Planned Events
Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking (PTAB) System Migration
Starting Monday, February 27, all PTAB i-filing system users will migrate to the Patent Trial and Appeals Case Tracking System or P-TACTS platform. In anticipation of this deployment, the i-filing system will be unavailable starting 8 a.m., Saturday, February 25 and ending at 11 p.m., Sunday, February 26 ET.
Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)
The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system from noon until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22 ET.
During the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.
Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance
The OCIO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 26 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.
Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance
Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 2 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, February 26 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.
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 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.
To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.
Posted at 04:20PM Feb 23, 2023 in Planned Events |