System 411

Friday Aug 21, 2020

Current Events

Multiple Systems Maintenance

The OCIO will be performing routine maintenance beginning at midnight, Saturday, August 22 and ending at 10 a.m., Saturday, August 22 ET.

There will be a 10 hour maintenance window for maintenance to which we expect one service interruption for 2 hours between midnight and 5 a.m.

During the remainder of the maintenance, there may be brief interruptions for some legacy PALM related services.

The following systems will be impacted:

  • Adjudicated Case Tracking System (ACTS)
  • Assignments Historical Database (AHD)
  • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)
  • Application Routing Tool (ART) and Automated Classification Evaluator (ART-ACE)
  • Certified Copy Center (CCC)
  • Classification Data System (CDS)
  • Central Enterprise Data Repository (CEDR)
  • Central Enterprise Data Repository Infrastructure (CEDR-INFRA)
  • Data Export
  • Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)
  • Electronic Business Center Imaging System (EBCIS)
  • Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
  • Electronic Freedom of Information Act (E-FOIA)
  • Electronic Filing System- Web (EFS-WEB)
  • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)
  • File Inspection Utility (FIU)
  • Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)
  • File Tracking System (FTS)
  • Integrated Quality System (IQS)
  • MyUSPTO
  • Official Correspondence (OC)
  • Order Entry Management System (OEMS)       
  • One Portal Dossier (OPD)
  • OPSG (includes NextGen PreExam, PCT OPS)
  • Notice of Suit Processing System (NOSPS)
  • Patent Application Location and Monitoring- Service Getaway (PALM-SG)
  • Patent Center
  • Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)
  • Patent Enterprise Access Integration- Trilateral Dossier Access (PEAI-TDA)
  • Patent Linguistic Utility Search (PLUS)
  • Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)
  • Patent and Trial Appeal Board End-to-End (P-TAB E2E)  
  • Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS)
  • Patent Transfer Inquiry (PTI)
  • Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP)
  • Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)
  • Warehouse File Tracking System (WFTS)

In addition, maintenance for PCAPS-IP systems will also occur from 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m. There will be a complete outage for the following systems:

  • PAIR User Resource Manager (PURM)
  • Patent Application Location and Monitoring Pre-Examination System (PALM-PreExam)
  • Patent Application Location and Monitoring- Examination and Post-Examination (PALM-EXPO)
  • Patent Application Location and Monitoring- Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PALM PCT OPS)
  • Patent Application Location and Monitoring- Patent Reporting System (PALM-PRS)
  • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)
  • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)

Multiple Systems Maintenance

The OCIO will be performing routine maintenance for PCAPS-IP systems beginning at 12 a.m., Sunday, August 23 and ending at 6 a.m., Sunday, August 23 ET.
There will be a complete outage for the following systems:

  • Enterprise Application Integration HUB (EAI-HUB)
  • Infrastructure Code Table (ICT)
  • Electronic Filing System-Web (EFSWEB)
  • Patent Application Location and Monitoring- File Ordering System (PALM FOS)
  • Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)
  • Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA)