The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems from 12:01-9 a.m. ET, Saturday, November 8.
The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during some or all of the maintenance period:
- Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)
- Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) and Trademark Manual od 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.