USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Tuesday Sep 29, 2020

Planned Events

TSDR Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) beginning at 7 p.m., Friday, October 2 and ending at 11 p.m., Friday, October 2 ET.

You can still check the status of a trademark application and retrieve documents directly from TSDR at https://tsdr.uspto.gov/. Only the TSDR Application Programming Interface (API) will be unavailable.

If you rely on third-party organizations to receive TSDR information, these services may be impacted during the maintenance period.

​PALM-PCT_OPS Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (Formerly POWER) (PALM-PCT_OPS) beginning at midnight, Saturday, October 3 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 3 ET.​​

PALM-PCT_OPS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.​​

​Multiple System Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 3 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, October 3 ET.

The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:

  • Patent Center
  • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers
  • Private PAIR
  • Sponsorship Tool

During this maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission, use an  alternative filing method.

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 System Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark TMNG systems beginning at 12 a.m., Saturday, October 3 and ending at 4 a.m., Saturday, October 3 ET.

The following systems will be impacted:

  • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available.