Planned Events
Vendor Portal Maintenance
The USPTO will perform system maintenance affecting the Vendor Portal beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 4 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 4 ET.
During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal users will not be able to submit and process invoices and eDeliverables.
Vendor Portal Outage
The USPTO will perform system upgrade affecting the Vendor Portal beginning at 8 a.m., Saturday, September 4 and ending by 12 p.m., Saturday, September 4 ET.
The Vendor Portal will be unavailable during this time.
Fee Payment Processing Maintenance
Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments between midnight and 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 4 ET.
The following storefronts will be impacted by the maintenance:
• Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)
• Patent Center
• Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)
• Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)
• Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)
• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
• Certified Copy Center (CCC)
In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR.
If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:
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: 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: 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 03:25AM Sep 02, 2021 in Planned Events |