Planned Events
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20 ET.
During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:
- Patent Center
- Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)
Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data. 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.
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 17 ET.
The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:
• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency
• Private PAIR
Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.
Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the ESTTA system from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 17 ET.
ESTTA will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on TTABVUE from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Saturday, December17 ET.
During the maintenance period, TTABVUE will be unavailable.
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 18 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.
Patent Application Security System (PASS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on PASS beginning at 10 p.m., Monday, December 19 and ending at 5 a.m., Tuesday, December 20 ET.
During the maintenance period, PASS will be unavailable.
Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.
Posted at 07:19AM Dec 14, 2022 in Planned Events |