USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Friday Feb 03, 2023

Planned Events

Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-TACTS systems for from 8:30 p.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Monday, January 30 ET.

During the maintenance period, P-TACTS (internal & external) will be unavailable.

Parties must either pay fees for petitions outside of this scheduled maintenance time or pay early. Those with deadlines for petition filing or other associated documents to a pending AIA case, must use an alternate filing method.

Questions? Contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email Trials@uspto.gov.

Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1 ET.

During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.

Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.

Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1 ET.

During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.

Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.

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 Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E) 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 PTAB-E2E 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.

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.

Multiple Systems Maintenance

The USPTO will be performing maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET. 

Only external users will be affected by this maintenance.  External users will not be able to access any Okta protected endpoints.

During this time, 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)

 

Action Required:

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 Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E) 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 PTAB-E2E 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