One or more systems affected by planned maintenance

Reference Document
Management Services (RDMS) Manual Maintenance

The USPTO
will perform maintenance impacting multiple manuals from 12:01
a.m. until 4:59 a.m. on Tuesday, November 8 ET.

During the maintenance period
the following manuals will be unavailable from 12 a.m. until 1:30
a.m. on Tuesday, November 8 ET.

• 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)

Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 9 ET.

During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.

Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 9 ET.

During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.

Trademark System Maintenance 

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Official Gazette and Trademark ID Manual from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, November 12 ET. Both systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period.

Multiple Systems Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on SCORE which will affect multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Thursday, November 10 ET.

During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:

• Patent Center

• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)

Please check Patent Center or Private-PAIR after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at (866) 217-9197 during their operating hours of 6 a.m. to midnight, Monday - Friday ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.