PALM Database Oracle Upgrades
The OCIO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, February 26 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, February 26 ET.
Affected systems include: Patent Application Locating and Monitoring (PALM) EXPO, PALM Pre-exam, Image File Wrapper (IFW)/MADRAS, and Office Action Correspondence Subsystem (OACS). A more complete listing of affected systems is listed at the end of this announcement.
Patent Examiners will not be able to post Office Actions during the outage. Please check system status availability herebefore posting.
Patent Examiners, Patent Support Staff and Managers should plan their work accordingly.
NOTE: During the outage, Patent Examiners will still be able to view and search applications using Docket and Application Viewer (DAV) and the search systems of EAST and WEST.
If you plan to work hours during the day on Sunday, you should prepare by taking steps to have alternate work available.
These PALM upgrades will require no action by the user.
Additional Information
The OCIO anticipates that:
- Microsoft Outlook will be available
- Virtual Private Network (VPN) connectivity will be available including users with Small Office, Home Office (SOHO) routers
A listing of substantially affected Patents systems is below:
- Office Action Correspondence Subsystem (OACS)
- Official Correspondence (PE2E-OC)
- PALM EXPO
- PALM File Ordering System (FOS)
- PALM – Infrastructure (INFRA)
- PALM PreExam
- PALM Reporting System (PRS)
- PALM – Services Gateway (SG)
- PALM Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PCT_OPS)
- IFW and MADRAS
- Global Dossier (GD)
- One Portfolio Dossier (OPD)
- Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) User Resource Manager (PURM)
- Patent Enterprise Access Integration – Trilateral Dossier Access (PEAI TDA)
- Patent Image Retrieval System (PIRS)
- Patent Modeling and Budget Administration System (OPBUDGET)
- Patent Resource Management System (PRMS)
- Patent Review Process System (PRPS)
- Trilateral Document Access (TDA)
The following systems will also experience outages:
- Adjudicated Case Tracking System (ACTS)
- Application Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Application Routing Tool (ART) and Automated Classification Evaluator (ART-ACE)
- Classification Data System (CDS)
- Central Enterprise Data Repository Infrastructure (CEDR-INFRA)
- Cooperative Patent Classification Database (CPCDB)
- Enterprise Application Integration HUB (EAI_HUB)
- Electronic Business Center Imaging System (EBCIS)
- Electronic Desktop Application Navigator (eDAN)
- Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web and EFS-Web Contingency)
- File Inspection Utility (FIU)
- File Tracking System (FTS)
- Image File Wrapper (IFW)
- Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)
- Docket and Application Viewer (PE2E-DAV)
- Patent File Wrapper (PFW)
- Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)
- Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS)
- Quality Review System (QRS)
- Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP)
- Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS)
- Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)
- Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront
- Infrastructure Code Table (ICT)
- Order Entry Management System (OEMS)
- Office of Finance Imaging System (OFIS)
- Revenue Accounting and Management System (RAM)
- Trilateral Network (TRINET)
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVue)
- Transit Subsidy System (TSS)
- Assignments Historical Database (AHD)
- Assignments on the Web (AOTW)
- Electronic Freedom of Information Act (EFOIA)
- Notice of Suit Processing System (NOSPS)
- Trademark Reporting and Application Monitoring System (TRAM)
Patent assignments will be unavailable in AOTW and AHD. Global Dossier and One Portfolio Dossier will be down during the maintenance period.
The following system will experience partial outages. Links or data fields that reference PALM fields will not function during the maintenance:
- Examiner’s Automated Search Tool (EAST)
Posted at 07:10AM Feb 23, 2017 in Planned Events |