Planned Events
Docket 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 in two parts:
• Part 3A beginning at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 17 and ending at 3 p.m., Tuesday, January 17 ET
Note: DAV will be available during the migration window
• Part 4 beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, January 21 ET.
Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window. During the migration, OC users will not be able to post for credit, approve, return, or submit office actions.
Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Tuesday, January 17 ET.
During the maintenance period, users should not experience any disruption of service.
Public browser users will be required to refresh their browsers to to get the latest changes in PEDS user interface.
Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two consecutive nights:
• The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.
• The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.
During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.
Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)
• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
• Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)
PTONet Network Switch Code Upgrade
The USPTO will perform a perimeter network switch code upgrade in the ITE data center from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.
The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:
• Patent Center
• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency
Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.
Posted at 07:59AM Jan 17, 2023 in Planned Events |