USPTO Systems Status and AvailabilityOnline Business Systems statushttps://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/feed/entries/atom2024-03-28T08:05:05-04:00Apache Rollerhttps://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1080Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-28T07:33:01-04:002024-03-28T07:33:01-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1022Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-28T07:27:43-04:002024-03-28T08:05:05-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark System Maintenance</span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark system <span style="font-weight: 700;">from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, March 29. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>TM-eFile</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on RDMS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from midnight-1:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 31. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, RDMS Webtop and oXygen will be unavailable.</p><p>The following manuals will be briefly unavailable from midnight-12:15 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 31.</p><ul><li>Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</li><li>Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</li><li>Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The OCIO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from midnight-2 a.m. ET on Friday, March 29.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>API Key Manager</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fee Processing (Fees)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MyUSPTO </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTAB-Center)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 4.</b></p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center.</p><p>Please check Patent Center after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1021Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-27T16:39:01-04:002024-03-27T16:39:01-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Database Migration </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform an administrative migration of Patent Center Database from<span style="font-weight: 700;"> midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 27. </span></p><p></p><p>Patent Center will be unavailable during the maintenance period. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark system <span style="font-weight: 700;">from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, March 29. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>TM-eFile</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on RDMS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from midnight-1:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 31. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, RDMS Webtop and oXygen will be unavailable.</p><p>The following manuals will be briefly unavailable from midnight-12:15 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 31.</p><ul><li>Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</li><li>Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</li><li>Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</li></ul><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The OCIO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from midnight-2 a.m. ET on Friday, March 29.</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>API Key Manager</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fee Processing (Fees)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>MyUSPTO </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTAB-Center)</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1079Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-27T06:56:40-04:002024-03-27T06:56:40-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1020Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-27T06:56:01-04:002024-03-27T07:01:06-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Database Migration </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform an administrative migration of Patent Center Database from<span style="font-weight: 700;"> midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 27. </span></p><p></p><p>Patent Center will be unavailable during the maintenance period. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark system <span style="font-weight: 700;">from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, March 29. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>TM-eFile</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</li></ul><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on RDMS <b>from midnight-1:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 31. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period, RDMS Webtop and oXygen will be unavailable.</p><p>The following manuals will be briefly unavailable from midnight-12:15 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 31.</p><ul><li>Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</li><li>Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</li><li>Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1078Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-26T07:43:34-04:002024-03-26T07:43:34-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1019Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-26T07:42:45-04:002024-03-26T07:42:45-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Text Initiative-Continuous Data Conversion Part 2 (PATI-CDC) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PATI-CDC system with migration all RHEL OS servers to Rocky OS Servers <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, March 25 until 5:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 26.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Database Migration </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform an administrative migration of Patent Center Database from<span style="font-weight: 700;"> midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 27. </span></p><p></p><p>Patent Center will be unavailable during the maintenance period. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark system <span style="font-weight: 700;">from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, March 29. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>TM-eFile</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1018Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-25T10:41:57-04:002024-03-25T10:53:53-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Text Initiative-Continuous Data Conversion Part 2 (PATI-CDC) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PATI-CDC system with migration all RHEL OS servers to Rocky OS Servers <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, March 25 until 5:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 26.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Database Migration </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform an administrative migration of Patent Center Database from<b> midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 27. </b></p><p></p><p>Patent Center will be unavailable during the maintenance period. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark system <span style="font-weight: 700;">from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, March 29. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>TM-eFile</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1017Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-25T07:53:47-04:002024-03-25T07:53:47-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Text Initiative-Continuous Data Conversion Part 2 (PATI-CDC) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PATI-CDC system with migration all RHEL OS servers to Rocky OS Servers <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, March 25 until 5:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 26.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark system <b>from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, March 29. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>TM-eFile</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1077Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-25T07:41:54-04:002024-03-25T07:41:54-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1016Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-22T07:52:28-04:002024-03-22T07:52:28-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Upgrade</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a routine software upgrade on MyUSPTO <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 10 p.m. ET on Friday, March 22 and ending at 2 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 23.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, there may be a momentary outage. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Text Initiative-Continuous Data Conversion Part 2 (PATI-CDC) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PATI-CDC system with migration all RHEL OS servers to Rocky OS Servers <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, March 25 until 5:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 26.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1076Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-22T07:51:53-04:002024-03-22T07:51:53-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1015Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-21T07:32:08-04:002024-03-21T07:32:08-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Upgrade</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a routine software upgrade on MyUSPTO <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 10 p.m. ET on Friday, March 22 and ending at 2 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 23.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, there may be a momentary outage. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Text Initiative-Continuous Data Conversion Part 2 (PATI-CDC) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PATI-CDC system with migration all RHEL OS servers to Rocky OS Servers <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, March 25 until 5:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 26.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1075Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-21T07:31:35-04:002024-03-21T07:31:35-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1014Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-20T07:13:19-04:002024-03-20T07:17:53-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Upgrade</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a routine software upgrade on MyUSPTO <b>beginning at 10 p.m. ET on Friday, March 22 and ending at 2 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 23.</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, there may be a momentary outage. </p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Text Initiative-Continuous Data Conversion Part 2 (PATI-CDC) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PATI-CDC system with migration all RHEL OS servers to Rocky OS Servers <b>from 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, March 25 until 5:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 26.</b></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1074Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-20T07:10:14-04:002024-03-20T07:10:14-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1013Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-19T14:20:34-04:002024-03-19T14:29:44-04:00<h3 style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><u>MyUSPTO Upgrade</u></b></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a routine software upgrade on MyUSPTO beginning at 10 p.m. ET on Friday, March 22 and ending at 2 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 23.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, there may be a momentary outage. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1073Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-19T07:23:06-04:002024-03-19T07:23:06-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1012Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-18T08:06:17-04:002024-03-18T08:06:17-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1072Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-18T07:57:34-04:002024-03-18T07:57:34-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1071Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-18T07:56:30-04:002024-03-18T07:56:30-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1011Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-15T15:06:19-04:002024-03-15T15:06:19-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</span></p><p>The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices; however, users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Update</span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform a routine update of TLS 1.2 on the outbound traffic of AOTW and AHD application servers in production<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 9- 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</span></p><p>During the update period, TSDR and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at midnight-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</span> Additionally, several online financial services will be impacted to include a delay in timeliness of deposit account balances, Financial Manager report transaction details and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Patent Center.</p><p>Fee payment processing will be unavailable across the USPTO Storefronts to include:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Assignment Center (IPAS)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers: </span>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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outag</a>e 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1010Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-15T07:12:57-04:002024-03-15T07:12:57-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Database Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform an administrative migration of Patent Center Database <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 p.m. ET on Friday, March 15 until 12:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</span></p><p>Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</span></p><p>The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices; however, users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Update</span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform a routine update of TLS 1.2 on the outbound traffic of AOTW and AHD application servers in production<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 9- 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</span></p><p>During the update period, TSDR and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at midnight-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</span> Additionally, several online financial services will be impacted to include a delay in timeliness of deposit account balances, Financial Manager report transaction details and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Patent Center.</p><p>Fee payment processing will be unavailable across the USPTO Storefronts to include:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Assignment Center (IPAS)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers: </span>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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outag</a>e 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1070Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-15T07:12:10-04:002024-03-15T07:12:10-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1009Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-14T16:15:15-04:002024-03-14T16:28:38-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Database Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform an administrative migration of Patent Center Database <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 p.m. ET on Friday, March 15 until 12:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</span></p><p>Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</span></p><p>The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices; however, users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Update</span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform a routine update of TLS 1.2 on the outbound traffic of AOTW and AHD application servers in production<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 9- 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</span></p><p>During the update period, TSDR and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at midnight-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</span> Additionally, several online financial services will be impacted to include a delay in timeliness of deposit account balances, Financial Manager report transaction details and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Patent Center.</p><p>Fee payment processing will be unavailable across the USPTO Storefronts to include:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Assignment Center (IPAS)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers: </span>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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outag</a>e 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1069Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-14T08:03:49-04:002024-03-14T08:03:49-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1068Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-13T07:57:02-04:002024-03-13T07:57:02-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1008Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-13T00:00:00-04:002024-03-13T12:23:43-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Database Migration</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform an administrative migration of Patent Center Database <b>from 10 p.m. ET on Friday, March 15 until 9 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</b></p><p>Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems <b>from 12-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</b></p><p>The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices; however, users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Update</span></b></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform a routine update of TLS 1.2 on the outbound traffic of AOTW and AHD application servers in production<b> from 9- 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</b></p><p>During the update period, TSDR and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing <b>beginning at midnight-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</b> Additionally, several online financial services will be impacted to include a delay in timeliness of deposit account balances, Financial Manager report transaction details and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Patent Center.</p><p>Fee payment processing will be unavailable across the USPTO Storefronts to include:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Assignment Center (IPAS)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><b>PTAB Customers: </b>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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outag</a>e 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p> </p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Database Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Patent Center database <b>beginning at 10 p.m. ET on Friday, March 15 and ending at 12:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 16.</b></p><p>This will migrate Oracle19c RAC database to new servers running OS -rocky8 using the Oracle physical standby database.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Patent Center application and its corresponding database “pcprod” will be offline and unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1007Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-12T08:15:49-04:002024-03-12T08:15:49-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1067Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-12T08:13:56-04:002024-03-12T08:13:56-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1066Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-11T08:01:23-04:002024-03-11T08:01:23-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1006Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-08T15:07:19-05:002024-03-08T15:07:19-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform a routine software update for OEDIS-CI <b>from 7-8 P.M. on Friday, March 8.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Before the maintenance period begins, OEDIS users should save all work and log off.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the OEDIS Team: OEDISSupport@USPTO.GOV. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Filing (TM-eFile)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting Patent Center <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m.-5 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </span> </p><p>Patent Center will be unavailable during the maintenance period. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at midnight-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </span></p><p>Fee payment processing will be unavailable across the USPTO Storefronts to include:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Assignment Center (IPAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>Between 8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. ET, several online financial services will be impacted to include a delay in timeliness of Financial Manager report transaction details and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Patent Center.</p><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions </a>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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<a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank"> TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) </span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform database connection migration update from TRAM to TRM database in production on PTAS and AHD databases <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 9 and ending at 4 p.m., Sunday, March 10 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following system products will be unavailable: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Assignments on the Web (AOTW) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1065Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-08T09:27:09-05:002024-03-08T09:27:09-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1064Current EventsServiceDesk2024-03-08T08:19:35-05:002024-03-08T08:20:11-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Good Morning USPTO Vendor Portal Users,</span></b></p><p>As of 03/08/2024, our Vendor Portal system is unavailable at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. This is a high priority issue, and we are working to resolve the issues as soon as possible. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1005Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-08T06:55:22-05:002024-03-08T06:55:22-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Filing (TM-eFile)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting Patent Center <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m.-5 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </span> </p><p>Patent Center will be unavailable during the maintenance period. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at midnight-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </span></p><p>Fee payment processing will be unavailable across the USPTO Storefronts to include:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Assignment Center (IPAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>Between 8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. ET, several online financial services will be impacted to include a delay in timeliness of Financial Manager report transaction details and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Patent Center.</p><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions </a>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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<a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank"> TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) </span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform database connection migration update from TRAM to TRM database in production on PTAS and AHD databases <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 9 and ending at 4 p.m., Sunday, March 10 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following system products will be unavailable: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Assignments on the Web (AOTW) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><div><br></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> from <b>midnight</b></span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 10pt;">-3 a.m. ET on Friday, March 9.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime. </span></span></p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1063Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-08T06:53:50-05:002024-03-08T06:53:50-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1004Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-07T07:28:17-05:002024-03-07T07:28:17-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Filing (TM-eFile)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting Patent Center <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m.-5 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </span> </p><p>Patent Center will be unavailable during the maintenance period. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at midnight-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </span></p><p>Fee payment processing will be unavailable across the USPTO Storefronts to include:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Assignment Center (IPAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>Between 8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. ET, several online financial services will be impacted to include a delay in timeliness of Financial Manager report transaction details and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Patent Center.</p><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions </a>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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<a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank"> TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) </span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform database connection migration update from TRAM to TRM database in production on PTAS and AHD databases <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 9 and ending at 4 p.m., Sunday, March 10 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following system products will be unavailable: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Assignments on the Web (AOTW) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><div><br></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> from </span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 10pt;">12 a.m.-3 a.m. ET on Friday, March 9.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><br style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1062Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-07T07:27:33-05:002024-03-07T07:27:33-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1061Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-06T07:13:20-05:002024-03-06T07:13:20-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1003Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-06T00:00:00-05:002024-03-06T11:51:22-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System <b>from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Filing (TM-eFile)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting Patent Center <b>from 12:01 a.m.-5 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </b> </p><p>Patent Center will be unavailable during the maintenance period. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing <b>beginning at midnight-3 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 9. </b></p><p>Fee payment processing will be unavailable across the USPTO Storefronts to include:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Assignment Center (IPAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>Between 8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. ET, several online financial services will be impacted to include a delay in timeliness of Financial Manager report transaction details and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Patent Center.</p><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><b>Patent Customers: </b>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions </a>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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<a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank"> TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) </span></b></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform database connection migration update from TRAM to TRM database in production on PTAS and AHD databases <b>beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 9 and ending at 4 p.m., Sunday, March 10 ET. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following system products will be unavailable: </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Assignments on the Web (AOTW) </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><div><br></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> from </span><strong style="font-size: 10pt;">12 a.m.-3 a.m. ET on Friday, March 9.</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><br style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1002Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-05T13:25:22-05:002024-03-05T13:25:37-05:00<h3 style="margin: auto; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><u>Trademark System Maintenance</u></span></strong></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System from</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">midnight-5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 9 ET</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</span></span></p><ul style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</span></span></span></p><ul style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Filing (TM-eFile)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</span></span></span></li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1060Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-05T07:45:02-05:002024-03-05T07:45:02-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1059Current EventsServiceDesk2024-03-04T15:10:15-05:002024-03-04T15:13:00-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">There are no current events at this time. </span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1001Planned EventsServiceDesk2024-03-04T09:15:18-05:002024-03-04T09:15:28-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1058Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-01T11:43:47-05:002024-03-01T11:43:47-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px;">EMERGENCY: Patent Center Submissions</span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Users are reporting that they are not able to view submissions. Patent Center operations are currently being impacted by other internal USPTO systems. The USPTO Technical Teams are investigating the issues and will update users when it is resolved.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events1000Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-01T07:54:45-05:002024-03-01T07:54:45-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1057Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-03-01T07:39:12-05:002024-03-01T07:43:57-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">There are no current events at this time.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1056Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-29T15:55:54-05:002024-02-29T15:56:48-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px;">EMERGENCY: Patent Center Submissions</span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Users are reporting that they are not able to view submissions. Patent Center operations are currently being impacted by other internal USPTO systems. The USPTO Technical Teams are investigating the issues and will update users when it is resolved.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1055Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-29T11:38:14-05:002024-02-29T11:38:14-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Center Public Application Access Unavailable</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Patent Center public application access has been temporarily disabled to address excessive traffic volume impacting USPTO systems. Guests or unauthenticated users will be unable to access publicly available applications. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Logged in registered users will not be affected and will still be able to access applications. Filing applications for guest/unauthenticated users and logged in registered users is not affected by this activity.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO Technical Teams are implementing a solution to mitigate the underlying concern and will update users when it is resolved. We expect functionality to be restored by 5pm.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px;">EMERGENCY: Patent Center Submissions</span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Users are reporting that they are not able to view submissions. Patent Center operations are currently being impacted by other internal USPTO systems. The USPTO Technical Teams are investigating the issues and will update users when it is resolved.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1054Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-29T07:10:54-05:002024-02-29T07:10:54-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u>EMERGENCY: Patent Center Submissions</u></span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Users are reporting that they are not able to view submissions. Patent Center operations are currently being impacted by other internal USPTO systems. The USPTO Technical Teams are investigating the issues and will update users when it is resolved.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events999Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-29T07:09:35-05:002024-02-29T07:09:35-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, March 1.</span></p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center.</p><p>Please check Patent Center after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events998Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-28T07:10:20-05:002024-02-28T07:10:20-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, March 1.</span></p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center.</p><p>Please check Patent Center after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1053Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-28T07:09:19-05:002024-02-28T11:41:57-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>EMERGENCY:
Patent Center Submissions</u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">Users
are reporting that they are not able to view submissions. Patent Center
operations are currently being impacted by other internal
USPTO systems. The USPTO Technical Teams are investigating the issues
and will update users when it is resolved.<o:p></o:p></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events997Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-27T07:49:38-05:002024-02-27T07:49:38-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems<b> from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, March 1.</b></p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center.</p><p>Please check Patent Center after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events996Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-27T07:46:22-05:002024-02-27T07:46:22-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1052Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-27T07:34:50-05:002024-02-27T07:34:51-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events995Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-23T07:30:06-05:002024-02-23T12:52:12-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Maintenance</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on
PPUBs from 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, February 23 until 2
a.m. ET on Saturday, February 24. </span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">During this deployment period,
PPUBs will be unavailable.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></span></p><p>Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 6 -10 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 24.</span> </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li>Assignment Center (IPAS)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><p>Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</p><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage </a>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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) </span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform an administrative database connection migration from TRAM to TRM database in production on PTAS and AHD databases <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 9 a.m. ET, Saturday, February 24 and ending at 4 p.m. ET, Sunday, February 25. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following system products will be unavailable: </p><ul><li>Assignments on the Web (AOTW) </li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1051Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-23T07:23:00-05:002024-02-23T07:23:00-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events994Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-22T11:20:57-05:002024-02-22T11:20:57-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></span></p><p>Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted <b>from 6 -10 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 24.</b> </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li>Assignment Center (IPAS)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><p>Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</p><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage </a>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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) </span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform an administrative database connection migration from TRAM to TRM database in production on PTAS and AHD databases <b>beginning at 9 a.m. ET, Saturday, February 24 and ending at 4 p.m. ET, Sunday, February 25. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following system products will be unavailable: </p><ul><li>Assignments on the Web (AOTW) </li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1050Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-22T11:19:53-05:002024-02-22T11:19:53-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events993Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-21T07:16:07-05:002024-02-21T07:23:40-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Credit Card Payment Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 -10 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 24. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignment Center (IPAS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">571-272-1000 (local)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>TTAB Customers: </b>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage </a>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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) </span></b></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform an administrative database connection migration from TRAM to TRM database in production on PTAS and AHD databases beginning at 9 a.m. ET, Saturday, February 24 and ending at 4 p.m. ET, Sunday, February 25. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following system products will be unavailable: </p><ul><li>Assignments on the Web (AOTW) </li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1049Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-21T07:03:43-05:002024-02-21T07:03:43-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events992Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-20T08:27:47-05:002024-02-20T08:27:47-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1048Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-20T08:21:10-05:002024-02-20T08:21:10-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events991Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-16T07:50:31-05:002024-02-16T12:10:22-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on PSIPS<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, February 17 ET.</span> </p><p>This maintenance is to support the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) cutover from RHEL to Rocky Linux.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br>PTONet Network Switch Code Upgrade </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a routine network
switch maintenance affecting multiple systems from <b>12:01 a.m. until
5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 17 ET.</b></p><p>Patent Center
will be unavailable during the maintenance period. Please refer to
