Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)
Maintenance
The USPTO will perform maintenance on the
P-TACTS systems for from 8:30 p.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Monday, January 30 ET.
During the maintenance period, P-TACTS (internal
& external) will be unavailable.
Parties must either pay fees for petitions
outside of this scheduled maintenance time or pay early. Those with deadlines
for petition filing or other associated documents to a pending AIA case, must
use an alternate filing method.
Questions?
Contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email Trials@uspto.gov.
Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance
The
USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on
Wednesday, February 1 ET.
During
the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private
PAIR and Patent Center.
Users
should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.
Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance
The
USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30
a.m. on Wednesday, February 1 ET.
During
the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.
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
5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 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.
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The
USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12:01 until 1 a.m. on
Thursday, February 2 ET.
Only
external users will be affected by this maintenance. External users will
not be able to access any GW/Okta protected endpoints.
During
the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:
•
API Key Manager
•
EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)
•
Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)
•
MyUSPTO
•
Certified Copy Center (CCC)
•
Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)
•
Patent Center (eMOD)
•
Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)
•
Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)
•
Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)
•
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
•
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)
•
Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API
•
Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)
•
Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)
•
Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)
Patent Customers: During the maintenance period, applicants may file new
applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371,
via EFS-Web Unregistered.
If
you need to file a National Stage application under 35 U.S.C. 371 or follow-on
submission to an existing application during the maintenance period, please use
the alternative filing method.
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 Board End-to-End
(PTAB-E2E) System, you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the
PTAB-E2E FAQ page: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions and
see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E 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: Filing deadlines that fall on a Saturday extend the filing
deadline to the next business day. Please try filing again after the
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.
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance
The
USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET.
During
the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.
Multiple Systems Maintenance
The USPTO will be
performing maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Saturday, February
4 ET.
Only
external users will be affected by this maintenance. External users will
not be able to access any Okta protected endpoints.
During
this time, the following systems will be unavailable:
- API Key Manager
- EFS Web (Electronic Filing
System-Web) - Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)
- MyUSPTO
- Certified Copy Center (CCC)
- Office of Enrollment and
Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI) - Patent Center (eMOD)
- Private PAIR (Patent
Application Information Retrieval ) - Patent Trial and Appeal Case
Tracking System (PTACTS) - Trademark Electronic
Application System - (TEASi) - Trademark Electronic
Application System (TEAS) - Trademark Electronic
Application System (TEAS-Media) - Trademark Status Document
Retrieval (TSDR) API - Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)
- Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)
- Trademark ID Manual
(TM- IDM)
Action Required:
Patent
Customers:
During
the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for
National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via EFS-Web Unregistered.
If
you need to file a National Stage application under 35 U.S.C. 371 or follow-on
submission to an existing application during the maintenance period, please use
the alternative filing method.
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 Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E)
System, you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ
page: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions and
see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E 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: Filing deadlines that fall on a Saturday extend the filing
deadline to the next business day. Please try filing again after the
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