Planned Events
Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 16 ET.
During the maintenance period, TDA will be unavailable.
Multiple System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, September 16 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.
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 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, September 16 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.
Multiple Systems
Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01
a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, September 19 ET.
During the maintenance period, user access to the following
applications may be interrupted:
- API
Key Manager
- EFS
Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)
- Fee
Payment Processing (FPNG)
- Patent Maintenance Fees
Storefront
- 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 International (TEASi)
- Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)
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 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.
Posted at 10:08AM Sep 15, 2023 in Planned Events |