USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Monday May 08, 2023

Planned Events

Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Maintenance  

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TESS system beginning at 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 8 and ending at 2 a.m., Tuesday, May 9 ET.

During the maintenance period, TESS will be unavailable.

Links to TESS will not be available from the following systems: 

  • Trademark Design Search Codes Manual (TDSCM) 
  • TM Exam (Link to TESS unavailable) 


Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET.

During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.

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

Patent Application Text Initiative - Continuous Data Conversion (PATI-CDC) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on PATI-CDC systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET.

During the maintenance period, PATI-CDC will be unavailable.

Users should refrain from attempting to submit new search requests during the maintenance period.

Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-OA2XML systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET.

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

Multiple Systems Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 11 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 affecting multiple systems from 9:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET. 

During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications might be interrupted: 

·        Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi) 

·        Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) 

·        Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) 

·        TMNG-eOG 

·        TMNG-ID Manual (TMNG-IDM) 

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 . 

Users may need to refresh the above systems after the start of the maintenance period.