Planned Events
Trademark Next Generation System (TMNG) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark Next Generation (TMNG) systems beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, March 6 and ending at 4 a.m., Sunday, March 7 ET.
During the maintenance period, Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) will be unavailable.
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, March 6 and ending at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 6 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following systems will unavailable:
- API Key Manager
- Electronic Filing System- Web (EFS-Web)
- Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
- Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)
- Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)
- MyUSPTO
- MyUSPTO (Account)
- OEMS NG AKA Certified Copy Center (CCC)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)
- Patent Center - Sponsorship Patent Center (eMOD)
- Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private Pair)
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTABE2E)
- Trademark Electronic Application System - International (TEASi)
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)
- TradePatent Trial and Appeal Board (PTABE2E) mark Next Generation - e0G (TMNG- eOG)
- Trademark Next Generation - Exam/Content (TMNG Exam - External)
- Trademark Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG- IDM)
- Trademark Next Generation Official Gazette (TMOG)
For Patent Customers:
The following submissions will be unavailable during the maintenance period: ePetitions, eTerminal Disclaimer, Web 85b, PG-Pub requests, and other filing types which require successful payment at time of submission. 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. For more information about filing documents and paying fees during an outage, please visit: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.
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/ptab/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:
Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/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 02:37AM Mar 05, 2021 in Planned Events |