System 411

Thursday Oct 29, 2020

Planned Events

90 Day Database Password Change Maintenance

The OCIO will perform a 90-day database password change on multiple systems beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 30 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 31 ET.

The following systems will be unavailable during this time:

  • Adjudicated Case Tracking System (ACTS)
  • Application Routing Tool (ART/ACE)
  • Big Data Reservoir (BDR)
  • Certified Copy Center (CCC)
  • CEDRA Infrastructure
  • Cooperative Patent Classification Database (CPC)
  • Comprehensive Patent Family Mapping (CPFM)
  • Computer Search System (CSS)
  • Corporate Imaging Document Management (CIDM)
  • Cisco UCM and NDS syn-apps module (CUCM / NDS)
  • Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)
  • Enterprise Application Integration Hub (EAIHub)
  • Electronic Business Center Imaging System (EBCIS)
  • Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
  • Electronic Freedom of Information Act (eFOIA)
  • Electronic Filing System (EFS)
  • Electronic Filing System on the Web (EFSWeb)
  • Electronic Library for Financial Management Systems (EL4FMS)
  • First Action System for Trademarks (FAST1)
  • First Action System for Trademarks 2 (FAST2)
  • Financial Enterprise Data Management Tools (FEDMT)
  • File Inspection Utility (FIU)
  • Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)
  • Infrastructure Code Table (ICT)
  • Infrastructure Code Table Web (ICTWeb)
  • Madrid System (MADRID)
  • MyUSPTO
  • Office Action Conversion to XML4IP 3.0 (OA2XML)
  • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Item Bank (OEDIS)
  • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)
  • One Portal Dossier (OPD)
  • One Patent Service Gateway (OPSG)
  • Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP)
  • Patent Center
  • Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS)
  • Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)
  • Patent Service for Time and Application Routing (P-STAR)
  • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (PriPAIR)
  • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (PubPAIR)
  • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring (PALM)
  • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Examination and Post-Examination (PALM Expo)
  • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring File Ordering Subsystem (PALM FOS)
  • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Infrastructure (PALM Infrastructure)
  • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PALM PCTOPS)
  • PALM PRE-EXAM
  • Patent Application Location and Monitoring System Reporting System (PALM PRS)
  • Patent Application Location and Monitoring Services Gateway (PALM SG)
  • Patent Application Security System (PASS)
  • Patent Application Text Initiative (PATI)
  • Patent Application Text Initiative - Continuous Data Conversion (PATI-CDC)
  • Patent End-to-End Document and Application Viewer (PE2E-DAV)
  • Patents End-to-End - Official Correspondence (PE2E-OC)
  • Patents End-to-End Search
  • Patent Enterprise Access Integration - Trilateral Dossier Access (PEAI-TDA)
  • Patent Linguistic Utility Service (PLUS)
  • Patent Transfer Inquiry (PTI)
  • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)
  • Patent Trial and Appeal Board-API (PTAB-API)
  • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E)
  • Quality Retrieval System (QRS)
  • Record Sharing Platform (RSP)
  • Services- Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP)
  • Supplemental Complex Repository for Examiners (SCORE)
  • Trademark Application and Registration Renewal (TARR)
  • Trilateral Document Access (TDA)
  • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
  • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
  • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
  • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)
  • Trademarks Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG IDM)
  • Trademark Reporting and Data Mart Project (TRDM)
  • Trademark Status Document Retrieval 1 & 2 (TSDR/TDR2)
  • Trademark Daily XML File (TDXF)
  • Web Time and Attendance Automated System (WebTA)
  • X-Search (XS)
  • X-Search-Bi (XS BI)


Multiple System Maintenance

The OCIO will be performing routine maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, November 1 and ending at 9 a.m., Sunday, November 1 ET.

There will be a 9 hour maintenance window, in 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 services.

Users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.

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)
  • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)
  • Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)
  • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)


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:

  • Patent Application Location and Monitoring - Infrastructure (PALM-INFRA)
  • Central Enterprise Data Repository Infrastructure (CEDR-INFRA)