Planned Events
PALM Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PCT-OPS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on PCT-OPS beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, May 19 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, May 19 ET.
During this maintenance period, new PCT applications submitted via EFS-Web and Patent Center will experience a delay in application processing.
This delay will prevent the filing of follow-on submissions for yet to be processed PCT applications. Once PCT-OPS services are fully restored, application processing will resume.
Multiple System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, May 21 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, May 21 ET.
Supplemental Content data will be unavailable in the following systems during the maintenance period:
- Private PAIR
- Public PAIR
If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at (866) 217-9197 during their operating hours of 6 a.m. to midnight, Monday - Friday ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.
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, May 21 and ending at 4 p.m., Saturday, May 21 ET.
During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.
Users should file all saved forms and e-signature forms by 7:59 a.m., Saturday, May 21 ET. If you don't file these forms by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payments Maintenance
Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday, May 21 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:
- Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)
- Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)
- Patent Center
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTABE2E)
- Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)
- 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 Customer Interface (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 the maintenance window.
If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity 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: 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: 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 03:40AM May 17, 2022 in Planned Events |