During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: 

• API Key Manager
• Certified Copy Center (CCC)
• Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
• Fee Processing (Fees)
• MyUSPTO 
• Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)
• Patent Center 
• Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) 
• Assignment Center
• Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) 
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
• Trademark Center
• Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTAB-Center)
• Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)

 Patent Customers: 

During the maintenance period, impacted applicants may refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing methods.

PTAB/P-TACTS Customers: 

If your deadline is today for the petition filing and/or other associated documents to a pending America Invents Act (AIA) case and you cannot file electronically via Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternate filing method. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods
 

Trademark Customers: 

Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov .

TTAB Customers: 

Please visit the TTAB Outage Page for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov

During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: 

• API Key Manager
• Certified Copy Center (CCC)
• Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
• Fee Processing (Fees)
• MyUSPTO 
• Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)
• Patent Center 
• Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) 
• Assignment Center
• Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) 
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
• Trademark Center
• Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)
• Trademark Examination (TM-EXM)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTAB-Center)
• Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)

 Patent Customers: 

During the maintenance period, impacted applicants may refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing methods.

PTAB/P-TACTS Customers: 

If your deadline is today for the petition filing and/or other associated documents to a pending America Invents Act (AIA) case and you cannot file electronically via Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternate filing method. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods

Trademark Customers: 

Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov .

TTAB Customers: 

Please visit the TTAB Outage Page for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.

•    Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
•    Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) and Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
•    Patent Center
•    Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)
•    Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront
•    Financial Manager
•    Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) 
•    Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
•    Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS)
•    Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)

Payment processing for transactions originating from the following system may be momentarily interrupted during the initial minutes of this maintenance window:

•    Certified Copy Center (CCC)
•    Intellectual Property Assignment System (IPAS)

For Patent Customers: 
For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.
If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. - Midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov. 

For P-TACTS Customers:
If your deadline is today for the petition filing and/or other associated documents to a pending AIA case and you cannot file electronically via the Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the alternate filing method page at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E for information concerning your AIA petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact P-TACTS during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-9797 or email Trials@uspto.gov.

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 Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email TEAS@uspto.gov.

For TTAB Customers:
If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the TTAB Outage Page for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.

During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:

• Assignment Center (IPAS)
• Certified Copy Center (CCC)
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
• Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)
• Patent Center (PC)
• Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (P-MFS)
• Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)
• Trademark Center (TC)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTABC)

Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.

If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:

Patent/PTAB/P-TACTS Customers: For more information about submitting alternative methods of payments during system maintenance, please visit here.

Trademark Customers: Filing deadlines that fall on a Saturday extend the filing deadline to the next business day. Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov.

TTAB Customers: For more information about alternative filing and different fee payment methods, please visit here. 

During this maintenance period, PPUBS will be available.

The following manuals will be briefly unavailable. The downtime will last approximately 30 minutes.

• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)
• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
• Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)

Once retired, users will no longer be able to access DIAMOND or use its related functionality. Teams that currently use DIAMOND for data, reporting, or business processes should move to the new Configuration Management Database (CMDB) before the decommission date. 

The CMDB will serve as the replacement source.

During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:

• Assignment Center (IPAS)
• Certified Copy Center (CCC)
• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
• Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)
• Patent Center (PC)
• Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (P-MFS)
• Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)
• Trademark Center (TC)
• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTABC)

Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window. If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:

Patent/PTAB/P-TACTS Customers: For more information about submitting alternative methods of payments during system maintenance, please visit here.

Trademark Customers: Filing deadlines that fall on a Saturday extend the filing deadline to the next business day. Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov.

TTAB Customers: For more information about alternative filing and different fee payment methods, please visit here. 
 

During this deployment period, PPUBS will be available.