System status and availability
Check this webpage for the latest information on the operating status of USPTO's systems and planned maintenance activities.
Current status of USPTO systems
There are no current events at this time.
Upcoming planned events
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12-1:15 a.m. ET on Saturday, August 15.
During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:
- MyUSPTO
- Fee Processing
- Patent Center
- Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)
- Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
- Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)
- Trademark Center
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
- Trademark Search
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTAB Center)
- Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
- Assignment Center
- Certified Copy Center (CCC)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)
- API Key Manager
- 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: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf 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: Filing TTAB documents during an outage 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
Patent Center Maintenance
The USPTO will perform a routine maintenance on the Patent Center from midnight-5 a.m. ET on Saturday, August 15.
During this maintenance period, Patent Center will be unavailable. Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing methods.