Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance

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The USPTO will perform routine maintenance from 12 a.m.- 5 a.m. ET on Saturday, July 11.

The following manuals will be intermittently unavailable as maintenance activities are performed.

  • 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)

If eMPEP/TMEP/TBMP/TFSR takes longer than usual to load after this maintenance is completed, please do the following:

  • Press Ctrl + F5 to do a hard-refresh of the browser.
  • If browser is still not loading please clear browser cache by doing the following.
    • From Edge, go to Setting, Privacy, search and services, scroll down and Delete browsing data of 7 days or all time.
Last updated: Saturday, Jul 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM ET
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Unless otherwise indicated, all systems should be operating normally.

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