One or more systems affected by planned maintenance

90-Day Database Password Change Maintenance

The USPTO will perform a 90-day database password change on multiple systems to comply with USPTO password management policy beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, March 31 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 1 ET.  

The following systems will be unavailable during this time: 

    • Adjudicated Case Tracking System (ACTS)

    • 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)

    • Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)

    • Enterprise Telework Information System (ETIS)

    • Electronic Filing System (EFS)

    • Electronic Filing System on the Web (EFSWeb)

    • Electronic Library for Financial Management Systems (EL4FMS)

    • First Action System for Trademarks 2 (FAST2) 

    • Financial Enterprise Data Management Tools (FEDMT)

    • Form Paragraph Editor Program (FPEP)

    • 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 Information System (OEDIS)

    • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)

    • One Portal Dossier (OPD)

    • One Patent Service Gateway (OPSG)

    • Patents-Electronic Library for Patents (PELP)

    • Patent Center

    • Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS)

    • Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)

    • Patent Center Support Patent Service for Time and 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 Transfer Inquiry (PTI)

    • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)

    • Patent Trial and Appeal Board-API (PTAB-API)

    • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)

    • Record Sharing Platform (RSP)

    • Reference Document Management System (RDMS)

    • Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)

    • 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 Next Generation Automated Specimen Analysis Project (TMNG-ASAP)

    • Trademark Status Document Retrieval 1 & 2 (TSDR/TDR2)

    • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS)

    • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)

    • Web Time and Attendance Automated System (WebTA) 

    • X-Search (XS)

    • X-Search-Bi (XS BI)

Network Access Control (NAC)/ Identity Service Engine (ISE) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform NAC/ISE system maintenance beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, March 31 and ending at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 1 ET.

During and after the maintenance period, customers may be impacted if they try to log in.

If users experience problems logging in during or after the maintenance period, they should reboot their workstation.

Last updated: Friday, Mar 31, 2023 at 8:28 AM ET
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