USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Tuesday Oct 25, 2022

Planned Events

Docket and Application Viewer (DAV) Migration

The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas on two consecutive days:

• The first day of maintenance will begin at 12:05 a.m., Thursday, October 27 and end at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, October 27 ET.

Note: During the deployment, OCR functionality, Relevant Prior Art (RPA) functionality, and eDRS messaging functionality will be unavailable

• The second day of maintenance will begin at 10 p.m., Friday, October 28 and end at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.

Note: DAV will also be unavailable during the migration window.

Multiple Systems Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems configured through RBAC beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, October 27 and ending at 3 a.m., Thursday, October 27 ET.

During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption for the following systems:

API Key Manager
EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)
Fee Processing
MyUSPTO
Certified Copy Center (CCC)
Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)
Patent Center (eMOD)
Patent Center Support
Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)
PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence
Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)
TM Document Management
Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)
Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)
Trademark - eOG(TM- eOG)
Trademark - Exam (TM Exam)
Trademark - Exam/Content
Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)
Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) – API

Patents Customers:

During the 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 or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.

If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.

PTAB 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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.

Trademark Customers:

If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. 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.

TTAB Customers:

If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.

Posted at 08:19AM Oct 25, 2022 in Planned Events |

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