Planned Events
Trademark Status Document Retrieval The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, July 15 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, July 16 ET. During the maintenance period, TSDR may be unavailable for a period 15 minutes during this window. Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems: • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 ET. During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
• Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE
• Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
• USPTO TM Status mobile app
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 23 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, July 23 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable:
- Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)
- Patent Center and Sponsorship tool
- Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)
- Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)
- Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)
- Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)
- Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
- Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)
- Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS)
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)
The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).
During the maintenance period, viewing documents in TTABVUE will be unavailable.
For Patent Customers:
For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.
If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.
For P-TACTS Customers
If your deadline is today for the petition filing and/or other associated documents to a pending AIA case and you cannot file electronically via the Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page (https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions) and see A2 for information concerning your AIA petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact P-TACTS 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 (link sends e-mail).
For Trademark Customers
If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email TEAS@uspto.gov (link sends e-mail).
For 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 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 (link sends e-mail).
Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance
The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.
During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)
• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)
Posted at 03:45AM Jul 15, 2022 in Planned Events |