our <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="color:#0066CC">Filing Documents during an Outage page</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"> for other alternative filing method.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br>Content Management System (CMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine system maintenance for CMS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Sunday, February 18 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, users may not be able to submit, view, download or update Patent documents using the below systems:</p><p> • Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)</p><p> • Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)</p><p> • Official Correspondence (OC)</p><p> • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PCT-OPS)</p><p> • Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)</p><p> • Event-Hub</p><p> • Office Action Conversion to XML4IP 3.0 (OA2XML)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center:</span> Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab. Customers should check back on afternoon of Sunday, February 18 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-TACTS systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, February 17 ET.</span></p><p>P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p>Users should save all work and log off their workstation before the maintenance period begins.</p><p>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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1047Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-16T07:40:35-05:002024-02-16T07:40:35-05:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">There are no current events at this time.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1046Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-15T17:16:01-05:002024-02-15T17:20:06-05:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>EMERGENCY: Trusted Internet Connection Access Provider (TICAP) Update</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform an emergency update on <span id="ms-rterangepaste-start" style=""></span>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration <span id="ms-rterangepaste-end" style=""></span>(NOAA N-Wave) Fortinet firewalls from <b>6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Thursday, February 16.</b></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events990Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-15T08:05:09-05:002024-02-15T08:05:09-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 16 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a routine maintenance on the CCC system to migrate to the Rocky Operating System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 9 p.m. until 9:59 p.m. on Thursday, February 15 ET.</span></p><p>Users will not be able to log in during this maintenance.</p><p>Before the maintenance period begins, users should save all work and log off.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on PSIPS<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, February 17 ET.</span> </p><p>This maintenance is to support the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) cutover from RHEL to Rocky Linux.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Content Management System (CMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine system maintenance for CMS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Sunday, February 18 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, users may not be able to submit, view, download or update Patent documents using the below systems:</p><p> • Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)</p><p> • Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)</p><p> • Official Correspondence (OC)</p><p> • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PCT-OPS)</p><p> • Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)</p><p> • Event-Hub</p><p> • Office Action Conversion to XML4IP 3.0 (OA2XML)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center:</span> Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab. Customers should check back on afternoon of Sunday, February 18 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-TACTS systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, February 17 ET.</span></p><p>P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p>Users should save all work and log off their workstation before the maintenance period begins.</p><p>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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events989Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-14T07:28:20-05:002024-02-14T17:04:05-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">UPDATED: Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 14 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period BDSS will be unavailable. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 15 ET.</span></p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center.</p><p>Please check Patent Center after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 16 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a routine maintenance on the CCC system to migrate to the Rocky Operating System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 9 p.m. until 9:59 p.m. on Thursday, February 15 ET.</span></p><p>Users will not be able to log in during this maintenance.</p><p>Before the maintenance period begins, users should save all work and log off.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on PSIPS<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, February 17 ET.</span> </p><p>This maintenance is to support the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) cutover from RHEL to Rocky Linux.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Content Management System (CMS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine system maintenance for CMS <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Sunday, February 18 ET. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period, users may not be able to submit, view, download or update Patent documents using the below systems:</p><p> • Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)</p><p> • Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)</p><p> • Official Correspondence (OC)</p><p> • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PCT-OPS)</p><p> • Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)</p><p> • Event-Hub</p><p> • Office Action Conversion to XML4IP 3.0 (OA2XML)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p><b>Patent Center:</b> Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab. Customers should check back on afternoon of Sunday, February 18 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-TACTS systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, February 17 ET.</b></p><p>P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p>Users should save all work and log off their workstation before the maintenance period begins.</p><p>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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1045Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-14T07:22:08-05:002024-02-14T07:22:08-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events988Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-13T07:33:58-05:002024-02-13T07:33:58-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 14 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period BDSS will be unavailable. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 15 ET.</span></p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center.</p><p>Please check Patent Center after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 16 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a routine maintenance on the CCC system to migrate to the Rocky Operating System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 9 p.m. until 9:59 p.m. on Thursday, February 15 ET.</span></p><p>Users will not be able to log in during this maintenance.</p><p>Before the maintenance period begins, users should save all work and log off.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on PSIPS<b> from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, February 17 ET.</b> </p><p>This maintenance is to support the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) cutover from RHEL to Rocky Linux.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1044Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-13T07:20:56-05:002024-02-13T07:20:56-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events987Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-12T07:43:26-05:002024-02-12T08:26:32-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS <b>from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 14 ET. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period BDSS will be unavailable. </p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems<b> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 15 ET.</b></p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center.</p><p>Please check Patent Center after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark System <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 16 ET. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a routine maintenance on the CCC system to migrate to the Rocky Operating System <b>from 9 p.m. until 9:59 p.m. on Thursday, February 15 ET.</b></p><p>Users will not be able to log in during this maintenance.</p><p>Before the maintenance period begins, users should save all work and log off.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1043Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-12T07:41:21-05:002024-02-12T07:41:21-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1042Current EventsServiceDesk2024-02-09T20:27:34-05:002024-02-09T20:27:49-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">PTOFax Restored</span></b></p><p>Our PTO Fax services have been restored; however, Verizon is working on correcting our Cover Sheet data. Cover Sheets will have an incorrect return fax number with a (703) area code versus our (571) area code. The Cover Sheet return number should be corrected in 3 days.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1041Current EventsServiceDesk2024-02-09T11:37:25-05:002024-02-09T11:37:39-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">PTOFax Outage</span></span></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with PTOFax and fax systems are no longer receiving faxes. At this time the PTOFax and UC teams are working with Verizon to resolve the issue but do not know when services will be fully restored. Additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><p>Please use the following for alternate submissions:</p><p>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center. </p><p>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>First-Class Mail with a certificate of mailing in accordance with 37 CFR 1.8</p><p>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Priority Mail Express from the United States Postal Service (USPS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events985Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-09T07:42:52-05:002024-02-09T07:42:52-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on (P-TACTS) systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, February 10 ET.</span></p><p>P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p>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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1040Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-09T07:41:57-05:002024-02-09T07:41:57-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">PTOFax Outage</span></span></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with PTOFax and fax systems are no longer receiving faxes. At this time the PTOFax and UC teams are working with Verizon to resolve the issue but do not know when services will be fully restored. Additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><p>Please use the following for alternate submissions:</p><p>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center. </p><p>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>First-Class Mail with a certificate of mailing in accordance with 37 CFR 1.8</p><p>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Priority Mail Express from the United States Postal Service (USPS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events984Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-08T07:32:58-05:002024-02-08T07:32:58-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on (P-TACTS) systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, February 10 ET.</span></p><p>P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p>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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1039Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-08T07:31:53-05:002024-02-08T07:31:53-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">PTOFax Outage</span></span></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with PTOFax and fax systems are no longer receiving faxes. At this time the PTOFax and UC teams are working with Verizon to resolve the issue but do not know when services will be fully restored. Additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><p>Please use the following for alternate submissions:</p><p>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center. </p><p>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>First-Class Mail with a certificate of mailing in accordance with 37 CFR 1.8</p><p>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Priority Mail Express from the United States Postal Service (USPS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1038Current EventsServiceDesk2024-02-07T12:31:01-05:002024-02-07T12:31:16-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">PTOFax Outage</span></b></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with PTOFax and fax systems are no longer receiving faxes. At this time the PTOFax and UC teams are working with Verizon to resolve the issue but do not know when services will be fully restored. Additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><p>Please use the following for alternate submissions:</p><p>1.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center. </p><p>2.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>First-Class Mail with a certificate of mailing in accordance with 37 CFR 1.8</p><p>3.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Priority Mail Express from the United States Postal Service (USPS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1037Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-07T06:32:58-05:002024-02-07T06:32:58-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ui-provider" style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTOFax Issues</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ui-provider">The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with PTOFax, and fax systems are no longer receiving faxes. At this time the PTOFax, and UC teams are working with Verizon to resolve the issue but do not know when services will be fully restored. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ui-provider">Additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events983Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-07T06:29:27-05:002024-02-07T06:29:27-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on (P-TACTS) systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, February 10 ET.</span></p><p>P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p>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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-issuesCurrent IssuesService Desk Branch2024-02-06T15:27:42-05:002024-02-06T15:27:42-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ui-provider" style="font-size: 18px;"><b>PTOFax Issues</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ui-provider">The USPTO is currently experiencing
technical difficulties with PTOFax, and fax systems are no longer receiving
faxes. At this time the PTOFax, and UC teams are working with Verizon to resolve
the issue but do not know when services will be fully restored. </span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ui-provider">Additional information will be
posted as soon as it’s available. <o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events982Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-06T07:26:59-05:002024-02-06T07:53:32-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on (P-TACTS) systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, February 10 ET.</b></p><p>P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p>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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1036Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-06T07:23:04-05:002024-02-06T07:23:04-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events980Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-05T07:23:48-05:002024-02-05T07:23:48-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Document Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting TDA Access <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 5 p.m., Monday, February 5 and ending at 5 a.m., Tuesday, February 6 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the TDA system may not be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1035Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-05T07:21:10-05:002024-02-05T07:21:10-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events981Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-02T07:10:04-05:002024-02-02T15:39:03-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will replace the EPAS and ETAS systems with IPAS (Assignment Center), <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period and after, the EPAS and ETAS products will not be available. Please use the new product at: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as followed:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The beginning night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The final night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, February 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on PSIPS <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, February 2 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, February 3 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) system and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) system <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., Saturday, February 3 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Document Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting TDA Access <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 5 p.m., Monday, February 5 and ending at 5 a.m., Tuesday, February 6 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the TDA system may not be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Maintenance</b></span><p class="MsoNormal">The
USPTO will perform maintenance on PPUBs from <b>11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 2
until 2 a.m. on Saturday, February 3 ET. </b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">During
this deployment period, PPUBs will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1034Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-02T07:08:00-05:002024-02-02T07:08:00-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events979Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-01T08:05:39-05:002024-02-01T08:05:39-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on (P-TACTS) systems for two consecutive nights.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 1 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email Trials@uspto.gov.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will replace the EPAS and ETAS systems with IPAS (Assignment Center), <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period and after, the EPAS and ETAS products will not be available. Please use the new product at: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Content Management System (CMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine system maintenance for CMS <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 1 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, users may not be able to submit, view, download or update Patent documents using the below systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Official Correspondence (OC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PCT-OPS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Event-Hub</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office Action Conversion to XML4IP 3.0 (OA2XML)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If interruption occurs while viewing, downloading, or saving a Patent Document, please retry after maintenance hours.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center:</span> Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab. Customers should check back on regular business hours of Thursday, February 1 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as followed:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The beginning night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The final night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, February 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on PSIPS <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, February 2 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, February 3 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) system and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) system <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., Saturday, February 3 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Document Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting TDA Access <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 5 p.m., Monday, February 5 and ending at 5 a.m., Tuesday, February 6 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the TDA system may not be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1033Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-02-01T07:54:12-05:002024-02-01T07:54:12-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events978Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-31T07:34:55-05:002024-01-31T09:08:42-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on (P-TACTS) systems for two consecutive nights.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 1 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email Trials@uspto.gov.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will replace the EPAS and ETAS systems with IPAS (Assignment Center), <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period and after, the EPAS and ETAS products will not be available. Please use the new product at: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Content Management System (CMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine system maintenance for CMS <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 1 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, users may not be able to submit, view, download or update Patent documents using the below systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Official Correspondence (OC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PCT-OPS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Event-Hub</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office Action Conversion to XML4IP 3.0 (OA2XML)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If interruption occurs while viewing, downloading, or saving a Patent Document, please retry after maintenance hours.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center:</span> Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab. Customers should check back on regular business hours of Thursday, February 1 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as followed:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The beginning night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The final night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, February 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on PSIPS <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, February 2 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, February 3 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) system and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) system <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., Saturday, February 3 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Document Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting TDA Access <b>beginning at 5 p.m., Monday, February 5 and ending at 5 a.m., Tuesday, February 6 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the TDA system may not be unavailable.</p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1032Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-31T07:31:27-05:002024-01-31T07:31:27-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1031Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-30T07:42:25-05:002024-01-30T07:42:25-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events977Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-30T00:00:00-05:002024-01-30T08:02:10-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the IQS systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 31 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on (P-TACTS) systems for two consecutive nights.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 1 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email Trials@uspto.gov.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will replace the EPAS and ETAS systems with IPAS (Assignment Center), <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period and after, the EPAS and ETAS products will not be available. Please use the new product at: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Content Management System (CMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine system maintenance for CMS <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 1 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, users may not be able to submit, view, download or update Patent documents using the below systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Official Correspondence (OC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PCT-OPS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Event-Hub</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office Action Conversion to XML4IP 3.0 (OA2XML)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If interruption occurs while viewing, downloading, or saving a Patent Document, please retry after maintenance hours.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center:</span> Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab. Customers should check back on regular business hours of Thursday, February 1 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as followed:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The final night of maintenance will be <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 4 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The beginning night of maintenance will occur <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Friday, February 2 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The final night of maintenance will occur <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, February 4 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on PSIPS <b>beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, February 2 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, February 3 ET.</b></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1030Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-29T07:24:48-05:002024-01-29T07:24:48-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events976Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-29T00:00:00-05:002024-01-29T09:58:38-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the TDA systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TDA will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-OA2XML <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems on two separate nights.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 3 a.m., on Saturday, January 27 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The second night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m., until 3 a.m., Sunday, January 28 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Scheme Navigator, CPC-Collaborative Environment (CPC-CE), and CPC-Classification Allocation Tool (CAT) <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 26 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 27 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Scheme Navigator and CPC-CE and CPC- CAT will be unavailable during the deployment. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please check Patent Center after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 31 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on (P-TACTS) systems for two consecutive nights.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 1 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email Trials@uspto.gov.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will replace the EPAS and ETAS systems with IPAS (Assignment Center), <b>from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. on Friday, February 2 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period and after, the EPAS and ETAS products will not be available. Please use the new product at: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Content Management System (CMS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine system maintenance for CMS <b>beginning at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 1 ET. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, users may not be able to submit, view, download or update Patent documents using the below systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Official Correspondence (OC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PCT-OPS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Event-Hub</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office Action Conversion to XML4IP 3.0 (OA2XML)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If interruption occurs while viewing, downloading, or saving a Patent Document, please retry after maintenance hours.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>Patent Center:</b> Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab. Customers should check back on regular business hours of Thursday, February 1 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events975Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-26T07:23:38-05:002024-01-26T07:35:15-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing on two separate nights.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be from <span style="font-weight: 700;">12 a.m. until 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 27 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The final night of maintenance will be from <span style="font-weight: 700;">12 a.m. until 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 28 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance periods, user access to the following USPTO storefronts will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center (PC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG-PMFS) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">In addition, The Financial Manager system will not be available during the maintenance windows, and recent transactions may not be displayed immediately. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Global Dossier Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on API Gateway impacting Global Dossier beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 26 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 27 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, applications mentioned may be unavailable.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the TDA systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TDA will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-OA2XML <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems on two separate nights.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 3 a.m., on Saturday, January 27 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The second night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m., until 3 a.m., Sunday, January 28 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Scheme Navigator, CPC-Collaborative Environment (CPC-CE), and CPC-Classification Allocation Tool (CAT) <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 26 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 27 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Scheme Navigator and CPC-CE and CPC- CAT will be unavailable during the deployment. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting multiple systems<b> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please check Patent Center after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 31 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1029Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-26T07:20:21-05:002024-01-26T07:20:21-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1028Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-25T07:25:58-05:002024-01-25T07:25:58-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events974Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-25T00:00:00-05:002024-01-25T07:35:21-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing on two separate nights.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be from <span style="font-weight: 700;">12 a.m. until 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 27 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The final night of maintenance will be from <span style="font-weight: 700;">12 a.m. until 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 28 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance periods, user access to the following USPTO storefronts will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center (PC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG-PMFS) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">In addition, The Financial Manager system will not be available during the maintenance windows, and recent transactions may not be displayed immediately. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Global Dossier Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on API Gateway impacting Global Dossier beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 26 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 27 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, applications mentioned may be unavailable.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the TDA systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TDA will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-OA2XML <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET</b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems on two separate nights.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be <b>from 12 a.m. until 3 a.m., on Saturday, January 27 ET. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The second night of maintenance will be <b>from 12 a.m., until 3 a.m., Sunday, January 28 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Scheme Navigator, CPC-Collaborative Environment (CPC-CE), and CPC-Classification Allocation Tool (CAT) <b>beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 26 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 27 ET. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Scheme Navigator and CPC-CE and CPC- CAT will be unavailable during the deployment. </p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events973Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-24T07:27:52-05:002024-01-24T13:15:27-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting fee payment processing on two separate nights.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be from <b>12 a.m. until 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 27 ET. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The final night of maintenance will be from <b>12 a.m. until 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 28 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance periods, user access to the following USPTO storefronts will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center (PC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG-PMFS) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">In addition, The Financial Manager system will not be available during the maintenance windows, and recent transactions may not be displayed immediately. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Global
Dossier Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform
maintenance on API Gateway impacting Global Dossier beginning at 10 p.m.,
Friday, January 26 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 27 ET.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During the maintenance period,
applications mentioned may be unavailable.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the TDA systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TDA will not be available.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1027Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-24T07:22:43-05:002024-01-24T07:22:43-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events972Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-23T07:47:30-05:002024-01-23T07:47:30-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1026Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-23T07:45:40-05:002024-01-23T07:45:40-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events971Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-22T07:42:24-05:002024-01-22T07:42:24-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1025Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-22T07:40:59-05:002024-01-22T07:40:59-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events970Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-19T12:49:53-05:002024-01-19T12:49:53-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application on two nights: </p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Services - One Patent Service Gateway (S-OPSG) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the S-OPSG application on two nights:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, S-OPSG will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please note during this time <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR<span style="font-weight: 700;">)</span></span> Status Tab may not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Sunday, January 21 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Patent Customers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For P-TACTS Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link">atTrials@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Trademark Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link">TEAS@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For TTAB Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link">TTABInfo@uspto.gov (link</a> sends e-mail).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Manuel Maintenance </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance impacting several manuals <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Saturday, January 20 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12:01 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on TEAS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 8 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TEAS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-Eog) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Linux OS patching event for multiple servers related to TM-eOG <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px;">First Actions System for Trademark 2 (FAST2) Maintenance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the FAST2 application <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, FAST2 will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS <b>from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24 ET. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search (PPUBs) and Global Dossier Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PPUBs and Global Dossier beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, January 19 and ending at 1:59 a.m., Saturday, January 20 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, PPUBs and Global Dossier will be unavailable.</p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events969Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-19T07:21:59-05:002024-01-19T07:44:49-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application on two nights: </p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Services - One Patent Service Gateway (S-OPSG) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the S-OPSG application on two nights:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, S-OPSG will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please note during this time <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR<span style="font-weight: 700;">)</span></span> Status Tab may not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Sunday, January 21 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Patent Customers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For P-TACTS Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link">atTrials@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Trademark Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link">TEAS@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For TTAB Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link">TTABInfo@uspto.gov (link</a> sends e-mail).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Manuel Maintenance </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance impacting several manuals <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Saturday, January 20 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12:01 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on TEAS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 8 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TEAS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-Eog) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Linux OS patching event for multiple servers related to TM-eOG <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px;">First Actions System for Trademark 2 (FAST2) Maintenance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the FAST2 application <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, FAST2 will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1024Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-19T07:20:55-05:002024-01-19T07:20:55-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events968Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-18T13:27:27-05:002024-01-18T16:29:52-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application on two nights: </p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Services - One Patent Service Gateway (S-OPSG) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the S-OPSG application on two nights:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, S-OPSG will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please note during this time <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR<span style="font-weight: 700;">)</span></span> Status Tab may not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Sunday, January 21 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Patent Customers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For P-TACTS Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link">atTrials@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Trademark Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link">TEAS@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For TTAB Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link">TTABInfo@uspto.gov (link</a> sends e-mail).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Manuel Maintenance </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance impacting several manuals <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Saturday, January 20 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12:01 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on TEAS <b>from 8 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TEAS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-Eog) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Linux OS patching event for multiple servers related to TM-eOG <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">First Actions System for Trademark 2 (FAST2) Maintenance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the FAST2 application <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, FAST2 will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events967Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-18T07:46:02-05:002024-01-18T12:45:55-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application on two nights: </p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will replace the EPAS and ETAS systems with IPAS (Assignment Center), <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period and after, the EPAS and ETAS products will not be available. Please use the new product at: <a href="https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/" target="_blank">https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Services - One Patent Service Gateway (S-OPSG) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the S-OPSG application on two nights:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, S-OPSG will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Trademark
System Maintenance </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on
Trademark systems <b>from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please
note during this time <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark
Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR<b>)</b></span> Status Tab may not be
available.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Sunday, January 21 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Patent Customers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For P-TACTS Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link">atTrials@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Trademark Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link">TEAS@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For TTAB Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link">TTABInfo@uspto.gov (link</a> sends e-mail).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Manuel Maintenance </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance impacting several manuals <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Saturday, January 20 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12:01 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-Eog) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Linux OS patching event for multiple servers related to TM-eOG <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">First Actions System for Trademark 2 (FAST2) Maintenance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the FAST2 application <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, FAST2 will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1023Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-18T07:41:01-05:002024-01-18T07:41:01-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1022Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-18T07:40:17-05:002024-01-18T07:40:17-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1021Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-17T15:02:25-05:002024-01-17T16:13:07-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">There are no current events at this time.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1020Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-17T09:45:49-05:002024-01-17T09:45:49-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Access to USPTO Systems Issues</span></span></p><p>Some users are experiencing issues accessing external USPTO facing systems requiring a MyUSPTO login. </p><p>USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the issue.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">TSDR Access Issues</span></span></p><p>Some users are experiencing issues accessing multiple external USPTO facing systems, including TSDR. USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the issue.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events966Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-17T07:36:14-05:002024-01-17T07:57:59-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application on two nights: </p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will replace the EPAS and ETAS systems with IPAS (Assignment Center), <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period and after, the EPAS and ETAS products will not be available. Please use the new product at: <a href="https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/" target="_blank">https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Services - One Patent Service Gateway (S-OPSG) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the S-OPSG application on two nights:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The first night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, S-OPSG will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Sunday, January 21 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Patent Customers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For P-TACTS Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link">atTrials@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Trademark Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link">TEAS@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For TTAB Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link">TTABInfo@uspto.gov (link</a> sends e-mail).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Manuel Maintenance </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance impacting several manuals <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Saturday, January 20 ET. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12:01 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 ET:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-Eog) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Linux OS patching event for multiple servers related to TM-eOG <b>from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>First Actions System for Trademark 2 (FAST2) Maintenance</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the FAST2 application <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, FAST2 will be unavailable.</p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1018Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-17T07:33:55-05:002024-01-17T07:33:55-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1019Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-17T00:00:00-05:002024-01-17T09:41:06-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Access to USPTO Systems Issues</span></b></p><p>Some users are experiencing issues accessing external USPTO facing systems requiring a MyUSPTO login. </p><p>USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the issue.</p><p><br></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">TSDR Access Issues</span></b></p><p>Some users are experiencing issues accessing multiple external USPTO facing systems, including TSDR. USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the issue.</p><p><br></p><div><br></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1017Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-16T07:51:48-05:002024-01-16T07:51:48-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events965Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-16T00:00:00-05:002024-01-16T07:56:11-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application on two nights: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• The first night of maintenance will be <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• The final night of maintenance will be <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will replace the EPAS and ETAS systems with IPAS (Assignment Center), <b>from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period and after, the EPAS and ETAS products will not be available. Please use the new product at: <a href="https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/" target="_blank">https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Services - One Patent Service Gateway (S-OPSG) Maintenance</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the S-OPSG application on two nights:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The first night of maintenance will be <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The final night of maintenance will be <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 21 ET.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, S-OPSG will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Sunday, January 21 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Patent Customers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For P-TACTS Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link">atTrials@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For Trademark Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link">TEAS@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">For TTAB Customers<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link">TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1016Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-12T11:20:12-05:002024-01-12T11:21:39-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems
Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>
</b></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform
routine maintenance affecting several systems <b>beginning at 12:01
a.m., Saturday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Sunday, January 21 ET. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The following systems and
systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the
maintenance period:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Office
of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Center and Sponsorship tool<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Publication
Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Financial
Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Official Gazette (TMOG)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Search System (TESS)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The maintenance will also
cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System
for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment
Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial
and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">For Patent Customers:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">For more information about
filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">If you have questions, please
contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday
through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">For P-TACTS Customers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">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 P-TACTS
FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>)
and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link">atTrials@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">For Trademark Customers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information
concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions,
contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link">TEAS@uspto.gov(link</a> sends e-mail).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">For TTAB Customers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">If your deadline is today and
the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method
of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style="">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" style="">TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link</a> sends
e-mail).<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events964Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-12T07:51:43-05:002024-01-12T07:51:43-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on PPUBs <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, January 12 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, January 13 ET. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p>During this maintenance period, PPUBs will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1015Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-11T15:32:15-05:002024-01-11T15:32:30-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on PPUBs <b>beginning at 11:59
p.m., Friday, January 12 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, January 13
ET. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p>
</p><p>During this maintenance period, PPUBs will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events963Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-11T07:49:55-05:002024-01-11T07:49:55-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1014Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-11T07:45:51-05:002024-01-11T07:45:51-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events962Planned eventsService Desk Branch2024-01-10T07:28:08-05:002024-01-10T07:28:08-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, January 10 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, users will experience system slowness and will be unable to access data from the last 6 months. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1013Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-10T07:22:20-05:002024-01-10T07:22:20-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events961Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-09T07:33:24-05:002024-01-09T07:33:24-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, January 10 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, users will experience system slowness and will be unable to access data from the last 6 months. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1012Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-09T07:28:08-05:002024-01-09T07:28:08-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events960Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-08T07:34:57-05:002024-01-08T07:34:57-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS <b>from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, January 10 ET. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period, users will experience system slowness and will be unable to access data from the last 6 months. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1011Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-08T07:32:52-05:002024-01-08T07:32:52-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events959Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-05T07:43:13-05:002024-01-05T07:43:13-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform administrative maintenance on PSIPS beginning at <span style="font-weight: 700;">11:59 p.m., Friday, January 5 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, January 6 ET.</span></p><p>This maintenance will result in an outage until DMZ servers have cutover from RHEL to Rock Linux Servers.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Content Management System (CMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the CMS beginning at <span style="font-weight: 700;">10 p.m., Friday, January 5 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 6 ET. </span>During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.</p><p>The following system will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</p><p> • Patent Center: Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab. Customers should check back on Monday, January 8 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a database password change on multiple systems to comply with USPTO password management policy <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, January 6 ET. </span></p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during this time:</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, January 10 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, users will experience system slowness and will be unable to access data from the last 6 months. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1010Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-05T07:40:09-05:002024-01-05T07:40:09-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1009Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-04T10:47:00-05:002024-01-04T10:47:00-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1008Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-04T10:31:33-05:002024-01-04T10:31:33-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center - Access to Documents Issues</span></b></p><p>Patent Center users are unable to access documents in Documents & Transactions and Workbench/Correspondence. The USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events958Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-04T07:25:11-05:002024-01-04T07:25:11-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform administrative maintenance on PSIPS beginning at <span style="font-weight: 700;">11:59 p.m., Friday, January 5 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, January 6 ET.</span></p><p>This maintenance will result in an outage until DMZ servers have cutover from RHEL to Rock Linux Servers.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Content Management System (CMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the CMS beginning at <span style="font-weight: 700;">10 p.m., Friday, January 5 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 6 ET. </span>During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.</p><p>The following system will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</p><p> • Patent Center: Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab. Customers should check back on Monday, January 8 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a database password change on multiple systems to comply with USPTO password management policy <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, January 6 ET. </b></p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during this time:</p><p> •Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1007Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-04T07:20:56-05:002024-01-04T07:20:56-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events957Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-03T07:50:06-05:002024-01-03T07:50:06-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform administrative maintenance on PSIPS beginning at <span style="font-weight: 700;">11:59 p.m., Friday, January 5 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, January 6 ET.</span></p><p>This maintenance will result in an outage until DMZ servers have cutover from RHEL to Rock Linux Servers.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Content Management System (CMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the CMS beginning at <span style="font-weight: 700;">10 p.m., Friday, January 5 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 6 ET. </span>During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.</p><p>The following system will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</p><p> • Patent Center: Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab. Customers should check back on Monday, January 8 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1006Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-03T07:47:17-05:002024-01-03T07:47:17-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events956Planned EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-02T07:30:03-05:002024-01-02T07:31:57-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform administrative maintenance on PSIPS beginning at <b>11:59 p.m., Friday, January 5 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, January 6 ET.</b></p><p>This maintenance will result in an outage until DMZ servers have cutover from RHEL to Rock Linux Servers.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Content Management System (CMS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the CMS beginning at <b>10 p.m., Friday, January 5 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 6 ET. </b>During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.</p><p>The following system will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</p><p> • Patent Center: Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center's Documents and Transactions tab. Customers should check back on Monday, January 8 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1005Current EventsService Desk Branch2024-01-02T07:28:16-05:002024-01-02T07:28:16-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events955Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-29T07:58:24-05:002023-12-29T07:58:24-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademarks system from 12 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Monday January 1 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the following systems will not be available:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International - (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform administrative maintenance on PSIPS beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, January 5 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, January 6 ET.</p><p>This maintenance will result in an outage until DMZ servers have cutover from RHEL to Rock Linux Servers.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1004Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-29T07:57:18-05:002023-12-29T07:57:18-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events954Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-28T07:41:27-05:002023-12-28T07:41:27-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademarks system from 12 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Monday January 1 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the following systems will not be available:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International - (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1003Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-28T07:34:36-05:002023-12-28T07:34:36-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events953Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-27T08:12:49-05:002023-12-27T08:12:49-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademarks system from 12 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Monday January 1 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the following systems will not be available:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International - (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1002Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-27T07:55:00-05:002023-12-27T07:55:00-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events952Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-26T07:18:46-05:002023-12-26T07:18:46-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1001Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-26T07:13:04-05:002023-12-26T07:13:04-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events951Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-22T07:38:42-05:002023-12-22T07:38:42-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1000Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-22T07:35:50-05:002023-12-22T07:35:50-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events950Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-21T07:44:44-05:002023-12-21T07:44:44-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the BDSS, <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 21 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance on BDSS from<span style="font-weight: 700;"> 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Thursday, December 21 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be available, but users could experience slowness in response times.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events999Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-21T07:43:57-05:002023-12-21T07:43:57-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events949Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-20T08:04:58-05:002023-12-20T08:04:58-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the OEDIS on two nights:</p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance will be<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19 ET.</span></li><li>The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 20 ET.</span></li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on database server DSB-CORP-DB-1.uspto.gov, <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m., until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, Data Architecture Tools (DAT-Metadata, ER/Studio) and Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the BDSS, <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 21 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance on BDSS from<span style="font-weight: 700;"> 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Thursday, December 21 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be available, but users could experience slowness in response times.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events998Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-20T07:55:58-05:002023-12-20T07:55:58-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events948Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-19T07:37:51-05:002023-12-19T10:33:50-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the OEDIS on two nights:</p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance will be<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19 ET.</span></li><li>The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 20 ET.</span></li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on database server DSB-CORP-DB-1.uspto.gov, <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m., until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, Data Architecture Tools (DAT-Metadata, ER/Studio) and Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the BDSS, <b>from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 21 ET.</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance on BDSS from<b> 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Thursday, December 21 ET. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be available, but users could experience slowness in response times.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events997Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-19T07:34:37-05:002023-12-19T07:34:37-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events947Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-18T08:58:52-05:002023-12-18T09:07:53-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the OEDIS on two nights:</p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance will be<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19 ET.</span></li><li>The final night of maintenance will be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 20 ET.</span></li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on database server DSB-CORP-DB-1.uspto.gov, <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m., until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, Data Architecture Tools (DAT-Metadata, ER/Studio) and Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the BDSS, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 21 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events996Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-18T08:57:44-05:002023-12-18T08:57:44-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events995Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-15T07:07:36-05:002023-12-15T07:07:36-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) save feature restored </span></span></p><p>The USPTO has completed updates and restored the save form feature in TEAS. You can work in TEAS and make all submissions as usual. Thank you for your patience as we work to provide you with an enhanced user experience. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events946Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-15T00:00:00-05:002023-12-15T07:16:23-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the OEDIS on two nights:</p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance will be<b> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19 ET.</b></li><li>The final night of maintenance will be <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 20 ET.</b></li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on database server DSB-CORP-DB-1.uspto.gov, </span><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 12:01 a.m., until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19 ET. </span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, Data Architecture Tools (DAT-Metadata, ER/Studio) and Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) will be unavailable.</span></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events945Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-12-14T07:34:19-05:002023-12-14T07:34:33-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the OEDIS on two nights:</p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19 ET. </li><li>The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 20 ET.</li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events994Current EventsServiceDesk2023-12-14T07:31:24-05:002023-12-14T07:31:39-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) save feature restored </span></b></p><p>The USPTO has completed updates and restored the save form feature in TEAS. You can work in TEAS and make all submissions as usual. Thank you for your patience as we work to provide you with an enhanced user experience. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events993Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-13T14:21:26-05:002023-12-13T14:21:26-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) save form feature planned restoration. </span></b></p><p>As part of our broader efforts to enhance customer experience by modernizing our IT systems, the USPTO recently updated the TEAS forms listed below. This update required us to disable the save feature on those forms. We expect to restore full functionality on December 14, between 12:01 – 12:15 a.m. ET. During this brief timeframe, TEAS may be unavailable. Please do not work in TEAS or make any submissions during this time. We appreciate your patience as we work to strengthen our users’ experience with our tools. </p><p><br></p><p>Prior to restoration, you can still: </p><p> • Save certain forms, including initial applications </p><p> • Upload data from previously saved forms </p><p> • Submit all TEAS forms as usual </p><p>Saving has been temporarily disabled on the following forms: </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Change Address or Representation </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Combined Declaration of Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse and Incontestability under Sections 71 and 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability Under Section 8 and 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Combined Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse/Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark under Section 8 and 9 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Declaration of Incontestability of a Mark under Section 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Declaration of Use and Excusable Nonuse under Section 71 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse of Mark in Commerce Under Section 8 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Letter of Protest </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Petition for Expungement or Reexamination </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Petition to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Petition to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to Respond Timely to Office Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Petition to the Director </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Post-Publication Amendment </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Request for Express Abandonment </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Request for Extension of Time to File a Response </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Request for Permission to Withdraw as Attorney of Record </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Request for Reconsideration after Final Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Request To Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Response to Office Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Response to Office Action for Post-Registration Matters/Response to Office Action for Post-Registration for Expungement or Reexamination </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Section 7 Request </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>SOU Extension Request </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events944Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-13T07:53:01-05:002023-12-13T07:53:01-05:00<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">There are no planned events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events992Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-13T07:50:26-05:002023-12-13T07:50:26-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Save Feature Temporarily Disabled on Some Forms </span></span></p><p>The USPTO has updated the TEAS forms below, which required us to disable the save feature on those forms on Saturday, December 9. An update will be posted on this page once the save feature is restored.</p><p>You’ll still be able to: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Save certain forms, including initial applications </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Upload data from previously saved forms </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Submit all TEAS forms as usual </p><p>Saving has been temporarily disabled on the following forms: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Change Address or Representation Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Combined Declaration of Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse and Incontestability under Sections 71 and 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability Under Section 8 and 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Combined Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse/Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark under Section 8 and 9 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Declaration of Incontestability of a Mark under Section 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Declaration of Use and Excusable Nonuse under Section 71 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse of Mark in Commerce Under Section 8 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Letter of Protest </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Petition for Expungement or Reexamination Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Petition to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Petition to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to Respond Timely to Office Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Petition to the Director </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Post-Publication Amendment </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Request for Express Abandonment </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Request for Extension of Time to File a Response </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Request for Permission to Withdraw as Attorney of Record </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Request for Reconsideration after Final Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Request To Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Response to Office Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Response to Office Action for Post-Registration Matters/Response to Office Action for Post-Registration for Expungement or Reexamination Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Section 7 Request Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SOU Extension Request </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter Form </p><p>We are working diligently to restore the save feature as soon as possible. We will post an update on this page as soon as the save feature is fully restored. Thank you for your understanding. If you have questions, email teas@uspto.gov. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events991Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-12T09:02:08-05:002023-12-12T09:02:08-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Save Feature Temporarily Disabled on Some Forms </span></span></p><p>The USPTO has updated the TEAS forms below, which required us to disable the save feature on those forms on Saturday, December 9. An update will be posted on this page once the save feature is restored.</p><p>You’ll still be able to: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Save certain forms, including initial applications </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Upload data from previously saved forms </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Submit all TEAS forms as usual </p><p>Saving has been temporarily disabled on the following forms: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Change Address or Representation Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Combined Declaration of Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse and Incontestability under Sections 71 and 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability Under Section 8 and 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Combined Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse/Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark under Section 8 and 9 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Declaration of Incontestability of a Mark under Section 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Declaration of Use and Excusable Nonuse under Section 71 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse of Mark in Commerce Under Section 8 </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Letter of Protest </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Petition for Expungement or Reexamination Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Petition to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Petition to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to Respond Timely to Office Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Petition to the Director </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Post-Publication Amendment </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Request for Express Abandonment </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Request for Extension of Time to File a Response </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Request for Permission to Withdraw as Attorney of Record </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Request for Reconsideration after Final Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Request To Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Response to Office Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Response to Office Action for Post-Registration Matters/Response to Office Action for Post-Registration for Expungement or Reexamination Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Section 7 Request Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SOU Extension Request </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter Form </p><p>We are working diligently to restore the save feature as soon as possible. We will post an update on this page as soon as the save feature is fully restored. Thank you for your understanding. If you have questions, email teas@uspto.gov. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events943Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-12T07:22:23-05:002023-12-12T07:22:23-05:00<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">There are no planned events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events990Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-12T07:16:15-05:002023-12-12T07:16:15-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events942Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-11T07:44:46-05:002023-12-11T07:44:46-05:00<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">There are no planned events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events989Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-11T07:40:51-05:002023-12-11T07:40:51-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Save Feature Temporarily Disabled on Some Forms </span></b></p><p>The USPTO has updated the TEAS forms below, which required us to disable the save feature on those forms on Saturday, December 9. An update will be posted on this page once the save feature is restored.</p><p>You’ll still be able to: </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Save certain forms, including initial applications </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Upload data from previously saved forms </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Submit all TEAS forms as usual </p><p>Saving has been temporarily disabled on the following forms: </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Change Address or Representation Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Combined Declaration of Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse and Incontestability under Sections 71 and 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability Under Section 8 and 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Combined Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse/Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark under Section 8 and 9 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Declaration of Incontestability of a Mark under Section 15 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Declaration of Use and Excusable Nonuse under Section 71 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse of Mark in Commerce Under Section 8 </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Letter of Protest </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Petition for Expungement or Reexamination Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Petition to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Petition to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to Respond Timely to Office Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Petition to the Director </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Post-Publication Amendment </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Request for Express Abandonment </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Request for Extension of Time to File a Response </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Request for Permission to Withdraw as Attorney of Record </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Request for Reconsideration after Final Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Request To Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Response to Office Action </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Response to Office Action for Post-Registration Matters/Response to Office Action for Post-Registration for Expungement or Reexamination Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Section 7 Request Form </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>SOU Extension Request </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter Form </p><p>We are working diligently to restore the save feature as soon as possible. We will post an update on this page as soon as the save feature is fully restored. Thank you for your understanding. If you have questions, email teas@uspto.gov. </p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events941Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-08T18:24:32-05:002023-12-08T18:24:32-05:00<p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS) Save Feature Temporarily Disabled on Some
Forms</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The
USPTO will be updating the TEAS forms below which requires us to disable the
save feature on those forms beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, December 9 ET. An update will be posted on this page once the save feature is restored.
