USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Friday Jul 14, 2023

Planned Events

Trademark Madrid System (MCRP) Migration

The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on Madrid from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, July 15 ET. 

Note: Madrid will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.

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, July 16 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.

Multiple System Maintenance 

The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Sunday, July 16 ET.

During the maintenance period, the below systems will be unavailable:

    • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)

    • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)

Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance

The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the EPAS and ETAS systems from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, July15 ET.

During the maintenance period, the EPAS and ETAS products will be unavailable.