Planned Events
Standalone Sponsorship Tool Discontinued
As of September 15, 2021, the standalone Sponsorship Tool at https://patentcenter-sponsorships.uspto.gov/ will no longer be available.
Please use the Sponsorship feature in Patent Center to view and manage support staff sponsorships for EFS-Web, Private PAIR, and Patent Center. You may use your same uspto.gov account information to sign in to all filing systems. After signing in to Patent Center at https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/#!/, you can access the sponsorship tool under the Manage > Sponsor Users menu option.
If you have browser bookmarks or favorites to the standalone Sponsorship Tool, please update them to https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/#!/.
See the Patent Center Sponsorship Guide for more information.
For questions or assistance, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 during their operating hours of 6 a.m. to midnight ET, Monday - Friday, or email ebc@uspto.gov.
Enterprise SharePoint System (ESPS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Enterprise SharePoint System (ESPS) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 9 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, October 9 ET.
During the maintenance period, users will not have access to ESPS.
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) beginning at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 16 and ending at 2 p.m., Saturday, October 16 ET.
During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.
Posted at 05:36AM Oct 08, 2021 in Planned Events |