USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Planned Events

Multiple Systems Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 14 and ending at 8 a.m., Sunday, July 14 ET.

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

• Electronic Freedom of Information Act (eFOIA)
• Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency) 
• Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI) 
• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)
• Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR) 
• Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) 
• Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront 
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) 
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) 
• Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) 
• Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)

 

The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the:

• Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)
• Order Entry Management System (OEMS)
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
• Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E)

 

For Patent Customers:

During the 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 or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.

If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.

For 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 Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E) System, you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page (https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions) and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E 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.

For Trademark Customers:

If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email TEAS@uspto.gov.

For TTAB Customers:

If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the TTAB Outage Page 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.

Vendor Portal Maintenance

The USPTO will perform system maintenance on the Vendor Portal beginning at 8 a.m., Saturday, July 13 and ending at 12:01 p.m., Saturday, July 13 ET.

Vendor Portal will be unavailable during the maintenance period.

Maintenance affecting Multiple Systems

The USPTO will perform maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 13 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, July 13 ET.

During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:

 

The maintenance will cause an outage to Financial Manager, an outage to Patent Maintenance Fee Storefront, and an interruption to payment processing for all USPTO storefronts. Users of the following systems should not attempt to make a payment during the maintenance period:

• Certified Copy Center (CCC) 
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) 
• Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS) 
• Patent Maintenance Fee Storefront 
• Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E) 
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) 
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)

 

For Patent Customers:

During the 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 or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.

If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.

For 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 Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E) System, you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page (https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions) and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E 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.

For Trademark Customers:

If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email TEAS@uspto.gov.

For TTAB Customers:

If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the TTAB Outage Page 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 following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be impacted, including mark images.

 

Additionally, the following systems will be unavailable:

• Migration Tool
• Sponsorship Tool
• Electronic Filing System – Web for Registered eFilers (EFS-Web)
• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)

 

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 ET, Monday - Friday, or email ebc@uspto.gov.

PTAB E2E Deployment

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Trial Appeal Board E2E (PTAB E2E) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 13 and ending at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 13 ET.

During the maintenance period, PTAB E2E will be unavailable.

Posted at 06:12AM Jul 08, 2019 in Planned Events  |