Planned Events
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 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 on multiple systems from 12:01 until 1 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 ET.
Only external users will be affected by this maintenance. External users will not be able to access any GW/Okta protected endpoints.
During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:
• API Key Manager
• EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)
• Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)
• MyUSPTO
• Certified Copy Center (CCC)
• Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)
• Patent Center (eMOD)
• Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)
• Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)
• Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API
• Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)
• Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)
• Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)
Patent Customers: During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via EFS-Web Unregistered.
If you need to file a National Stage application under 35 U.S.C. 371 or follow-on submission to an existing application during the maintenance period, please use the alternative filing method.
PTAB Customers: If your deadline is today for the petition filing and/or other associated documents to a pending America Invents Act (AIA) case and you cannot file electronically via the P-TACTS system, you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact PTAB during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.
Trademark Customers: Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov
TTAB Customers: Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.
Trademark System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 3 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) will be available but with limited capability
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET.
During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.
Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:
• The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET.
• The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.
P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.
Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.
Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:
• The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET.
• The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.
S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.
Users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.
Assignments on the Web (AOTW)
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on AOTW from 9 a.m. until to 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET.
During the maintenance, AOTW will not be available.
Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.
During the maintenance period, TDA will be unavailable.
Fee Processing Next
Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance
Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will
not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, February 4
ET.
During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts
will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:
- Electronic
Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)
- Electronic
Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)
- Patent
Center
- Patent
Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)
- Patent
Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)
- Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASI)
- Electronic
System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
- Electronic
Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)
- Office
of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)
- Certified
Copy Center (CCC)
Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these
payment methods during the maintenance window.
If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity
has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are
available:
Patent Customers: For more information about filing documents
during an outage, please visit: https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.
If you require assistance with the online fee payment management
system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone
numbers:
- 800-786-9199
(toll-free)
- 571-272-1000
(local)
- 800-877-8339
(TTY)
Support for the online fee payment management system, and
USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
ET (except federal holidays).
PTAB Customers: If your deadline is
today for the petition filing and/or other associated documents to a pending
America Invents Act (AIA) case and you cannot file electronically via the
Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System,(P-TACTS) you may use an
alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions and
see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods. If you
have any questions, contact PTAB during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.
Trademark Customers: Filing deadlines that
fall on a Saturday extend the filing deadline to the next business day. Please
try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions,
contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov.
TTAB Customers: Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) system from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.
During the maintenance period, GD-PAD and OPD application may be unavailable.
Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.
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, February 5 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 01:45PM Feb 01, 2023 in Planned Events |