TEAS, TEASi, and Systems Maintenances
TEAS and TEASi Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m., Saturday, October 1 ET.
TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
Because portable and e-signature forms allow 14 days for signature, it is important that you be aware of this scheduled outage so that you can plan ahead to avoid additional work. Users should file all recently created portable forms and e-signature forms by 7:59 a.m., Saturday, October 1, 2016 ET. Customers unable to do so will be required to start the process again with updated forms. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the release, please contact TEAS@uspto.gov (link sends e-mail).
Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform systems maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m., Sunday, October 2 ET.
The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
- Order Entry Management System (OEMS)
- Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)
- Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
- Patent Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)
- Patent Trial and Appeal End to End (PTAB E2E)
For Patent Customers:
EFS-Web applicants may file new applications and follow-on submissions except for ePetitions, eTerminal Disclaimers, Web 85b, and processes which require payment at time of submission.
To submit payment, please use one of the alternative methods listed below:
- Attach a fee transmittal form (e.g., PTO/SB/17) with deposit account authorization in EFS-Web.
- Fax in a credit card authorization form PTO-2038 to the USPTO Central Fax 571-273-8300.
- Send 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.
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 Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. Account holders will still be able to pay the required fees via those accounts. In addition, forms that do not require a fee payment can still be filed.
For TTAB Customers:
If your deadline is today and a document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically prior to midnight, you must submit your filing by mail. This outage does not impact ESTTA forms that do not require a filing fee. Oppositions or extensions of time to oppose § 66(a) applications must be filed electronically.
Posted at 02:00AM Sep 18, 2016 in Planned Events |