You’ll still be able to: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Save
certain forms, including initial applications <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Upload
data from previously saved forms <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Submit
all TEAS forms as usual <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Saving
will be temporarily disabled on the following forms: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Change
Address or Representation Form <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Combined
Declaration of Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse and Incontestability under
Sections 71 and 15 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Combined
Declaration of Use and Incontestability Under Section 8 and 15
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Combined
Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse/Application for Renewal of
Registration of a Mark under Section 8 and 9 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Declaration
of Incontestability of a Mark under Section 15 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Declaration
of Use and Excusable Nonuse under Section 71 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Declaration
of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse of Mark in Commerce Under Section
8 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Letter
of Protest <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Petition
for Expungement or Reexamination Form <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Petition
to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to File Timely Statement of Use
or Extension Request <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Petition
to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to Respond Timely to Office
Action <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Petition
to the Director <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Post-Publication
Amendment <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Request
for Express Abandonment <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Request
for Extension of Time to File a Response <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Request
for Permission to Withdraw as Attorney of Record <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Request
for Reconsideration after Final Action <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Request
To Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Response
to Office Action <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Response
to Office Action for Post-Registration Matters/Response to Office Action
for Post-Registration for Expungement or Reexamination Form <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Response
to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Section
7 Request Form <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">SOU
Extension Request <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trademark/Service
Mark Allegation of Use <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Voluntary
Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter Form <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p>
</p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Thank
you for your understanding. If you have questions, email <a href="mailto:teas@uspto.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:teas@uspto.gov">teas@uspto.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events940Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-08T07:44:13-05:002023-12-08T07:44:13-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events988Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-08T07:43:25-05:002023-12-08T07:43:25-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events939Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-07T07:47:10-05:002023-12-07T07:47:10-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, December 8 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TM-eFile</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p>Before the maintenance period, users should save their work and log off.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events987Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-07T07:46:12-05:002023-12-07T07:46:12-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events938Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-06T07:19:15-05:002023-12-06T07:19:15-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance on UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Thursday, December 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, UCCMS will be unavailable. </p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, December 8 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TM-eFile</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p>Before the maintenance period, users should save their work and log off.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events986Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-06T07:18:26-05:002023-12-06T07:18:26-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events937Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-05T08:04:46-05:002023-12-05T08:04:46-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted:</p><p> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</span> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </p><p> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</span> will not be available.</p><p> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span> initial application forms will not be available.</p><p> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Reading Room</span> will not be available.</p><p> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span> will be unavailable. </p><p>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<span style="font-weight: 700;"></span> (all forms except the initial application forms will be available)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance on UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Thursday, December 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, UCCMS will be unavailable. </p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, December 8 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TM-eFile</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p>Before the maintenance period, users should save their work and log off.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events985Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-05T08:02:53-05:002023-12-05T08:02:53-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events936Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-04T08:13:35-05:002023-12-04T10:17:59-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted:</p><p> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</span> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </p><p> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</span> will not be available.</p><p> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span> initial application forms will not be available.</p><p> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Reading Room</span> will not be available.</p><p> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span> will be unavailable. </p><p>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<span style="font-weight: 700;"></span> (all forms except the initial application forms will be available)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance on UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Thursday, December 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, UCCMS will be unavailable. </p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, December 8 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark e0G (TM-eOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>TM-eFile</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p>Before the maintenance period, users should save their work and log off.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events984Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-04T07:54:12-05:002023-12-04T07:54:12-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events935Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-01T07:18:31-05:002023-12-01T07:44:29-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) system from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Saturday, December 2 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, ESTTA will be unavailable.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The OCIO will perform maintenance on Vendor Portal from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Saturday, December 2 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">During this time, users will be unable to access the system. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments Historical Database (AHD) and Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform database migration to Rocky Linux in production on PTAS and AHD databases <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, December 2 and ending at 4 p.m., Sunday, December 3 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following system products will be unavailable:</p><p> • AHD</p><p> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">TTAB ReadingRoom Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TTAB ReadingRoom system from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m., Saturday, December 2 ET.</p><p>TTAB ReadingRoom will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted:</p><p> • <b>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</b> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </p><p> • <b>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</b> will not be available.</p><p> • <b>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</b> initial application forms will not be available.</p><p> • <b>TTAB Reading Room</b> will not be available.</p><p> • <b>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</b> will be unavailable. </p><p>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<b></b> (all forms except the initial application forms will be available)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events983Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-12-01T07:17:11-05:002023-12-01T07:17:11-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events981Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-30T07:58:32-05:002023-11-30T07:58:32-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events934Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-30T07:56:26-05:002023-11-30T16:15:37-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Retirement</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will retire Trademark External Search System (TESS) <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12 p.m. on November 30 ET.</span></p><p>Trademark Design and Search Code Manual (TDSCM) will be retired <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 11:59 p.m. on November 30 ET.</span></p><p>Users will need to save all work and exit the systems before the retirement.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) system from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Saturday, December 2 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, ESTTA will be unavailable.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The
OCIO will perform maintenance on Vendor Portal from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m. on
Saturday, December 2 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">During
this time, users will be unable to access the system. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments Historical Database (AHD) and Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform database migration to Rocky Linux in production on PTAS and AHD databases <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, December 2 and ending at 4 p.m., Sunday, December 3 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following system products will be unavailable:</p><p> • AHD</p><p> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">TTAB ReadingRoom Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TTAB ReadingRoom system from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m., Saturday, December 2 ET.</p><p>TTAB ReadingRoom will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events982Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-30T00:00:00-05:002023-11-30T09:35:04-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Resolved: Trademark Decisions and Proceedings Tool Issues</span></b></p><p>The USPTO’s Trademark Decisions and Proceedings tool is currently not displaying show-cause and sanctions documents, and users might experience issues with Expungement/reexamination proceedings tab and filters.</p><p>The USPTO is working to resolve the issue and will provide updates accordingly.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events933Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-29T16:20:32-05:002023-11-29T17:09:05-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Retirement</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will retire Trademark External Search System (TESS) <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12 p.m. on November 30 ET.</span></p><p>Trademark Design and Search Code Manual (TDSCM) will be retired <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 11:59 p.m. on November 30 ET.</span></p><p>Users will need to save all work and exit the systems before the retirement.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting Patent Center <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 30 ET.</b></p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center.</p><p>Please check Patent Center after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Electronic
System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform
maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
system from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Saturday, December 2 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During the maintenance period,
ESTTA will be unavailable.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments Historical Database (AHD) and Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform database migration to Rocky Linux in production on PTAS and AHD databases <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, December 2 and ending at 4 p.m., Sunday, December 3 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following system products will be unavailable:</p><p> • AHD</p><p> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events980Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-29T07:41:03-05:002023-11-29T07:41:03-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events932Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-29T00:00:00-05:002023-11-29T07:54:10-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Retirement</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will retire Trademark Design and Search Code Manual (TDSCM) and Trademark External Search System (TESS) <b>beginning at 11:59 p.m. on November 30 ET.</b></p><p>Users will need to save all work and exit the systems before the retirement.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments Historical Database (AHD) and Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS) Migration</span></b></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform database migration to Rocky Linux in production on PTAS and AHD databases <b>beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, December 2 and ending at 4 p.m., Sunday, December 3 ET.</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following system products will be unavailable:</p><p> • AHD</p><p> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><div><br></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events931Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-28T07:40:21-05:002023-11-28T07:40:21-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Retirement</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will retire Trademark Design and Search Code Manual (TDSCM) and Trademark External Search System (TESS) beginning at 11:59 p.m. on November 30 ET.</p><p>Users will need to save all work and exit the systems before the retirement.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events979Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-28T07:39:18-05:002023-11-28T07:39:18-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events930Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-27T14:40:03-05:002023-11-27T14:46:15-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on S-DWP <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Tuesday, November 28 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, users will not be able to view or download Patent Documents. This will impact the following systems:</p><p>Office Action Conversion to XML4IP 3.0 (OA2XML)</p><p>Supplemental Complex Repository for Examiners (SCORE)</p><p>Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)</p><ul><li>Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)</li><li>Official Correspondence (OC)</li><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PCT-OPS)</li><li>Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)</li><li>Event-Hub</li><li>Enterprise Application Integration HUB (EAI-HUB)</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li></ul><p><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Patent Center:</b> During the maintenance period, new documents submitted via Patent Center will experience longer than expected delays in
becoming available in the Patent Center's Documents & Transactions tab.
