The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing from 12:01-4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 12.
During the maintenance period, customers will be unable to submit fee payments across the following USPTO storefronts:
- Patent Center (PC)
- Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG-MFS)
- Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)
- Trademark Center (TC)
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTAB)
- Certified Copy Center (CCC)
- Assignment Center (IPAS)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline-Customer Interface (OEDCI)
In addition, The Financial Manager system will not be available during the maintenance window, and recent transactions may not be displayed immediately once the maintenance concludes.
Patent Customers: For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage if you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers:
- 800-786-9199 (toll-free)
- 571-272-1000 (local)
- 800-877-8339 (TTY)
Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).
PTAB 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 the Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20Patent%20Trial%20and%20Case%20Tracking%20System%20(P-TACTS) for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact PTAB during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.
Trademark Customers: Please try filing again after the fee system 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: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-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.