Planned Events
EFS-Web Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 14 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, August 14 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following applications will be unavailable:
- EFS-Web for Registered eFilers
- EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers
- EFS-Web Contingency
During the maintenance period, applicants can use Patent Center to submit patent applications and follow-on submissions.
For assistance and questions, please contact the Patent EBC at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.
Fee Payment Processing Maintenance
The USPTO's Third-Party Credit Card Processing service, Pay.gov, will be performing maintenance that impacts USPTO credit/debit card fee payment processing beginning at 6 p.m., Saturday, August 14 and ending at 10 p.m., Saturday, August 14 ET.
The following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept Credit/Debit card 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 (PTAB-E2E)
• 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 USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during this maintenance window.
Patent Customers: For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/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.
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.
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.
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/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.
TSDR Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application on two nights:
- The first night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, Aug 18 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, Aug 18 ET.
- The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, Aug 20 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, Aug 20 ET.
During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.
Trademark System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark TMNG systems from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Thursday, August 19 ET.
The following systems will be impacted:
- Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the Trademark Official Gazette webpage. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the archived editions page.
- Trademarks Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG-IDM) will not be available.
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) initial application forms will not be available.
- TTAB Reading Room will not be available.
- Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available, but all documents may not be viewable.
The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
Vendor Portal Maintenance
The USPTO will perform system maintenance affecting the Vendor Portal beginning at 12 a.m. and ending at 5 a.m. on Friday, August 20 ET.
During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal users will not be able to submit and process invoices and eDeliverables.
Posted at 03:43AM Aug 13, 2021 in Planned Events |