Customers should check back to see if the
impacted submissions are available at Patent Center on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 28.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting PSIPS<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 11:59 p.m. Monday November 27 ET until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday November 28 ET.</span></p><p>Please check PSIPS after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of issued and published sequences.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Retirement</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will retire Trademark Design and Search Code Manual (TDSCM) and Trademark External Search System (TESS) beginning at 11:59 p.m. on November 30 ET.</p><p>Users will need to save all work and exit the systems before the retirement.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events978Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-27T07:34:27-05:002023-11-27T07:34:27-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events976Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-24T08:01:29-05:002023-11-24T08:01:29-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events929Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-24T08:00:25-05:002023-11-24T09:05:22-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-SWP) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on S-DWP <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Tuesday, November 28 ET.</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, users will not be able to view or download Patent Documents. This will impact the following systems:</p><p> • Office Action Conversion to XML4IP 3.0 (OA2XML)</p><p> • Supplemental Complex Repository for Examiners (SCORE)</p><p> • Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)</p><p> • Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)</p><p> • Official Correspondence (OC)</p><p> • Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Patent Cooperation Treaty Operations (PCT-OPS)</p><p> • Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)</p><p> • Event-Hub</p><p> • Enterprise Application Integration HUB (EAI-HUB)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting PSIPS<b> from 11:59 p.m. Monday November 27 ET until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday November 28 ET.</b></p><p>Please check PSIPS after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of issued and published sequences.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Developer Hub - Assignment Search (DH-AS) Production Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform log rotation production on DH-AS <b>from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on November 25 ET.</b></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events977Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-24T07:51:02-05:002023-11-24T07:51:16-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events928Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-22T07:40:21-05:002023-11-22T07:40:21-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events975Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-22T07:33:42-05:002023-11-22T07:33:42-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events927Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-21T07:40:33-05:002023-11-21T07:40:33-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform OS patching activities on the Trademark-IDM system from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 22 ET.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events974Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-21T07:38:22-05:002023-11-21T07:38:22-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events926Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-20T07:28:26-05:002023-11-20T07:28:26-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be updating configuration settings to resolve a URL issue with the Trademark IDM system from 12 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, </p><p></p><p>November 21 ET.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform OS patching activities on the Trademark-IDM system from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 22 ET.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events973Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-20T07:27:30-05:002023-11-20T07:27:30-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events972Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-17T10:09:09-05:002023-11-17T10:09:09-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Resolved: Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Issues</span></span></p><p>The Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) issues have been resolved. The application is now fully functional. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events971Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-17T09:28:54-05:002023-11-17T10:08:11-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Resolved: Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Issues</span></b></p><p>The Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) issues have been resolved. The application is now fully functional. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events925Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-17T07:28:17-05:002023-11-17T11:18:53-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will be updating configuration settings to resolve a URL issue with the Trademark IDM system from 12 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">November 21 ET.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform OS patching activities on the Trademark-IDM system from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 22 ET.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events970Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-17T07:22:16-05:002023-11-17T07:22:16-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events924Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-16T07:43:54-05:002023-11-16T07:43:54-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events969Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-16T07:38:15-05:002023-11-16T07:38:15-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events923Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-15T07:43:04-05:002023-11-15T07:43:04-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events968Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-15T07:25:40-05:002023-11-15T07:25:40-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events922Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-14T08:01:17-05:002023-11-14T08:01:17-05:00<div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Retirement</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will retire EFS-Web (including EFS-Web Registered, EFS-Unregistered and EFS-Web contingency) and Private-PAIR. These systems will no longer be available onward <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 15 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Users should submit any saved submissions prior to EFS-Web retirement on November 15. </span> After the retirement date, saved submissions cannot be accessed. Users should use Patent Center starting 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 15 ET, to access available applications and documents.</div><div><br></div><div>To access available applications and documents, users may access <a href="https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">Patent Center</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>For more information, please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/efs-web-and-private-pair-be-retired" target="_blank">EFS-Web and Private PAIR retirement</a> homepage.</div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events967Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-14T07:54:54-05:002023-11-14T07:54:54-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events966Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-13T07:43:48-05:002023-11-13T07:43:48-05:00<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events921Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-13T07:40:41-05:002023-11-13T07:40:41-05:00<div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Retirement</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will retire EFS-Web (including EFS-Web Registered, EFS-Unregistered and EFS-Web contingency) and Private-PAIR. These systems will no longer be available onward <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 15 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Users should submit any saved submissions prior to EFS-Web retirement on November 15. </span> After the retirement date, saved submissions cannot be accessed. Users should use Patent Center starting 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 15 ET, to access available applications and documents.</div><div><br></div><div>To access available applications and documents, users may access <a href="https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/" target="_blank">Patent Center</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>For more information, please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/efs-web-and-private-pair-be-retired" target="_blank">EFS-Web and Private PAIR retirement</a> homepage.</div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events920Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-09T07:12:13-05:002023-11-09T07:12:13-05:00<div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as followed:</div><div><br></div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</span></div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Sunday, November 12 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-TACTS systems for two consecutive nights.</div><div><br></div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</span></div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 12 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, P-TACTS will be unavailable.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 11 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</div><div><br></div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR</div><div><br></div><div>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Retirement</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will retire EFS-Web (including EFS-Web Registered, EFS-Unregistered and EFS-Web contingency) and Private-PAIR. These systems will no longer be available onward <b>from 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 15 ET.</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>Users should submit any saved submissions prior to EFS-Web retirement on November 15. </b> After the retirement date, saved submissions cannot be accessed. Users should use Patent Center starting 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 15 ET, to access available applications and documents.</div><div><br></div><div>To access available applications and documents, users may access <a href="https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/" target="_blank">Patent Center</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>For more information, please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/efs-web-and-private-pair-be-retired" target="_blank">EFS-Web and Private PAIR retirement</a> homepage.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: top;"><br></p></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events965Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-09T07:04:56-05:002023-11-09T07:04:56-05:00<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events919Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-08T14:48:05-05:002023-11-08T14:48:05-05:00<div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will be updating configuration settings to resolve a URL issue with the Trademark IDM system <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as followed:</div><div><br></div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</span></div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Sunday, November 12 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-TACTS systems for two consecutive nights.</div><div><br></div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</span></div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 12 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, P-TACTS will be unavailable.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 11 ET.</b></div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</div><div><br></div><div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</div><div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private PAIR</div><div><br></div><div>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</div></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: top;"><br></p></div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events918Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-08T07:21:56-05:002023-11-08T07:21:56-05:00<div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will be updating configuration settings to resolve a URL issue with the Trademark IDM system <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as followed:</div><div><br></div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</span></div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Sunday, November 12 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-TACTS systems for two consecutive nights.</div><div><br></div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</span></div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 12 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, P-TACTS will be unavailable.</div></div></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events964Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-08T07:16:59-05:002023-11-08T07:16:59-05:00<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events917Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-07T07:23:54-05:002023-11-07T07:23:54-05:00<div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</div><div><br></div><div>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-OA2XML systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 8 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</div><div><br></div><div>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Retirement</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will retire EFS-Web (including EFS-Web Registered, EFS-Unregistered and EFS-Web contingency) and Private-PAIR and will no longer be available onward <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Users should submit any saved submissions prior to EFS-Web retirement on November 8.</span> After the retirement date, saved submissions cannot be accessed. Users should use Patent Center starting 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET, to access available applications and documents.</div><div><br></div><div>To access available applications and documents, users may access <a href="https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/" target="_blank">Patent Center</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>For more information, please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/efs-web-and-private-pair-be-retired" target="_blank">EFS-Web and Private PAIR retirement </a>homepage.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will be updating configuration settings to resolve a URL issue with the Trademark IDM system <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as followed:</div><div><br></div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</span></div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Sunday, November 12 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-TACTS systems for two consecutive nights.</div><div><br></div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</span></div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 12 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, P-TACTS will be unavailable.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events963Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-07T07:18:53-05:002023-11-07T07:18:53-05:00<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events916Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-06T07:40:21-05:002023-11-06T08:11:12-05:00<div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 7 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</div><div><br></div><div>Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 7 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, TDA will be unavailable.</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</div><div><br></div><div>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-OA2XML systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 8 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</div><div><br></div><div>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Retirement</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will retire EFS-Web (including EFS-Web Registered, EFS-Unregistered and EFS-Web contingency) and Private-PAIR and will no longer be available onward <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Users should submit any saved submissions prior to EFS-Web retirement on November 8.</span> After the retirement date, saved submissions cannot be accessed. Users should use Patent Center starting 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET, to access available applications and documents.</div><div><br></div><div>To access available applications and documents, users may access <a href="https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/" target="_blank">Patent Center</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>For more information, please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/efs-web-and-private-pair-be-retired" target="_blank">EFS-Web and Private PAIR retirement </a>homepage.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will be updating configuration settings to resolve a URL issue with the Trademark IDM system <b>from 12 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</b></div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as followed:</div><div><br></div><div> • <b>The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</b></div><div> • <b>The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Sunday, November 12 ET.</b></div><div><br></div><div>S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-TACTS systems for two consecutive nights.</div><div><br></div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 9 ET.</b></div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 12 ET.</b></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, P-TACTS will be unavailable.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events962Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-06T07:39:32-05:002023-11-06T07:39:32-05:00<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events915Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-03T10:15:35-04:002023-11-03T10:54:22-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent
Public Search System (PPUBs) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>
</b></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PPUBs <b>from 12:01 a.m.
until 2 a.m. on Saturday, November 4 ET. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, PPUBs will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The OCIO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 5 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 6 p.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, November 4 ET. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs" target="_blank"> https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs</a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> </span>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span>: Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 7 ET.</b></div><div><br></div><div>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</div><div><br></div><div>Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 7 ET.</b></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, TDA will be unavailable.</div><div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems <b>from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET.</b></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</div><div><br></div><div>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-OA2XML systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 8 ET.</b></div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</div><div><br></div><div>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Retirement</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will retire EFS-Web (including EFS-Web Registered, EFS-Unregistered and EFS-Web contingency) and Private-PAIR and will no longer be available onward <b>from 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET.</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>Users should submit any saved submissions prior to EFS-Web retirement on November 8.</b> After the retirement date, saved submissions cannot be accessed. Users should use Patent Center starting 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 8 ET, to access available applications and documents.</div><div><br></div><div>To access available applications and documents, users may access <a href="https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/" target="_blank">Patent Center</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>For more information, please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/efs-web-and-private-pair-be-retired" target="_blank">EFS-Web and Private PAIR retirement </a>homepage.</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events961Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-03T07:42:29-04:002023-11-03T07:42:29-04:00<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events914Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-02T07:27:02-04:002023-11-02T14:14:57-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The OCIO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web <b>from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 5 ET.</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 6 p.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, November 4 ET. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span>: Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 7 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</div><div><br></div><div>Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></b></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 7 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, TDA will be unavailable.</div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events960Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-02T07:23:00-04:002023-11-02T07:23:00-04:00<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events913Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-01T10:30:26-04:002023-11-01T10:30:26-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1 ET. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The OCIO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 5 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted<b> from 6 p.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, November 4 ET. </b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>Trademark Customers: </b>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>TTAB Customers</b>: Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events912Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-01T07:52:42-04:002023-11-01T07:54:23-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1 ET. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The OCIO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 5 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events959Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-11-01T07:51:09-04:002023-11-01T07:51:09-04:00<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events911Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-31T08:16:31-04:002023-10-31T08:16:31-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1 ET. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events958Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-31T08:12:11-04:002023-10-31T08:12:11-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events910Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-30T07:57:34-04:002023-10-30T07:57:34-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) <b>from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1 ET. </b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events957Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-30T07:54:23-04:002023-10-30T07:54:23-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events956Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-27T07:35:44-04:002023-10-27T07:35:44-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events909Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-27T07:35:09-04:002023-10-27T11:57:28-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </span></p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application Maintenance</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:<br></p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</li><li>The final night of maintenance be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.<br></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p></p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Maintenance Impacting Manuals</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Application Maintenance</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:<br></p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</span></li><li>The final night of maintenance be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.<br></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (2.0), X- Search Business intelligence (XS-BI), and X-Search services will not be available.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Server Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, below component services will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events955Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-26T08:00:14-04:002023-10-26T08:00:14-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events908Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-26T07:59:16-04:002023-10-26T07:59:16-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, October 27 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG) </p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </span></p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application Maintenance</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:<br></p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</li><li>The final night of maintenance be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.<br></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p></p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Maintenance Impacting Manuals</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Application Maintenance</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:<br></p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</span></li><li>The final night of maintenance be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.<br></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Private PAIR</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (2.0), X- Search Business intelligence (XS-BI), and X-Search services will not be available.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Server Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, below component services will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events907Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-25T13:15:21-04:002023-10-25T13:15:21-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, October 27 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG) </p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </span></p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application Maintenance</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:<br></p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</li><li>The final night of maintenance be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.<br></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p></p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Maintenance Impacting Manuals</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Application Maintenance</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:<br></p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</span></li><li>The final night of maintenance be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.<br></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Private PAIR</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (2.0), X- Search Business intelligence (XS-BI), and X-Search services will not be available.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Server Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, below component services will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events954Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-25T07:37:16-04:002023-10-25T07:37:16-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events906Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-25T07:34:42-04:002023-10-25T08:00:21-04:00<p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12 a.m. Thursday, October 26, and ending at 12 p.m., Friday, October 27 ET.</span></p><p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: </p><ul></ul><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Electronic Filing System-Web (EFSWeb)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Fee Processing (Fees)</li><li>MyUSPTO </li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center </li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) (P-PAIR)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) </li></ul><p>Patent Customers:</p><p>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via<a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered"> <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">EFS-Web Unregistered</span></a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">alternative filing method</span></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> </p><p>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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">alternate filing method</span></span></a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</span></a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> </p><p>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> </p><p>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"></span></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, October 27 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG) </p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </span></p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application Maintenance</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:<br></p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</li><li>The final night of maintenance be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.<br></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p></p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Maintenance Impacting Manuals</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Application Maintenance</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:<br></p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</span></li><li>The final night of maintenance be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.<br></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Private PAIR</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application<b> from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (2.0), X- Search Business intelligence (XS-BI), and X-Search services will not be available.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance <b>from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 29 ET.</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Server Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, below component services will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events953Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-24T15:28:45-04:002023-10-24T15:29:00-04:00<p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12 a.m. Thursday, October 26, and ending at 12 p.m., Friday, October 27 ET.</span></p><p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: </p><ul></ul><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Electronic Filing System-Web (EFSWeb)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Fee Processing (Fees)</li><li>MyUSPTO </li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center </li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) (P-PAIR)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) </li></ul><p>Patent Customers:</p><p>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via<a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered"> <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">EFS-Web Unregistered</span></a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">alternative filing method</span></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> </p><p>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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">alternate filing method</span></span></a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</span></a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> </p><p>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> </p><p>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"></span></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, October 27 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG) </p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </span></p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p></p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Maintenance Impacting Manuals</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Application Maintenance</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:<br></p><ul><li>The first night of maintenance be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</span></li><li>The final night of maintenance be <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.<br></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><ul></ul><p></p><p></p><p style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Server Maintenance</span></span></p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET</span>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, below component services will be unavailable.</p><p></p><ul><li>Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</li><li>Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</li><li>Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<ul></ul></li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events905Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-24T14:50:13-04:002023-10-24T15:26:13-04:00<p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7"><span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12 a.m. Thursday, October 26, and ending at 12 p.m., Friday, October 27 ET.</span></p><p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: </p><ul></ul><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Electronic Filing System-Web (EFSWeb)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Fee Processing (Fees)</li><li>MyUSPTO </li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center </li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) (P-PAIR)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) </li></ul><p>Patent Customers:</p><p>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via<a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered"> <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">EFS-Web Unregistered</span></a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">alternative filing method</span></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> </p><p>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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">alternate filing method</span></span></a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</span></a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> </p><p>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> </p><p>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"></span></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, October 27 ET. </span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG) </p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </b></p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><b>Patent Customers: </b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers</b></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><h3 style="margin: auto; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application Maintenance</span></strong></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:<br></p><ul style=""><li>The first night of maintenance be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</li><li>The final night of maintenance be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.<br></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p></p><h3 style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Maintenance Impacting Manuals</b></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET. </b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</span></p><h3 style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Application Maintenance</b></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:<br></p><ul style=""><li>The first night of maintenance be <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 28 ET.</b></li><li>The final night of maintenance be <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET.<br></b></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><ul style=""></ul><p></p><p></p><p style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><br></b></span></p><p style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Server Maintenance</b></span></p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, October 29 ET</b>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, below component services will be unavailable.</p><p></p><ul><li>Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</li><li>Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</li><li>Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<ul></ul></li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events952Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-24T07:35:58-04:002023-10-24T07:35:58-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events904Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-23T14:18:28-04:002023-10-23T14:18:28-04:00<p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12 a.m. Thursday, October 26, and ending at 12 p.m., Friday, October 27 ET.</span></p><p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: </p><ul></ul><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Electronic Filing System-Web (EFSWeb)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Fee Processing (Fees)</li><li>MyUSPTO </li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center </li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) (P-PAIR)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) </li></ul><p>Patent Customers:</p><p>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via<a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered"> <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">EFS-Web Unregistered</span></a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">alternative filing method</span></a>.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> </p><p>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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">alternate filing method</span></span></a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</span></a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> </p><p>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a>.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> </p><p>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"></span></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, October 27 ET. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG) </p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • TM-eFile</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><div><br></div><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></p><p> </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events903Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-23T11:20:39-04:002023-10-23T11:20:39-04:00<p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7"><strong><span id="ms-rterangecursor-start"></span><span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>beginning at 12 a.m. Thursday, October 26, and ending at 12 p.m., Friday, October 27 ET.</b></p><p class="ExternalClass1475759D45514D3989E6EFA126B521E7">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: </p><ul></ul><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Electronic Filing System-Web (EFSWeb)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Fee Processing (Fees)</li><li>MyUSPTO </li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center </li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) (P-PAIR)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) </li></ul><p>Patent Customers: </p><p>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via<a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered"> <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">EFS-Web Unregistered</span></a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">alternative filing method</span></a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</strong> </p><p>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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>alternate filing method</strong></span></a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</span></a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong> </p><p>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> </p><p>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"></span></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><strong></strong><strong></strong></p><p> <span id="ms-rterangecursor-end"></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events902Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-23T07:46:47-04:002023-10-23T07:46:47-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events951Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-23T07:43:19-04:002023-10-23T07:43:19-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events950Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-20T07:43:14-04:002023-10-20T07:43:14-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events901Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-20T07:40:27-04:002023-10-20T07:40:27-04:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Sunday, October 22 ET.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">EFS Unregistered and EFS Contingency will be available as alternatives to electronically file patent applications. Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events949Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-19T07:29:08-04:002023-10-19T07:29:08-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events900Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-19T07:26:34-04:002023-10-19T07:26:34-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PEDS from <span style="font-weight: 700;"><o:p></o:p>12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, October 20 ET.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, PEDS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Sunday, October 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">EFS Unregistered and EFS Contingency will be available as alternatives to electronically file patent applications. Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.</p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events899Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-18T15:37:59-04:002023-10-18T15:37:35-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PEDS from <b><o:p></o:p>12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, October 20 ET.</b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, PEDS will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events898Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-18T07:32:46-04:002023-10-18T07:32:46-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PEDS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, October 19 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, PEDS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System<span style="font-weight: 700;"> from 12:01 a.m. until 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 21 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • TM-eFile</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events948Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-18T07:31:14-04:002023-10-18T07:31:14-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events897Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-17T07:40:22-04:002023-10-17T08:11:40-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PEDS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, October 19 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, PEDS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System<b> from 12:01 a.m. until 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 21 ET. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark e0G (TM-eOG) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • TM-eFile</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events947Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-17T07:30:28-04:002023-10-17T07:30:28-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events896Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-16T13:17:30-04:002023-10-16T13:49:59-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Patent
Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size:
12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform
maintenance on PEDS <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, October
19 ET.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During the maintenance period,
PEDS will be unavailable.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events946Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-16T07:39:12-04:002023-10-16T07:39:12-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events895Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-13T15:15:55-04:002023-10-13T15:18:40-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 14 ET.</b></p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to
our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other
alternative filing method.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events945Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-13T07:27:51-04:002023-10-13T07:27:51-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events894Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-12T15:15:45-04:002023-10-12T15:15:45-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patents End-to-End Official Correspondence (PE2E-OC) Deployment</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be deploying a new version of the IFW Backup Tool package according to the following schedule:</p><p>Patents Group 1– Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, October 10 and ending at 5 a.m., Wednesday, October 11 LT.</p><p>Patents Group 2 – Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, October 11 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, October 12 LT.</p><p>Patents Group 3 – Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Thursday, October 12 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, October 13 LT.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until at 2 a.m. on Friday, October 13 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:</p><p> • Fee Processing</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and you cannot file electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 14 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events893Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-12T07:57:31-04:002023-10-12T07:57:31-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patents End-to-End Official Correspondence (PE2E-OC) Deployment</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be deploying a new version of the IFW Backup Tool package according to the following schedule:</p><p>Patents Group 1– Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, October 10 and ending at 5 a.m., Wednesday, October 11 LT.</p><p>Patents Group 2 – Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, October 11 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, October 12 LT.</p><p>Patents Group 3 – Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Thursday, October 12 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, October 13 LT.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until at 2 a.m. on Friday, October 13 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:</p><p> • Fee Processing</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and you cannot file electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events944Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-12T07:56:46-04:002023-10-12T07:56:46-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events892Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-11T07:47:50-04:002023-10-11T07:47:50-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patents End-to-End Official Correspondence (PE2E-OC) Deployment</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be deploying a new version of the IFW Backup Tool package according to the following schedule:</p><p>Patents Group 1– Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, October 10 and ending at 5 a.m., Wednesday, October 11 LT.</p><p>Patents Group 2 – Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, October 11 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, October 12 LT.</p><p>Patents Group 3 – Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Thursday, October 12 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, October 13 LT.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until at 2 a.m. on Friday, October 13 ET.</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:</p><p> • Fee Processing</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and you cannot file electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events943Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-11T07:21:50-04:002023-10-11T07:21:50-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events891Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-10T07:36:00-04:002023-10-10T08:33:04-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patents End-to-End Official Correspondence (PE2E-OC) Deployment</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will be deploying a new version of the IFW Backup Tool package according to the following schedule:</p><p>Patents Group 1– Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, October 10 and ending at 5 a.m., Wednesday, October 11 LT.</p><p>Patents Group 2 – Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, October 11 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, October 12 LT.</p><p>Patents Group 3 – Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Thursday, October 12 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, October 13 LT.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until at 2 a.m. on Friday, October 13 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:</p><p> • Fee Processing</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p><b>Patent Customers:</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>PTAB Customers:</b></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b></p><p>If your deadline is today and you cannot file electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events942Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-10T07:28:53-04:002023-10-10T07:28:53-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events890Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-03T07:23:30-04:002023-10-06T10:12:50-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Migration </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on CPC from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from <span style="font-weight: 700;">12:01 a.m. until 4:45 a.m. on Wednesday, October 4 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the migration window, the CPC and the following systems will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">CPC DB and Classification Allocation Tool (CAT) will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">The OC Issue Classification form will be impacted by this update as this form requires CPC validation services. You may continue with other OC functionalities.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">In Docket Application Viewer (DAV), CPC information will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">In PE2E-Search, Similarity Search will be unavailable.</li></ul><p><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patents End-to-End Official Correspondence (PE2E-OC) Deployment</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">The USPTO will be deploying a new version of the IFW Backup Tool package according to the following schedule:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">Patents Group 1– Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, October 10 and ending at 5 a.m., Wednesday, October 11 LT.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">Patents Group 2 – Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, October 11 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, October 12 LT.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">Patents Group 3 – Beginning at 11:59 p.m., Thursday, October 12 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, August 13 LT.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events941Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-03T07:22:23-04:002023-10-03T07:22:23-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events889Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-02T07:38:48-04:002023-10-02T07:38:48-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TEAS<span style="font-weight: 700;"> beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3 ET.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 7 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. ET.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Migration </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on CPC from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from <span style="font-weight: 700;">12:01 a.m. until 4:45 a.m. on Wednesday, October 4 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the migration window, the CPC and the following systems will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">CPC DB and Classification Allocation Tool (CAT) will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">The OC Issue Classification form will be impacted by this update as this form requires CPC validation services. You may continue with other OC functionalities.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">In Docket Application Viewer (DAV), CPC information will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">In PE2E-Search, Similarity Search will be unavailable.</li></ul></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events940Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-10-02T07:37:07-04:002023-10-02T07:37:07-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events888Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-29T15:09:55-04:002023-09-29T15:09:55-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 30 ET.</span> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance, there will be complete outage for the following systems:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 30 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private PAIR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on ESTTA and TTABVUE <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Sunday, October 1 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TEAS<span style="font-weight: 700;"> beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3 ET.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 7 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. ET.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Migration </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on CPC from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from <span style="font-weight: 700;">12:01 a.m. until 4:45 a.m. on Wednesday, October 4 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the migration window, the CPC and the following systems will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">CPC DB and Classification Allocation Tool (CAT) will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">The OC Issue Classification form will be impacted by this update as this form requires CPC validation services. You may continue with other OC functionalities.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">In Docket Application Viewer (DAV), CPC information will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">In PE2E-Search, Similarity Search will be unavailable.</li></ul></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events887Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-29T07:33:57-04:002023-09-29T07:33:57-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 30 ET.</span> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance, there will be complete outage for the following systems:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 30 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private PAIR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on ESTTA and TTABVUE <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Sunday, October 1 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TEAS<span style="font-weight: 700;"> beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3 ET.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 7 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. ET.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Migration </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on CPC from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 10 p.m., Tuesday, October 3 and ending at 4 a.m., Wednesday, October 4 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the migration window, the CPC and the following systems will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">CPC DB and Classification Allocation Tool (CAT) will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">The OC Issue Classification form will be impacted by this update as this form requires CPC validation services. You may continue with other OC functionalities.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">In Docket Application Viewer (DAV), CPC information will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">In PE2E-Search, Similarity Search will be unavailable.</li></ul></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events939Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-29T07:33:02-04:002023-09-29T07:33:02-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events886Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-28T07:36:48-04:002023-09-28T07:36:48-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Product System Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#444444" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will be performing security <span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">maintenance </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 12 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Fri</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">day, September 29 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">During the maintenance the following systems will not be available:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 30 ET.</span> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance, there will be complete outage for the following systems:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 30 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private PAIR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on ESTTA and TTABVUE <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Sunday, October 1 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TEAS<span style="font-weight: 700;"> beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3 ET.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 7 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. ET.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Migration </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on CPC from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 10 p.m., Tuesday, October 3 and ending at 4 a.m., Wednesday, October 4 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the migration window, the CPC and the following systems will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">CPC DB and Classification Allocation Tool (CAT) will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">The OC Issue Classification form will be impacted by this update as this form requires CPC validation services. You may continue with other OC functionalities.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">In Docket Application Viewer (DAV), CPC information will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">In PE2E-Search, Similarity Search will be unavailable.</li></ul></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events938Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-28T07:34:58-04:002023-09-28T07:34:58-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events885Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-27T15:16:00-04:002023-09-27T15:16:51-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#444444">Product
System Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#444444" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will be performing security </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">maintenance </span><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 12 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Fri</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>day, September 29 ET.</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">During
the maintenance the following systems will not be available:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span></p><ul type="disc"><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Assignments
on the Web (AOTW)</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 30 ET.</b> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance, there will be complete outage for the following systems:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 30 ET.</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private PAIR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on ESTTA and TTABVUE <b>from 12 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Sunday, October 1 ET.</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TEAS<span style="font-weight: 700;"> beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3 ET.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 7 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. ET.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Cooperative
Patent Classification (CPC) Migration </span><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform a
migration on CPC from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data
Center in Manassas, <b>beginning at 10 p.m., Tuesday, October 3 and ending at 4
a.m., Wednesday, October 4 ET. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During the migration window,
the CPC and the following systems will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">CPC DB and Classification Allocation Tool (CAT) will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">The OC Issue Classification form will be impacted by this update as this
form requires CPC validation services. You may continue with other OC
functionalities.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">In Docket Application Viewer (DAV), CPC information will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">In PE2E-Search, Similarity Search will be unavailable.</li></ul></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events937Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-27T07:46:46-04:002023-09-27T07:46:46-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events884Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-26T14:01:17-04:002023-09-26T14:01:17-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS on two nights:</p><p> •The first night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 26 ET.</span></p><p> •The second night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Trademark Electronic Application System
(TEAS) Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TEAS beginning at 7
a.m. on Tuesday, October 3 ET. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
"Segoe UI",sans-serif">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing
any active sessions and stopping your work between 7 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events936Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-26T07:42:54-04:002023-09-26T07:42:54-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events883Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-26T07:42:04-04:002023-09-26T07:42:04-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS on two nights:</p><p> •The first night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 26 ET.</span></p><p> •The second night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events882Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-25T07:51:39-04:002023-09-25T08:10:42-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance on database server DSB-CORP-DB-1.uspto.gov <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 26 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance, there will be complete outage for the following systems:</p><p> • Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</p><p> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Data Architecture Tools (DAT-Metadata, ER/Studio)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS on two nights:</p><p> •The first night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 26 ET.</span></p><p> •The second night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS from 11 a.m. from 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 28 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events935Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-25T07:49:51-04:002023-09-25T07:49:51-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events881Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-22T07:49:02-04:002023-09-22T07:49:02-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance on database server DSB-CORP-DB-1.uspto.gov <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 26 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance, there will be complete outage for the following systems:</p><p> • Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</p><p> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Data Architecture Tools (DAT-Metadata, ER/Studio)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS on two nights:</p><p> •The first night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 26 ET.</span></p><p> •The second night of maintenance will occur <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events934Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-22T07:48:09-04:002023-09-22T07:48:09-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events880Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-21T07:54:24-04:002023-09-21T08:00:03-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance on database server DSB-CORP-DB-1.uspto.gov <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 26 ET.</b></p><p>During the maintenance, there will be complete outage for the following systems:</p><p> • Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</p><p> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Data Architecture Tools (DAT-Metadata, ER/Studio)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS on two nights:</p><p> •The first night of maintenance will occur <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 26 ET.</b></p><p> •The second night of maintenance will occur <b>from 12:01 until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27 ET.</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events933Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-21T07:43:32-04:002023-09-21T07:43:32-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events879Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-20T07:17:48-04:002023-09-20T07:17:48-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events932Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-20T07:16:24-04:002023-09-20T07:16:24-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events878Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-19T07:51:24-04:002023-09-19T07:51:24-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events931Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-19T07:43:34-04:002023-09-19T07:43:34-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events877Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-18T07:13:16-04:002023-09-18T07:13:16-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance </span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, September 19 ET. </b><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">API Key Manager<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">MyUSPTO<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center (eMOD)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">alternative filing method</a>. <br><br><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E">alternate filing method</a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.<br><br><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<br><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events930Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-18T07:12:21-04:002023-09-18T07:12:21-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events876Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-15T10:08:37-04:002023-09-15T10:11:57-04:00<p><span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 16 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, TDA will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, September 16 ET.</span></p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, September 16 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Patent Customers: For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">800-786-9199 (toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">571-272-1000 (local)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">800-877-8339 (TTY) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><h3><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems
Maintenance </span><o:p></o:p></b></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01
a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, September 19 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, user access to the following
applications may be interrupted:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">API
Key Manager</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS
Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee
Payment Processing (FPNG)</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Maintenance Fees
Storefront</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified
Copy Center (CCC)</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office
of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent
Center (eMOD)</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private
PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent
Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span><o:p></o:p></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Patent
Customers: </b>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new
applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371,
via </span><a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered"><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web
Unregistered</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">. 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 </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="font-size: 14px;">alternative
filing method</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>
PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you
may use an </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E"><span style="font-size: 14px;">alternate filing method</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.
Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf"><span style="font-size: 14px;">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> and
see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>
Trademark Customers:</b> Please
try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact
the TEAS Team by email at </span><a href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="font-size: 14px;">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><b><br></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>
TTAB Customers: </b>Please
visit the TTAB Outage Page: </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><span style="font-size: 14px;">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">
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 </span><a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><span style="font-size: 14px;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events929Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-15T07:38:43-04:002023-09-15T07:38:43-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events875Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-14T07:33:11-04:002023-09-14T07:33:11-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, September 15 ET.</span></p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</p><p>Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 16 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, TDA will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, September 16 ET.</span></p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, September 16 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Patent Customers: For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">800-786-9199 (toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">571-272-1000 (local)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">800-877-8339 (TTY) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events928Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-14T07:32:22-04:002023-09-14T07:32:22-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events874Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-13T10:41:08-04:002023-09-13T10:41:59-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, September 15 ET.</b></p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</p><p>Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems <b><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 16 ET.</span></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span></p><p>During the maintenance period, TDA will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, September 16 ET.</b></p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><h3><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next
Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit
card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday,
September 16 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts
will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Office
of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Certified
Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these
payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity
has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are
available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Patent Customers: For more information
about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management
system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone
numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">800-786-9199
(toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">571-272-1000
(local)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">800-877-8339
(TTY) <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and
USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an
alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and
see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB
Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style="">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events927Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-13T07:14:27-04:002023-09-13T07:14:27-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events873Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-12T07:42:07-04:002023-09-12T07:42:07-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, September 15 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</p><p>Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events926Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-12T07:35:44-04:002023-09-12T07:35:44-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events925Current eventsService Desk Branch2023-09-11T08:38:56-04:002023-09-11T08:38:56-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events872Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-11T07:46:21-04:002023-09-11T07:46:21-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events923Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-08T11:31:07-04:002023-09-08T11:31:07-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Outage </span></b></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with TSDR. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><p>Until then, please continue to use TSDR web page to access Trademark status information and documents.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events871Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-08T07:17:30-04:002023-09-08T07:17:30-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, September 10 ET.</span></p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI) Maintenance</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 55, 99);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on OEDIS - CI from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday, September 8 ET. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 55, 99);">During the maintenance period, there may be intermittent impact to users accessing the system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 55, 99);">Users may need to refresh the web browser during/or after the end of the maintenance period.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events924Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-08T07:16:18-04:002023-09-08T07:16:37-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events922Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-07T08:03:06-04:002023-09-07T08:03:06-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events870Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-07T08:01:56-04:002023-09-07T18:57:16-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web <b>from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, September 10 ET.</b></p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface
(OEDIS - CI) Maintenance</span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3763">The USPTO will perform maintenance on OEDIS - CI from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday, September 8 ET. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3763">During the maintenance period, there may be intermittent
impact to users accessing the system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3763">Users may need to refresh the web browser during/or after
the end of the maintenance period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events869Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-06T11:25:06-04:002023-09-06T11:25:06-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, September 10 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events868Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-06T07:18:19-04:002023-09-06T07:18:19-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events921Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-06T07:16:57-04:002023-09-06T07:16:57-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events867Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-05T07:23:31-04:002023-09-05T07:23:31-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events920Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-05T07:17:33-04:002023-09-05T07:17:33-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events866Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-01T07:59:10-04:002023-09-01T07:59:10-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The OCIO will perform maintenance on the Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS)<b> from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday, September 1 ET.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• Patent Practitioner Search</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• Registered Practitioner Portal</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• Exam Applicant Portal</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 2 ET.</span></p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events919Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-09-01T07:55:58-04:002023-09-01T07:55:58-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Fee Payment Processing Restored</span><br></p><p>The Fee Payment Processing issue from earlier today has been resolved. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events918Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-31T17:46:43-04:002023-08-31T17:51:32-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Fee Payment Processing Restored</span><br></p><p>The Fee Payment Processing issue from earlier today has been resolved. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events917Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-31T11:08:04-04:002023-08-31T17:44:51-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">Intermittent TEAS and TEASi Outage </span></p><p>The USPTO is continuing to experience intermittent technical difficulties with TEAS and TEASi and you may be unable to submit forms. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><p><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">If your deadline is today and you are unable to file your document using TEAS or TEASi, please fax your documents to the Petitions Office at 571-273-8950. Use the <a target="_blank" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Coversheet-Fax-to-Request-Acceptance-of-a-Paper-Submission.pdf" href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Coversheet-Fax-to-Request-Acceptance-of-a-Paper-Submission.pdf" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">fax cover sheet</a> and follow the faxing your documents guidance on the <a target="_blank" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">alternative method of filing</a> webpage to meet your deadline. Contact the TEAS team with any questions at our email <a target="_blank" data-cke-saved-href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">EMERGENCY:
Patent Center and Private-PAIR are Experiencing Intermittent Issues</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span><p>Patent Center and Private-PAIR
operations are currently being impacted by other internal
USPTO systems. The USPTO Technical Teams are investigating the issues
and will update users when it is resolved.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Restored</span></span></p><p>The Fee Payment Processing issue from earlier today has been resolved. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events865Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-31T06:34:06-04:002023-08-31T06:34:06-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 2 ET.</b></p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events916Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-31T06:22:48-04:002023-08-31T09:34:34-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Outage</span></b></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing an issue with Fee Payment Processing as of 5 a.m. Thursday, August 31 ET.</p><p>Fee payment processing is currently unavailable across the USPTO Storefronts listed below: </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span> Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>The following alternative payment options are available:</p><p><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. </p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b> Please try filing again after the payment issue is resolved. If you have a filing deadline today and cannot submit a required filing because you owe a fee, email <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> with the subject “Deadline today” and include your serial or registration number in the email.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers: </b>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events864Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-30T07:43:46-04:002023-08-30T08:00:56-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance on USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 31 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 7 a.m. on Thursday, August 31 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>API Key Manager</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fee Processing (Fees)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MyUSPTO </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) (P-PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) </p><p>All users should save their work and exit the system.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a></p><p>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 2 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><div><br></div><p><br></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events915Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-30T07:40:45-04:002023-08-30T07:40:45-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events914Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-29T15:41:48-04:002023-08-29T15:41:48-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events913Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-29T10:57:00-04:002023-08-29T10:57:00-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center Sponsorship Issues</span></b></p><p>Some Patent Center support users are currently experiencing problems retrieving Sponsorships when filing new Applications. USPTO Technical Teams are investigating the issue.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events863Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-29T08:37:34-04:002023-08-29T08:43:28-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Electronic Trademark Assignments System Madrid (ETAS Madrid) Shutdown</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will shut down the ETAS Madrid services <b>beginning on 7 p.m., Tuesday, August 29 ET.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the Madrid ETAS product will be unavailable. But the Madrid (Not a USPTO Application) Link: <a href="https://madrid.wipo.int/">https://madrid.wipo.int/</a>, online Filing will be available.<o:p></o:p></p><p>All international trademark users are submitting international Assignment request through, <a href="https://madrid.wipo.int/">https://madrid.wipo.int/</a>, for online.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance on USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 31 ET.</b></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 7 a.m. on Thursday, August 31 ET.</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>API Key Manager</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fee Processing (Fees)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>MyUSPTO </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) (P-PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) </p><p>All users should save their work and exit the system.</p><p><b>Patent Customers:</b> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>.</p><p><b>PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a></p><p>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b> Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events912Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-29T08:08:55-04:002023-08-29T08:08:55-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events862Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-28T17:20:22-04:002023-08-28T17:22:42-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Electronic
