e0G (TM-eOG)
- Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)
During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:
- TM-eFile
- Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)
90-Day
Database Password Change Maintenance
The USPTO will perform a
routine 90-day database password change to comply with USPTO password
management policy beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, April 12 and ending
at 10 p.m. ET on Friday, April 13.
During the maintenance period,
Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS) will be
unavailable. OEDIS users should save all their work before the maintenance
period begins.
Posted at 04:30PM Apr 11, 2024 in Planned Events |