USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Monday Oct 31, 2022

Planned Events

Production Data Center Migration

The USPTO will perform a migration on product components from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas beginning at 10 a.m., Monday, October 31 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, November 12 ET.

    The OIEO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. 

    There will be no application and configuration changes needed.  

    The migration start times for various product components are listed below. Each migration is estimated to be 4-5 hours.

    Monday, October 31 

    Trademark-DB-4 – 10 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)

    Note: This is for TM standby database only – there will be no outage or impact to customers

    Saturday, November 5

    Trademark Electronic Application Submission (TEAS) – 12:01 a.m.  (Trademark Product Line)

    Trademark Electronic Application Submission International (TEASi) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)

    Note: This is for TEAS/TEASi primary databases (dsb-tm-db-1, tm-databridge-db-1). 

    The following system will be unavailable during the migration window:

    • Assignment Historical Database (AHD)
    • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)
    • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)
    • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
    • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
    • First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (FAST1/2)
    • Form Paragraph Editor Program (FPEP)
    • Madrid
    • Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS)
    • Trademark Content Management System (TM-CMS)
    • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)
    • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABIS)
    • Trademark Trials and Appeals Board – Reading Room (TTAB-RR)
    • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)

    Saturday, November 12

    Trademark Content Management System Database (TM-CMS-DB-3) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)

    Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:

    • Abstraction Layer (TM-AL)
    • Trademark Exam
    • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)
    • Trademark ID Manual (IDM)
    • Automated Specimen Analysis Product (ASAP)

      The following systems will be available during the maintenance period, but links to the Case Content Viewer and ID Checker will be unavailable:

      • TRADEUPS
      • First Action System for Trademarks (FAST1)
      • First Action System for Trademarks 2 (FAST2)
      • Madrid Certification and Review Program (MCRP)
      • X-Search (XS)

      ​Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) Maintenance

      The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting PTAB Interference beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, November 3 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, November 3 ET.

      During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with PTAB.