Trademark Assignments System Madrid (ETAS Madrid) Shutdown</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO Certified Copy and
Assignments (CC&A) Product team will shut down the ETAS Madrid services
beginning on 7 p.m., Tuesday, August 29 ET.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During the maintenance period,
the Madrid ETAS product will be unavailable. But the Madrid (Not
a USPTO Application) Link: <a href="https://madrid.wipo.int/">https://madrid.wipo.int/</a>, online Filing will
be available.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All international trademark
users are submitting international Assignment request through, <a href="https://madrid.wipo.int/" style="">https://madrid.wipo.int/</a>, for online.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance on USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) beginning at 12:01a.m., Thursday, August 31 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, August 31 ET.</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events911Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-28T07:49:29-04:002023-08-28T07:49:29-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events861Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-25T08:34:55-04:002023-08-25T10:50:26-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on ESTTA and TTABVUE <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, August 26 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><h3><strong><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Global Dossier (GD)
Production Deployment</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3><p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
color:#323130">The USPTO will perform a deployment on the GD system, <strong>from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on
Monday, August 28 ET. </strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events910Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-25T08:26:10-04:002023-08-25T08:26:10-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events909Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-24T07:46:46-04:002023-08-24T07:46:46-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events860Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-24T07:45:36-04:002023-08-24T07:45:36-04:00<h3 style="line-height: 1.4; margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Migration</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a migration affecting TDA from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, <b>beginning at 8 p.m., Wednesday, August 23 and ending at 1 a.m., Thursday, August 24 ET.</b><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span>During the maintenance period, the TDA systems will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until at 2 a.m. on Friday, August 25 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fee Processing</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MyUSPTO</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on ESTTA and TTABVUE <b>from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, August 26 ET.</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events859Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-23T12:33:52-04:002023-08-23T12:33:52-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23 ET. </span> </p><p>During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable, and you will not be able to access or download your large eGrant files.</p><p>Large eGrant files will be available prior to 10 a.m. and following the 3 p.m. maintenance window.</p><h3 style="line-height: 1.4; margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Migration</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a migration affecting TDA from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 8 p.m., Wednesday, August 23 and ending at 1 a.m., Thursday, August 24 ET.<br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span>During the maintenance period, the TDA systems will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until at 2 a.m. on Friday, August 25 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fee Processing</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MyUSPTO</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on ESTTA and TTABVUE from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, August 26 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events858Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-23T07:38:48-04:002023-08-23T11:22:08-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23 ET. </span> </p><p>During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable, and you will not be able to access or download your large eGrant files.</p><p>Large eGrant files will be available prior to 10 a.m. and following the 3 p.m. maintenance window.</p><h3 style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Migration</b></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a migration affecting TDA from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 8 p.m., Wednesday, August 23 and ending at 1 a.m., Thursday, August 24 ET.<br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span id="ms-rterangepaste-start" style=""></span>During the maintenance period, the TDA systems will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until at 2 a.m. on Friday, August 25 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fee Processing</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MyUSPTO</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events908Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-23T07:37:19-04:002023-08-23T07:37:19-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events857Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-22T08:02:05-04:002023-08-22T14:25:28-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23 ET. </span> </p><p>During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable, and you will not be able to access or download your large eGrant files.</p><p>Large eGrant files will be available prior to 10 a.m. and following the 3 p.m. maintenance window.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until at 2 a.m. on Friday, August 25 ET.</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fee Processing</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>MyUSPTO</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Certified Copy Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p><b>Patent Customers:</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>PTAB Customers:</b></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events907Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-22T08:01:13-04:002023-08-22T08:01:13-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events856Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-21T08:19:13-04:002023-08-21T11:43:35-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 3 a.m., Tuesday, August 22 ET.</span></p><p>During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption for the following systems:</p><p> • Certified Copy Center</p><p> • Electronic Filing System-Web</p><p> • Fee Processing</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System</p><p> • Patent Center - Sponsorship Patent Center</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23 ET. </span> </p><p>During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable, and you will not be able to access or download your large eGrant files.</p><p>Large eGrant files will be available prior to 10 a.m. and following the 3 p.m. maintenance window.</p><div><br></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events906Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-21T07:54:29-04:002023-08-21T07:54:29-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events855Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-18T08:12:05-04:002023-08-18T08:29:41-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems<b> beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 19 and ending at 9 a.m. ET. </b> </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><b>Patent Customers: </b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b></p><p>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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b></p><p>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 Trademarks Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 19 ET.</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"> Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></b></p><p>Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted <b>from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, August 19 ET. </b></p><p>During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</li><li>Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</li><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><p>Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</p><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><b>Patent Customers: </b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. </p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><b>PTAB Customers: </b></p><p>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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers: </b></p><p>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers: </b></p><p>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12 a.m. until 3 a.m., Tuesday, August 22 ET.</b></p><p>During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption for the following systems:</p><p> • Certified Copy Center</p><p> • Electronic Filing System-Web</p><p> • Fee Processing</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System</p><p> • Patent Center - Sponsorship Patent Center</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p><b>Patent Customers:</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>PTAB Customers:</b></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS <b>from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23 ET. </b> </p><p>During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events905Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-18T07:52:56-04:002023-08-18T07:52:56-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Intermittent Issue</span></p><p>The USPTO is currently working to resolve a known issue with ESTTA.</p><p>If you get 'proxy server' error, please retry your submission.</p><p>If your deadline is today and you are not able to submit your filing via ESTTA, please screenshot any error message that you are receiving and refer to <a aria-label="Link Filing TTAB documents during an outage | USPTO" title="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" class="fui-Link ___1eya986 f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1x7u7e9 f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Filing TTAB documents during an outage | USPTO</span></a> for alternative filing methods. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events904Current Events Service Desk Branch2023-08-17T18:10:38-04:002023-08-17T18:10:52-04:00<p><b>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Intermittent Issue</b></p><p>The USPTO is currently working to resolve a known issue with ESTTA.</p>
<p>If you get 'proxy server' error, please retry your submission. </p><p>If your deadline is today and you are not able to submit your filing via ESTTA, please screenshot any error message that you are receiving and refer to <a aria-label="Link Filing TTAB documents during an outage | USPTO" title="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" class="fui-Link ___1eya986 f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1x7u7e9 f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow-wrap: break-word;"><strong>Filing TTAB documents during an outage | USPTO</strong></a> for alternative filing methods. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events854Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-17T12:18:35-04:002023-08-17T16:04:05-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 17 ET.</span></span><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption for the following systems:</span></p><ul style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Processing</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center - Sponsorship Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Customers:</span></span><br><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PTAB Customers:</span></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Customers:</span></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. 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.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">TTAB Customers:</span></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.</span><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Trademark System Maintenance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, August 18 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited <o:p></o:p></span></span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">capability.</font></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket Application Viewer (DAV) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the DAV <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, August 18 ET. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• <span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">During the maintenance period,</span> previously submitted documents will be unavailable at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in Patent Center Documents and Transactions and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Workbench Correspondence will be unavailable. Customers should check back Saturday, August 19, to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• <span style="font-weight: 700;">Global Dossier (GD), Global Dossier - Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD)</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, all documents will not be viewable, and downloadable.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• <b>Patent Center e-Office Action Notification</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"> The daily Patent Center e-Office Action notification for August 18 will be delayed by two hours. e-Office Action notifications should begin by 7 a.m. </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><br></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance </span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 19 and ending at 9 a.m. ET. </span> </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">(https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Customers:</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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 Trademarks Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 19 ET.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private PAIR</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</font></p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, August 19 ET. </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">800-786-9199 (toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">571-272-1000 (local)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">800-877-8339 (TTY) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12 a.m. until 3 a.m., Tuesday, August 22 ET.</b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption for the following systems:</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System-Web</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"> • Fee Processing</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"> • MyUSPTO</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center - Sponsorship Patent Center</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>Patent Customers:</b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><br></p></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events853Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-17T08:13:02-04:002023-08-17T12:04:01-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 17 ET.</span></span><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption for the following systems:</span></p><ul style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Processing</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center - Sponsorship Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Customers:</span></span><br><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PTAB Customers:</span></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Customers:</span></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. 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.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">TTAB Customers:</span></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.</span><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Trademark System Maintenance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, August 18 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited <o:p></o:p></span></span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">capability.</font></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket Application Viewer (DAV) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the DAV <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, August 18 ET. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• <span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">During the maintenance period,</span> previously submitted documents will be unavailable at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in Patent Center Documents and Transactions and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Workbench Correspondence will be unavailable. Customers should check back Saturday, August 19, to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• <span style="font-weight: 700;">Global Dossier (GD), Global Dossier - Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD)</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, all documents will not be viewable, and downloadable.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance </span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 19 and ending at 9 a.m. ET. </span> </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">(https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Customers:</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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 Trademarks Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 19 ET.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private PAIR</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</font></p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, August 19 ET. </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">800-786-9199 (toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">571-272-1000 (local)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">800-877-8339 (TTY) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events902Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-17T07:37:10-04:002023-08-17T07:37:10-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events852Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-16T15:49:00-04:002023-08-16T15:52:51-04:00<h3 style="margin: auto; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems </span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 17 ET.</span></strong><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption for the following systems:</span></p><ul style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Processing</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center - Sponsorship Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</span><br></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><br><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Customers:</span></strong><br><strong></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">PTAB Customers:</span></strong><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Customers:</span></strong><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. 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.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">TTAB Customers:</span></strong><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.</span><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Trademark System Maintenance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, August 18 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited <o:p></o:p></span></span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">capability.</font></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until at 2 a.m. on Friday, August 18 ET.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Fee Processing</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• MyUSPTO</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Certified Copy Center</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Patent Center</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket Application Viewer (DAV) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the DAV <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, August 18 ET. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• <span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">During the maintenance period,</span> previously submitted documents will be unavailable at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in Patent Center Documents and Transactions and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Workbench Correspondence will be unavailable. Customers should check back Saturday, August 19, to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• <span style="font-weight: 700;">Global Dossier (GD), Global Dossier - Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD)</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, all documents will not be viewable, and downloadable.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance </span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 19 and ending at 9 a.m. ET. </span> </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">(https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Customers:</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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 Trademarks Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 19 ET.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private PAIR</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</font></p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted <span style="font-weight: 700;">from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, August 19 ET. </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">800-786-9199 (toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">571-272-1000 (local)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">800-877-8339 (TTY) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events901Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-16T07:54:33-04:002023-08-16T07:54:33-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events851Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-15T17:15:03-04:002023-08-15T17:16:47-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Global Dossier (GD) Production Deployment</span></span><o:p></o:p></h3><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform a deployment on the GD system, </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 15 ET.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Trademark
System Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform
maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems </span><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30
a.m. on Friday, August 18 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period,
the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will
be unavailable:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">
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</span></p><ul type="disc"><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark
Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited
capability</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems <b>from 12:01 a.m. until at 2 a.m. on Friday, August 18 ET.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted:</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Fee Processing</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• MyUSPTO</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Certified Copy Center</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Patent Center</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b>Patent Customers:</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b>PTAB Customers:</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b>Trademark Customers:</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b>TTAB Customers:</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket Application Viewer (DAV) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the DAV from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, August 18 ET. </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• <b>Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b>During the maintenance period,</b> previously submitted documents will be unavailable at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in Patent Center Documents and Transactions and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Workbench Correspondence will be unavailable. Customers should check back Saturday, August 19, to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• <b>Global Dossier (GD), Global Dossier - Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD)</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, all documents will not be viewable, and downloadable.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 19 and ending at 9 a.m. ET. </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b>Patent Customers: </b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><b><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Customers:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b>TTAB Customers:</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events900Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-15T07:27:00-04:002023-08-15T07:27:00-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events850Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-14T15:11:31-04:002023-08-14T15:12:32-04:00<h3><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Global Dossier (GD)
Production Deployment</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3><p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
color:#323130"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform a deployment on the GD system, </span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, August 15 ET.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events899Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-14T07:01:18-04:002023-08-14T07:01:18-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events848Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-11T07:43:06-04:002023-08-11T07:43:06-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark e0G (TM- eOG) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM- eOG application from RHEL to Rocky Linux servers beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, August 12 and ending at 2 a.m., Sunday, August 13 ET. </p><p>During deployment TM-eOG will be down and unreachable.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, August 13 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events898Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-11T07:41:11-04:002023-08-11T07:41:11-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events849Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-10T07:51:29-04:002023-08-10T07:51:29-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Certified Copy Ceneter (CCC) Upgrade</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing a system upgrade on the CCC from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 10 ET.</p><p>During the upgrade, system operations will be fully available. Please report any issues to our technical support team.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark e0G (TM- eOG) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM- eOG application from RHEL to Rocky Linux servers beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, August 12 and ending at 2 a.m., Sunday, August 13 ET. </p><p>During deployment TM-eOG will be down and unreachable.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, August 13 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events897Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-10T07:49:05-04:002023-08-10T07:49:05-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events896Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-09T07:56:54-04:002023-08-09T07:56:54-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events847Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-09T00:00:00-04:002023-08-09T08:02:55-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Certified Copy Ceneter (CCC) Upgrade</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will be performing a system upgrade on the CCC from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 10 ET.</p><p>During the upgrade, system operations will be fully available. Please report any issues to our technical support team.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark e0G (TM- eOG) Migration</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM- eOG application from RHEL to Rocky Linux servers beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, August 12 and ending at 2 a.m., Sunday, August 13 ET. </p><p>During deployment TM-eOG will be down and unreachable.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, August 13 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events846Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-08T08:35:36-04:002023-08-08T17:03:52-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b>CERTIFIED
COPY CENTER (CCC)</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The
USPTO will be performing a system upgrade on the CCC from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
on Thursday, August 10 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">During
the upgrade, system operations will be fully available. Please report any
issues to our technical support team. <b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events895Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-08T08:34:37-04:002023-08-08T08:34:37-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events845Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-07T08:36:18-04:002023-08-07T08:36:18-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events894Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-07T08:13:33-04:002023-08-07T08:13:33-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events893Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-04T07:40:58-04:002023-08-04T07:40:58-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events844Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-04T07:40:18-04:002023-08-04T12:38:49-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> </font><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">for other alternative filing method.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on S-DWP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The second night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patents-Electronic Library for Patent (P-ELP) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The beginning night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 5 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 6 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on (P-TACTS) systems for two consecutive nights.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Saturday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email Trials@uspto.gov.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark (TM) E-File Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 6 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, the application may be unavailable.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW), Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR), and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the AHD and AOTW systems from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, AOTW, TSDR and TTABVUE products will be unavailable. Additionally, TTABVUE and TSDR services using AOTW will be unavailable. </font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events843Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-03T08:01:26-04:002023-08-03T08:01:26-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> </font><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">for other alternative filing method.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on S-DWP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The second night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patents-Electronic Library for Patent (P-ELP) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The beginning night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 5 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 6 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on (P-TACTS) systems for two consecutive nights.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Saturday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email Trials@uspto.gov.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 6 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, the application may be unavailable.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW), Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR), and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the AHD and AOTW systems from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, AOTW, TSDR and TTABVUE products will be unavailable. Additionally, TTABVUE and TSDR services using AOTW will be unavailable. </font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events892Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-03T07:39:10-04:002023-08-03T07:39:10-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events842Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-02T08:10:34-04:002023-08-02T08:33:25-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-OA2XML systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will be unavailable in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on multiple products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, <span style="font-weight: bold;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, August 3 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span class="normaltextrun">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</span><span class="eop"> </span><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 3 ET.</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be unavailable:</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • API Key Manager</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Fee Processing</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • MyUSPTO</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Patent Center Support</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • TM Document Management</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark – eOG (TM- eOG)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark - Exam (TM Exam)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark - Exam/Content</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) – API</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. 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.</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.</p><div><br></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple System Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR</span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> </span></font><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">for other alternative
filing method.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on S-DWP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The second night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patents-Electronic Library for Patent (P-ELP) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The beginning night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 5 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 6 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on (P-TACTS) systems for two consecutive nights.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Saturday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">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.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email Trials@uspto.gov.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 6 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 6 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, the application may be unavailable.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW), Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR), and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the AHD and AOTW systems from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, AOTW, TSDR and TTABVUE products will be unavailable. Additionally, TTABVUE and TSDR services using AOTW will be unavailable. </font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events891Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-02T07:42:09-04:002023-08-02T07:42:09-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events890Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-01T08:05:12-04:002023-08-01T08:05:12-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">EMERGENCY: Global Dossier (GD) Production Deployment</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a deployment on the GD system, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday, July 31 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action Notification Issue</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;">Patent Center and (Private Patent Application Information Retrieval) Private-PAIR users of e-Office Action were not notified of formality notices in the July 31, 2023 notification. Affected applicants will receive an updated e-Office Action notification listing the missing correspondence once USPTO Technical Teams resolve the issue. </p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></h3>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events841Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-08-01T00:00:00-04:002023-08-01T12:28:40-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-OA2XML systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will be unavailable in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on multiple products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, <span style="font-weight: bold;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, August 3 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span class="normaltextrun">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</span><span class="eop"> </span><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR after the maintenance period for confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data.</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 3 ET.</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be unavailable:</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • API Key Manager</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Fee Processing</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • MyUSPTO</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Patent Center Support</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • TM Document Management</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark – eOG (TM- eOG)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark - Exam (TM Exam)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark - Exam/Content</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) – API</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Patent Customers:</b></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. 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.</p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.</p><div><br></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong>Multiple System Maintenance</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 5 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><ul style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><li>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</li><li>Private PAIR<br><br>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events887Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-31T14:55:26-04:002023-07-31T15:04:09-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action Notification Issue</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>
</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt">Patent Center and (Private Patent
Application Information Retrieval) Private-PAIR users of e-Office Action were
not notified of formality notices in the July 31, 2023 notification.
