Planned Events
Private PAIR Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting Private-PAIR beginning at 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, December 8 and ending at 5 a.m., Wednesday, December 9 ET.
During the maintenance period, the system will not be available.
Vendor Portal Maintenance
The USPTO will perform system maintenance on the Vendor Portal beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, December 9 and ending at 5 a.m., Wednesday, December 9 ET.
During the maintenance period, the Vendor Portal will be unavailable.
Fee Payment Processing Maintenance
The USPTO's accounting system will be undergoing maintenance that impacts USPTO Deposit Account payment processing beginning at 12 a.m., Saturday, December 12 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, December 12 ET.
Additionally, Financial Manager stored payment method transaction data/statements will have delayed data between 5 p.m., Friday, December 11 and 8 a.m., Saturday, December 12 ET.
The following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept USPTO Deposit Account payments during the maintenance period:
- Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)
- Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)
- Patent Center
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTABE2E)
- Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG/MFS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)
- Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
- Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)
- Certified Copy Center (CCC)
Customers with an already established Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) account, or a Credit Card may still pay using one of these payment methods during this maintenance window.
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 Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.
For PTAB Customers:
If your deadline is today for the petition filing and/or other associated
documents to a pending America Invents Act (AIA) case and you cannot file
electronically via the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB E2E)
System, you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ
page: https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions
and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.
If you have any questions, contact PTAB during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.
For Trademark Customers:
Filing deadlines that fall on a Saturday extend the filing deadline to the next
business day. Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you
have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at 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: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage
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.
Posted at 02:56AM Dec 08, 2020 in Planned Events |