Planned Events
System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing on two separate nights.
• The first night of maintenance will be from 12 a.m. until 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 27 ET.
• The final night of maintenance will be from 12 a.m. until 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 28 ET.
During the maintenance periods, user access to the following USPTO storefronts will be unavailable:
• Certified Copy Center (CCC)
• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
• Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)
• Patent Center (PC)
• Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG-PMFS)
• Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)
In addition, The Financial Manager system will not be available during the maintenance windows, and recent transactions may not be displayed immediately.
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.
Global Dossier Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on API Gateway impacting Global Dossier beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 26 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 27 ET.
During the maintenance period, applications mentioned may be unavailable.
Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the TDA systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET.
During the maintenance period, TDA will not be available.
Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-OA2XML from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET.
During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems on two separate nights.
• The first night of maintenance will be from 12 a.m. until 3 a.m., on Saturday, January 27 ET.
• The second night of maintenance will be from 12 a.m., until 3 a.m., Sunday, January 28 ET.
The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.
Multiple System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Scheme Navigator, CPC-Collaborative Environment (CPC-CE), and CPC-Classification Allocation Tool (CAT) beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 26 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 27 ET.
The Scheme Navigator and CPC-CE and CPC- CAT will be unavailable during the deployment.
Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET.
During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center.
Please check Patent Center after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.
Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 31 ET.
During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.
Posted at 07:23AM Jan 26, 2024 in Planned Events |