One or more systems affected by planned maintenance

Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Upgrade

The USPTO will upgrade the PSIPS systems to version 2.9.7. beginning at 11:59 p.m., Thursday, December 8 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, December 9 ET. 

PSIPS (https://sequencedata.uspto.gov/) will be unavailable during the upgrade.

USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 ET.

Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.

Multiple Systems Maintenance


The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 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

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform a software deployment on TTABVUE from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 ET.  

During the maintenance period, TTABVUE will be unavailable.

Last updated: Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 7:52 AM ET
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