USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Tuesday Jul 14, 2020

Planned Events

System Maintenance

The USPTO will perform system maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 17 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, July 17 ET.

There might be brief intermittent disruptions for the following Systems:

  • Certified Copy Center (CCC)
  • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) for Registered eFilers
  • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
  • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)
  • Financial Manager
  • my.uspto.gov website
  • Patent Maintenance Fee Storefront 
  • Patent Practitioner Support Sponsorship Tool
  • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E)
  • Private PAIR
  • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
  • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
  • Trademark Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG-IDM)
  • Trademark Next Generation Official Gazette (TMOG)
  • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)



Open Data Portal

The USPTO will be performing maintenance on the Open Data Portal Intellectual Property (IP) Marketplace capability beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 17 and ending at 12 p.m., Friday, July 17 ET.

Users might experience a momentary outage to DH services.


Multiple Systems Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 18 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, July 18 2 ET.
The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:
  • Patent Center
  • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers
  • Private PAIR
  • Sponsorship Tool
During this maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency.

If you need to file a follow-on submission, use an alternative filing method.

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.

PTAB-E2E Maintenance

The USPTO will be performing maintenance on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E) system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 18 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 19 ET.

PTAB-E2E will be unavailable during the maintenance period.