Planned Events
System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 20 ET.
The following systems will be unavailable:
• API Key Manager
• EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)
• Fee Payment Processing
• 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. Due to the maintenance impacting fee payment, non-registered efilers are reminded to submit the payment via the PTO Central Fax # at 571-273-8300 to avoid incurring the surcharge fee for not paying on the same date as the filing. 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 alternate filing method. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.
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.
Multiple System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, July 21 ET.
During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and 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.
Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Migration
The USPTO will perform a migration on TM-IDM to Rocky Linux beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, July 22 and ending at 2 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.
Multiple System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 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 Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TSDR application for two nights:
• The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.
• The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.
During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.
Trademark System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited capability
Maintenance Impacting Manuals
The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m., on Saturday, July 22 ET.
During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 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)
Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance
The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, July 23 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)
• Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)
Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.
During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.
Multiple System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 23 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.
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 23 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 10:30AM Jul 19, 2023 in Planned Events |