We update our IT systems and applications regularly to serve customers better. Here are the recent improvements and new features of the USPTO online systems.
For the latest information on operating status and availability of online systems, please visit the systems status page.
MyUSPTO is your personalized homepage and gateway to your USPTO business. You won’t need to remember multiple logins or passwords, system names or URLs to do business with the USPTO. Eventually you will only need to remember one. Sign up for your uspto.gov account on the login page if you don’t already have one.
The MyUSPTO home page is something you can personalize, and actively manage your IP portfolio. It is anchored by several useful docket widgets for tracking patent applications and grants, and trademark registrations and post-registration statuses. There are over 10 other widgets in the widget library that can be added to the MyUSPTO home page, and more widgets are on the roadmap to be created.
We built MyUSPTO based on years of user comments and are constantly looking to improve – please provide your feedback at MyUSPTO feedback forum on IdeaScale.
Release Notes for November 21, 2019
Based on feedback, customers can now search on a Customer Number when creating or managing their collections using the Patent Docket. Also, our customers are no longer required to change their passwords every 180 days.
Posted at 11:52AM Nov 21, 2019 in MyUSPTO |
Release Notes for October 25, 2019
We updated the two-step authentication process when logging into your USPTO.gov account. You now have an option to receive the authentication code via a text message. You can configure this option for two-step authentication in your Account page, in the top right drop-down menu under your name.
Posted at 05:13AM Oct 28, 2019 in MyUSPTO |
Release Notes for May 30, 2019
We added a new workspace feature that allows you to create up to five customized areas containing one or more widgets you commonly use. This new feature also allows you to create expanded views of your docket with just one click.
Posted at 10:00AM May 30, 2019 in MyUSPTO |
Release Notes for April 27
Now, in the Patent Docket, you can easily view maintenance fee due dates on items within your collections and access associated fee and payment options.
Posted at 05:34AM Apr 30, 2019 in MyUSPTO |
Release Notes for February 28
The MYUSPTO team continues to improve this product's features. We added the ability to search by proceeding number when adding items to your Trademark Docket. We also re-introduced the email notification feature for your Patent Docket collections, so you can receive emails when any status changes occur on any item.
Posted at 05:29AM Mar 01, 2019 in MyUSPTO |
Release Notes for November 30
We made the sign-in process easier for our customers, removing the reCaptcha for users who opt into two-step authentication. Also, for patent and trademark dockets, you can now delete multiple items in a collection quickly at one time.
Posted at 04:13AM Nov 30, 2018 in MyUSPTO |
Release notes for October 1, 2018
We made several updates to the account section to streamline your workflow before we add new features in the future. With this release, you can now manage your contacts with an address book, select or add a company name, and add your attorney state and bar number.
Posted at 06:43AM Oct 02, 2018 in MyUSPTO |
MyUSPTO release notes from July 28, 2018
The two-step authentication feature was updated to allow for the code to be received via a phone call.
The Trademark Docket was also updated. You will now be able to quickly filter out “dead records” from your search results.
Finally, we’ve released a new widget called the Trademark Form Finder. This widget allows you to quickly search for a trademark form by name, or locate it by action or response needed.
Posted at 04:35AM Jul 30, 2018 in MyUSPTO |
MyUSPTO release notes from May 25, 2018
We added a share feature in the Patent Docket that allows you to grant other users access to a read-only view of your collections.
Posted at 10:56AM May 25, 2018 in MyUSPTO |
MyUSPTO release notes from April 30, 2018
We added a new Share feature in the Trademark Docket that allows you to grant other users access to a read-only view of your collections.
Posted at 09:37AM May 08, 2018 in MyUSPTO |
MyUSPTO release notes from March 30, 2018
In addition to status changes, the trademark docket green notification bell will also appear any time there is a change to certain prosecution history entries in a trademark record. These include: changes of owner, changes of correspondence, changes of attorney, changes of domestic representative, voluntary amendments, express abandonments/surrenders. This small subset of prosecution history updates was chosen because they may indicate unauthorized changes to a trademark case.
A new manage docket button will allow you to create new collections and opt-in to receive emails when status or certain prosecution history updates occur.
Posted at 02:00PM Mar 30, 2018 in MyUSPTO |
MyUSPTO release notes from February 24, 2018
The Trademark Docket now has associated due dates and quick links to corresponding forms when applicable for registered marks.
Posted at 02:01AM Feb 24, 2018 in MyUSPTO |
MyUSPTO release notes from December 15, 2017
Posted at 01:55AM Dec 15, 2017 in MyUSPTO |
MyUSPTO release notes from November 10, 2017
In this release, you can now see which items have changed status over the past 14 days in your Patent Docket. In addition, we implemented a notification feature that allows you to receive an email when a status changes on items within a collection.
In the account area, there is now an ability to identify your interest as either patents, trademarks or both. This will help tailor your MyUSPTO experience as new widgets are added.
Posted at 02:00AM Nov 10, 2017 in MyUSPTO |
MyUSPTO release notes from August 26, 2017
The customize columns feature allows you to choose what data fields are displayed on the full screen view of your Patent or Trademark docket. Find it in the Full screen view 
of your docket.
Reminder to Trademark post-registration docket users: We are deactivating this widget and have eliminated the ability to create new collections and to add items to existing collections. Please move your collections to the Trademark docket.
Posted at 06:23AM Aug 28, 2017 in MyUSPTO |