Planned Events
Trademark System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, April 23 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, April 23 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
- Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)
- TTAB Reading Room
Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, April 24 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, April 24 ET.
During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.
Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems beginning at 8 a.m., Saturday, April 30 and ending at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 30 ET.
During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.
E-signature links for third party signatures and saved forms will work following the deployment.
Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, April 27 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 27 ET.
During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR or Patent Center.
Services - Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for three consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:
• The first night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, April 28 and end at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, April 28 ET.
• The second night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, April 29 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, April 29 ET.
• The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, May 1 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, May 1 ET.
P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.
Users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.
Posted at 03:54AM Apr 22, 2022 in Planned Events |