USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Tuesday May 14, 2013

PTONet, TIDM Maintenance

PTONet Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on its network, affecting all Online Business Systems beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 4 a.m. on Friday, May 17.

All Online Business Systems will experience an approximately 45 minute service interruption during the maintenance.

PTONet Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance on PTONet starting at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 4 a.m. on Saturday, May 18.

The following applications will be unavailable during the maintenance:

  • Adjudicated Case Tracking System (ACTS)
  • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)
  • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agent (OEDCI)
  • Order Entry Management System (OEMS)
  • Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR)
  • Revenue Accounting and Management (RAM)
  • Trademark Electronic Application System, International and Domestic (TEAS/TEASi)
  • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
  • Trademark Identification Manual for Acceptible Goods and Services (TIDM)
  • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE).

The following applications may experience intermittent outages during the maintenance:

  • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)
  • Patents Full Text Search (PATFT & APPFT)
  • Electronic Freedom of Information Act (EFOIA)
  • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)
  • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
  • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
  • Patent Review Processing System (PRPS).

TIDM Maintenance

USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademarks U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual (ID Manual) starting at 12 a.m. and ending at 1 a.m. Saturday May 18.