USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Thursday Nov 03, 2022

Planned Events

Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 6 ET.

During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.

Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.

Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi from 12:01 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 5 ET.

During the maintenance period, users will be unable to file Trademark documents and the following systems will be unavailable:

    • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)
    • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)
    • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
    • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
    • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)
    • Trademark Trials and Appeals Board – Reading Room (TTAB-RR)
    • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)

Trademarks Trial and Appeal Database Software Upgrade

The USPTO will perform an upgrade beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, November 6 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday November 6 ET.

During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.

    • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
    • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)

Trademark System Maintenance 

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Official Gazette and Trademark ID Manual from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, November 12 ET. Both systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period.