USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Planned Events

PTAB E2E Deployment

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Trial Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 20 and ending at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 20 ET.

During the maintenance period, PTAB E2E will be unavailable.

Global Dossier Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on Global Dossier beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, July 19 and ending at 4 a.m., Saturday, July 20 ET.

During the maintenance period, Global Dossier will be unavailable.

Maintenance affecting Multiple Systems

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 20 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, July 20 ET.

During the maintenance period the following systems will be unavailable:

• my.uspto.gov website
• Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) 
• Private PAIR 
• Patent Practitioner Support Sponsorship Tool  
• Trademark Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG-IDM)

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.

TMNG Examination

The following systems will be impacted:

• Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available  (Note: unavailable until 10 a.m., Sunday July 21 ET).  You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the Trademark Official Gazette webpage. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the archived editions page
• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available with reduced functionality

Posted at 11:34AM Jul 19, 2019 in Planned Events  |