Planned Events
Vendor Portal Maintenance
The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 ET.
During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available but submissions will not be successful.
Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment Processing Maintenance
Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 12 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:
• 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: Please visit the TEAS Outage Page: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage for information concerning Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the Trademark Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 800-786-9199 (press 1) or Email TrademarkAssistanceCenter@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.
Trademark Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, August 31 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, September 1 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following systems will be impacted:
• Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will be unavailable. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the Trademark Official Gazette webpage. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the archived editions page.
• Trademarks ID Manual (IDM) will be unavailable.
• TTAB Reading Room will be unavailable.
• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available, but all documents may not be viewable.
During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
Posted at 06:53AM Aug 29, 2022 in Planned Events |