System, RAM, and TEAS Maintenances
System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 5 a.m., Thursday, April 9 ET, and again beginning 12:01 a.m. and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, April 10 ET.
The systems listed below will be unavailable during both of the maintenance periods:
- Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
- Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
- Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)
RAM Maintenance
RAM will undergo maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 5:01 a.m., Friday, April 10 ET.
All payment processing through the following USPTO systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
- Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) and EFS-Web Contingency
- Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
- Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
- Order Entry Management System (OEMS)
- Office of Finance On-Line Shopping Site
- Revenue Accounting and Management (RAM)
- Patent Review Processing System (PRPS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System international (TEASi)
For Patent Customers:
Customers can submit payment using one of the following alternative methods:
- by attaching a fee transmittal form (e.g., PTO/SB/17) with deposit account authorization in EFS-Web;
- by faxing in a credit card authorization form PTO-2038 to the USPTO Central Fax 571-273-8300;
- or by sending in a credit card authorization form PTO-2038 through Priority Mail Express(formerly Express Mail) from the United States Postal Services (USPS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10.
Facsimile submission of the basic national fee for national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371 is not accepted. Submissions that require successful online payment, such as ePetitions and Pre-grant publication submissions, will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
If you have any questions, contact the Patent EBC by phone at 866-217-9197 or by email at ebc@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 TEAS Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods.
If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov.
TEAS Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 11:59 a.m., Saturday, April 11 ET.
TEAS will be unavailable during the maintenance period. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Posted at 12:26PM Apr 07, 2015 in Planned Events |