Planned Events
Open Data Portal Maintenance
The USPTO will performance maintenance on the Open Data Portal beginning at 11:59 a.m., Wednesday, November, 30 and ending at 2 a.m., Thursday, December, 1 ET.
Users might experience a momentary outage during the maintenance window.
Trademark System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Friday, December 2 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)
• TTAB Reading Room
Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting PTAB Interference starting at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Friday, December 2 ET.
TEAS and TEASi system maintenance
The Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and TEAS International (TEASi) will be unavailable on Saturday, December 3, from 12:01-8 a.m. ET. We’re updating the forms to comply with the new deadline to respond to office actions for applications.
You will not be able to file TEAS or TEASi forms during the maintenance. File all saved forms and e-signature forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 2. If you don’t file these forms by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m., until 6 a.m. Saturday, December 3 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, December 4 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.
Posted at 12:00AM Nov 30, 2022 in Planned Events |