Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Planned Events
Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET.
During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.
Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.
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, November 8 ET.
During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.
Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.
Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Retirement
The USPTO will retire EFS-Web (including EFS-Web Registered, EFS-Unregistered and EFS-Web contingency) and Private-PAIR and will no longer be available onward from 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET.
Users should submit any saved submissions prior to EFS-Web retirement on November 8. After the retirement date, saved submissions cannot be accessed. Users should use Patent Center starting 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET, to access available applications and documents.
To access available applications and documents, users may access Patent Center.
For more information, please visit the EFS-Web and Private PAIR retirement homepage.
Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Maintenance
The USPTO will be updating configuration settings to resolve a URL issue with the Trademark IDM system from 12 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.
Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as followed:
• The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.
• The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Sunday, November 12 ET.
S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.
Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-TACTS systems for two consecutive nights.
• The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.
• The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 12 ET.
During the maintenance period, P-TACTS will be unavailable.
Posted at 07:23AM Nov 07, 2023 in Planned Events |