Planned Events
System Maintenance
The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Friday, April 28 ET.
During this time, the following systems may 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)
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/P-TACTS 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 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: 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.
Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Migration
The USPTO will perform a migration on PSIPS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, April 28 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, April 29 ET.
Note: PSIPS Seqdata will be unavailable during the migration window.
Users should save their work and exit PSIPS before the migration period begins.
Multiple Manual Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.
The following manuals will be briefly unavailable from 12 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 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)
Patents and Trademarks user should save notes in eMPEP, TMEP, TFSR and TBMP prior to the maintenance period.
Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:
• The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.
• The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 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 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.
During the maintenance period RDMS Webtop and oXygen will be unavailable between 12:01 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29, ET.
The following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12:01 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 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)
Multiple System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 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.
Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application beginning at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.
During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.
During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0) and X-Search services will be unavailable.
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.
During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.
• ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals
• TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE
• TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room
• OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System
Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.
Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers from 12:01 a.m. until 8 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.
During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)
• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)
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, April 30 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 07:36AM Apr 28, 2023 in Planned Events |