Affected applicants will receive an updated e-Office Action notification listing
the missing correspondence once USPTO Technical Teams resolve the issue. </p><h3><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Global Dossier (GD)
Production Deployment</span><o:p></o:p></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>
</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a deployment on the GD system, from 6
p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday, July 31 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events889Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-31T14:55:00-04:002023-07-31T15:07:11-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">EMERGENCY: Global Dossier (GD) Production Deployment</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a deployment on the GD system, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday, July 31 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action Notification Issue</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;">Patent Center and (Private Patent Application Information Retrieval) Private-PAIR users of e-Office Action were not notified of formality notices in the July 31, 2023 notification. Affected applicants will receive an updated e-Office Action notification listing the missing correspondence once USPTO Technical Teams resolve the issue. </p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></h3>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events888Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-31T14:55:00-04:002023-07-31T15:05:00-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action Notification Issue</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;">Patent Center and (Private Patent Application Information Retrieval) Private-PAIR users of e-Office Action were not notified of formality notices in the July 31, 2023 notification. Affected applicants will receive an updated e-Office Action notification listing the missing correspondence once USPTO Technical Teams resolve the issue. </p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Global Dossier (GD) Production Deployment</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a deployment on the GD system, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday, July 31 ET.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events840Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-31T10:00:00-04:002023-07-31T10:15:55-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, August 1 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 1 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, TDA will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-OA2XML systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will be unavailable in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production
Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform a
migration on multiple products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to
a new Data Center in Manassas, <span style="font-weight: bold;">from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on
Thursday, August 3 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span class="normaltextrun">During this maintenance period,
availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons
filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application
Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</span><span class="eop"> </span><br></p><p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline">Please
check Patent Center or Private PAIR after the maintenance period for
confirmation of availability of the Supplemental Content Data. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events839Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-28T06:53:49-04:002023-07-28T06:53:49-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trilateral Document Access (TDA) Deployment</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will deploy an upgrade to the TDA server infrastructure from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday, July 28 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This deployment will modernize the TDA EJB interface with Services - One Patent Service Gateway (OPSG) services, migrate Enterprise Application Integration Hub (EAIHub) to eventHUB, and replace Docket Application Viewer (DAV) service with Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) services.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Production Data Center Migration</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a migration on EFS-Web and P-TACTS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 29 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The EIDO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. There will be no application and configuration changes needed. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the migration window:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-TACTS</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal">P-TACTS: 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 30 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, August 1 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 1 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, TDA will not be available.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events886Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-28T06:51:31-04:002023-07-28T06:51:31-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events838Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-27T07:50:17-04:002023-07-27T07:55:17-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Production Data Center Migration</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a migration on EFS-Web and P-TACTS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 29 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The EIDO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. There will be no application and configuration changes needed. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the migration window:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-TACTS</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal">P-TACTS: 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 30 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, August 1 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 1 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, TDA will not be available.</p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events885Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-27T07:49:31-04:002023-07-27T07:49:31-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events837Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-26T07:47:34-04:002023-07-26T07:51:44-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Production Data Center Migration</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform a migration on EFS-Web and P-TACTS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 29 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The EIDO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. There will be no application and configuration changes needed. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the migration window:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-TACTS</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-TACTS: 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events884Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-26T07:46:49-04:002023-07-26T07:46:49-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events883Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-25T12:18:53-04:002023-07-25T12:18:53-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events882Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-25T09:30:46-04:002023-07-25T09:30:46-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Resolved: EFS-Web is Experiencing Intermittent Issues</span></b></p><p>Previously reported intermittent service interruptions which have impacted EFS-Web’s Web Based Issue Fee Payment (Web 85B) and follow-on Issue fees have been resolved.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events881Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-25T08:48:34-04:002023-07-25T08:48:34-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">EFS-Web is Experiencing Intermittent Issues</span></b></p><p>EFS-Web is currently experiencing intermittent service interruptions including:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Web Based Issue Fee Payment (Web 85B) may be unavailable</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Follow-on Issue fees may be unavailable</p><p>The USPTO is working to resolve the issue. Patent Center will be available as an alternative for these impacted features. </p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events880Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-25T07:38:27-04:002023-07-25T07:38:27-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Contact Center Outage </span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO is experiencing a known intermittent telephony issue and/or call audio issue with calls to the USPTO. The USPTO Tech Support Teams are working to resolve the issue.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Documents are unavailable in Private PAIR and Patent Center</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Currently, some e-Office Action participants are receiving notification(s) of new correspondence but are unable to view or download the communication. <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the issue on the systems that provide the documents.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events836Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-25T07:37:31-04:002023-07-25T07:37:31-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on EFS-Web from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 29 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The EIDO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. There will be no application and configuration changes needed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the migration window:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file patent applications. Please note that submissions submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center Workbench and Private PAIR IFW tab.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events835Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-07-24T10:56:57-04:002023-07-24T10:57:09-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on EFS-Web from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 29 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The EIDO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. There will be no application and configuration changes needed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the migration window:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file patent applications. Please note that submissions submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center Workbench and Private PAIR IFW tab.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events879Current EventsServiceDesk2023-07-24T10:55:33-04:002023-07-24T14:06:48-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Contact Center Outage </span></b><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO is experiencing a known intermittent telephony issue and/or call audio issue with calls to the USPTO. The USPTO Tech Support Teams are working to resolve the issue.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Documents are unavailable in Private PAIR and Patent Center</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Currently, some e-Office Action participants are receiving notification(s) of new correspondence but are unable to view or download the communication. <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the issue on the systems that provide the documents.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events834Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-07-21T10:47:55-04:002023-07-21T10:48:06-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) and Assignments Historical Database (AHD) Migration</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on Assignments on the Web AOTW and AHD from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this migration, Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) will be impacted due to the shared storage mounts. <o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: Some functionalities of PEDS will be unavailable during the migration window.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Maintenance Impacting Manuals</span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m., on Saturday, July 22 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.</p><ul><li>Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</li><li>Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</li><li>Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.<br></p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TSDR application for two nights: </p><p> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.</p><p> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark System Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 6:15 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited capability<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 12:01 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please complete all Petition to the Director E-signature requests and Petition to the Director saved forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 21. If you don’t complete these by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Migration </span></span> <br></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM-IDM to Rocky Linux beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, July 22 and ending at 2 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p><br></p><ul></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals </p><p> • TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</p><p> • TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room </p><p> • OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on EFS-Web from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 29 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The EIDO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. There will be no application and configuration changes needed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the migration window:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file patent applications. Please note that submissions submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center Workbench and Private PAIR IFW tab.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events878Current EventsServiceDesk2023-07-21T10:46:30-04:002023-07-21T10:46:42-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Documents are unavailable in Private PAIR and Patent Center</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Currently, some e-Office Action participants are receiving notification(s) of new correspondence but are unable to view or download the communication. <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the issue on the systems that provide the documents.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events833Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-21T10:03:00-04:002023-07-21T10:07:13-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, July 21 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments
on the Web (AOTW) and Assignments Historical Database (AHD) Migration</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform a
migration on Assignments on the Web AOTW and AHD from the Production
Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m.
until 5 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During this migration, Patent
Examination Data System (PEDS) will be impacted due to the shared storage
mounts. <o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Note: Some
functionalities of PEDS will be unavailable during the migration window.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Maintenance Impacting Manuals</span></span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m., on Saturday, July 22 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.</p><ul><li>Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</li><li>Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</li><li>Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.<br></p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TSDR application for two nights: </p><p> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.</p><p> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark System Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 6:15 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited capability<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 12:01 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please complete all Petition to the Director E-signature requests and Petition to the Director saved forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 21. If you don’t complete these by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Migration </span></span> <br></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM-IDM to Rocky Linux beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, July 22 and ending at 2 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p><br></p><ul></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals </p><p> • TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</p><p> • TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room </p><p> • OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on EFS-Web from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 29 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The EIDO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. There will be no application and configuration changes needed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the migration window:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file patent applications. Please note that submissions submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center Workbench and Private PAIR IFW tab.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events832Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-07-21T10:01:51-04:002023-07-21T10:04:06-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, July 21 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Maintenance Impacting Manuals</span></b><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m., on Saturday, July 22 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.</p><ul><li>Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</li><li>Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</li><li>Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.<br></p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TSDR application for two nights: </p><p> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.</p><p> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark System Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM)
systems from 12:01 a.m. until 6:15 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the following systems will
remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System
(TEAS)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System
International (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval
(TSDR) will be available but with limited capability<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any
active sessions and stopping your work between 12:01 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">Please complete all Petition to the Director E-signature
requests and Petition to the Director saved forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on July
21. If you don’t complete these by that time, you will have to start the
process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Migration </span></span> <br></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM-IDM to Rocky Linux beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, July 22 and ending at 2 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p><br></p><ul></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals </p><p> • TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</p><p> • TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room </p><p> • OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on EFS-Web from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 29 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The EIDO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. There will be no application and configuration changes needed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the migration window:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file patent applications. Please note that submissions submitted via Patent Center during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center Workbench and Private PAIR IFW tab.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events877Current EventsServiceDesk2023-07-20T01:33:46-04:002023-07-20T13:33:28-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Documents
are unavailable in Private PAIR and Patent Center</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Currently, some e-Office
Action participants are receiving notification(s) of new correspondence but are
unable to view or download the communication. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO Technical Teams are
working to resolve the issue on the systems that provide the documents.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events831Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-19T10:30:37-04:002023-07-20T10:55:13-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 20 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Payment Processing </p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. Due to the maintenance impacting fee payment, non-registered efilers are reminded to submit the payment via the PTO Central Fax # at 571-273-8300 to avoid incurring the surcharge fee for not paying on the same date as the filing. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, July 21 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</p><p>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.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Migration </span></span> </p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM-IDM to Rocky Linux beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, July 22 and ending at 2 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) application Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TSDR application for two nights: </p><p> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.</p><p> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited capability</p><h3 style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Maintenance Impacting Manuals</b></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m., on Saturday, July 22 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 ET.</p><ul style=""><li style="">Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</li><li style="">Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</li><li style="">Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</li><li style="">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</li></ul><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals </p><p> • TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</p><p> • TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room </p><p> • OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events876Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-19T07:44:38-04:002023-07-19T07:44:38-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Resolved: Patent Center and Private PAIR Are Experiencing Intermittent Issues</span></span></p><p>Previously reported intermittent service interruptions which have impacted Patent Center and Private PAIR have been resolved. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events875Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-18T08:53:46-04:002023-07-18T08:53:46-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Resolved: Patent Center and Private PAIR Are Experiencing Intermittent Issues</span></b></p><p>Previously reported intermittent service interruptions which have impacted Patent Center and Private PAIR have been resolved. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events874Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-18T07:32:24-04:002023-07-18T07:32:24-04:00<p class="MsoTitle"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px;">Patent Center and Private PAIR Are Experiencing Intermittent Issues</span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Patent Center and Private PAIR are experiencing intermittent service interruptions. Customers may not be able to retrieve correspondence and see Patent Center’s Documents & Transactions tab and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customer may also experience a delay in retrieving newly filed applications. </span>The USPTO is working to resolve the issue. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events830Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-18T07:29:54-04:002023-07-18T08:18:02-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 20 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Payment Processing </p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. Due to the maintenance impacting fee payment, non-registered efilers are reminded to submit the payment via the PTO Central Fax # at 571-273-8300 to avoid incurring the surcharge fee for not paying on the same date as the filing. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, July 21 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR).</p><p>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.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM) Migration </span></b> </p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM-IDM to Rocky Linux beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, July 22 and ending at 2 a.m., Sunday, July 23 ET. </p><div><br></div><p><br></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events873Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-17T11:50:58-04:002023-07-17T11:50:58-04:00<p class="MsoTitle"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center and Private PAIR Are Experiencing Intermittent Issues</span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Patent Center and Private PAIR are experiencing intermittent service interruptions. Customers may not be able to retrieve correspondence and see Patent Center’s Documents & Transactions tab and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customer may also experience a delay in retrieving newly filed applications. </span>The USPTO is working to resolve the issue. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events829Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-17T07:44:41-04:002023-07-17T07:44:41-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 20 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Payment Processing </p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p><b>Patent Customers:</b> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. Due to the maintenance impacting fee payment, non-registered efilers are reminded to submit the payment via the PTO Central Fax # at 571-273-8300 to avoid incurring the surcharge fee for not paying on the same date as the filing. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>. </p><p><b>PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" target="_blank">alternate filing method</a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b> Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events872Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-17T07:27:59-04:002023-07-17T11:50:14-04:00<p class="MsoTitle"><b>Patent Center and Private PAIR Are Experiencing Intermittent
Issues</b><o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:
none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Patent Center and Private PAIR are
experiencing intermittent service interruptions. Customers may not be able to retrieve correspondence and see Patent
Center’s Documents & Transactions tab and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customer may also experience a delay in retrieving newly filed
applications. </span>The USPTO is working to resolve the issue. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events828Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-14T07:42:54-04:002023-07-14T07:42:54-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Madrid System (MCRP) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on Madrid from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, July 15 ET. </p><p><i></i></p><p><i>Note: Madrid will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</i></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 16 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p></p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Sunday, July 16 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the below systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the EPAS and ETAS systems from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, July15 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the EPAS and ETAS products will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events871Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-14T07:34:14-04:002023-07-14T07:34:14-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events827Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-13T08:02:26-04:002023-07-13T08:02:26-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Madrid System (MCRP) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on Madrid from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, July 15 ET. </p><p><i></i></p><p><i>Note: Madrid will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</i></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 16 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p></p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Sunday, July 16 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the below systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the EPAS and ETAS systems from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, July15 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the EPAS and ETAS products will be unavailable.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events870Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-13T07:38:52-04:002023-07-13T07:38:52-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events869Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-12T07:44:16-04:002023-07-12T07:44:16-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events826Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-12T00:00:00-04:002023-07-12T14:43:19-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Enterprise Access Infrastructure System (EAIS) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on EAIS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, July 12 and ending at 3 a.m., Thursday, July 13 ET. </p><p><i>Note: EAIS will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</i></p><p><b style=""><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Madrid System (MCRP) Migration</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on Madrid from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, July 15 ET. </p><p><i></i></p><p><i>Note: Madrid will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</i></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 16 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p></p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Sunday, July 16 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the below systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events825Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-11T07:57:05-04:002023-07-11T07:57:05-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Enterprise Access Infrastructure System (EAIS) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on EAIS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, July 12 and ending at 3 a.m., Thursday, July 13 ET. </p><p><i>Note: EAIS will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</i></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events868Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-11T07:55:43-04:002023-07-11T07:55:43-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events824Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-10T07:57:21-04:002023-07-10T07:57:21-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Enterprise Access Infrastructure System (EAIS) Migration</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on EAIS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, July 12 and ending at 3 a.m., Thursday, July 13 ET. </p><p><i>Note: EAIS will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</i></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events867Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-10T07:45:50-04:002023-07-10T07:45:50-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events823Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-07T07:01:46-04:002023-07-07T07:01:46-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on database server dsb-corp-db-1.uspto.gov, from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 8 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</p><p> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Data Architecture Tools (DAT-Metadata, ER/Studio)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, July 8 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 9 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events866Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-07T06:59:46-04:002023-07-07T06:59:46-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events822Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-06T07:05:58-04:002023-07-06T07:05:58-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on database server dsb-corp-db-1.uspto.gov, from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 8 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</p><p> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Data Architecture Tools (DAT-Metadata, ER/Studio)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, July 8 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 9 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events865Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-06T07:05:13-04:002023-07-06T07:05:13-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events864Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-05T07:52:03-04:002023-07-05T07:52:03-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events821Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-05T00:00:00-04:002023-07-05T08:16:15-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Updates</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing updates to MyUSPTO experience from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5 ET. Users may notice slight differences in the security preferences workflow as we continue to improve your USPTO.gov account experience. </p><p>No action is required for this update.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on database server dsb-corp-db-1.uspto.gov, from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 8 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</p><p> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Data Architecture Tools (DAT-Metadata, ER/Studio)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, July 8 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 9 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p><div><br></div><p><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events820Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-03T07:44:44-04:002023-07-03T08:03:25-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Updates</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing updates to MyUSPTO experience from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5 ET. Users may notice slight differences in the security preferences workflow as we continue to improve your USPTO.gov account experience. </p><p>No action is required for this update.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 5 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</span> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>.</p><p>For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</span> will not be available.</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span> initial application forms will not be available. </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Reading Room</span> will not be available.</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span> will be unavailable. </p><p>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) (all forms except the initial application forms will be available)<br></p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events863Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-07-03T07:43:46-04:002023-07-03T07:43:46-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events862Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-30T07:19:34-04:002023-06-30T07:19:34-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events819Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-30T00:00:00-04:002023-06-30T07:33:23-04:00<h3><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 2 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Updates</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing updates to MyUSPTO experience from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5 ET. Users may notice slight differences in the security preferences workflow as we continue to improve your USPTO.gov account experience. </p><p>No action is required for this update.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 5 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</b> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. </p><p>For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</b> will not be available.</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</b> initial application forms will not be available. </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>TTAB Reading Room</b> will not be available.</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</b> will be unavailable. </p><p>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) (all forms except the initial application forms will be available)<br></p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events818Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-29T07:22:58-04:002023-06-29T07:22:58-04:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Identity, Credential, and Access Management-Authenticator MFA (ICAM-MFA) Migration</span></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on ICAM-MFA from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Thursday, June 29 and ending at 3 a.m., Friday, June 30 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: ICAM-MFA will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PEDS from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, June 30 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, PEDS will be unavailable.</p><h3><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 2 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Updates</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing updates to MyUSPTO experience from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5 ET. Users may notice slight differences in the security preferences workflow as we continue to improve your USPTO.gov account experience. </p><p>No action is required for this update.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events861Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-29T07:13:22-04:002023-06-29T07:13:22-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events817Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-28T10:20:05-04:002023-06-28T10:23:55-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Migration</span></span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on BDSS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., on Wednesday, June 28 ET. </p><p>Note: BDSS will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on the various products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, June 28 and ending at 3 a.m., Thursday, June 29 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">These products will not be available during the migration window: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">DOC Extranet (DOCextranet) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Enterprise Forensic (EF)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Identity, Credential, and Access Management-Authenticator MFA (ICAM-MFA) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Human Resources Network (OHRNet) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Finance Disbursements Network (OFDNet) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trilateral Network (TRINet), however, during the migration window, TDA will be unavailable.</li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Identity, Credential, and Access Management-Authenticator MFA (ICAM-MFA) Migration</span></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on ICAM-MFA from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Thursday, June 29 and ending at 3 a.m., Friday, June 30 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: ICAM-MFA will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PEDS from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, June 30 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, PEDS will be unavailable.</p><h3><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic
Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m.
until 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 2 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and
Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but
wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may
still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Updates</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing updates to MyUSPTO experience from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5 ET. Users may notice slight differences in the security preferences workflow as we continue to improve your USPTO.gov account experience. </p><p>No action is required for this update.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events860Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-28T07:43:52-04:002023-06-28T07:43:52-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events859Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-27T07:37:12-04:002023-06-27T07:37:12-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events816Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-27T00:00:00-04:002023-06-27T08:13:59-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Migration</span></span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on BDSS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., on Wednesday, June 28 ET. </p><p>Note: BDSS will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on the various products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, June 28 and ending at 3 a.m., Thursday, June 29 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">These products will not be available during the migration window: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">DOC Extranet (DOCextranet) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Enterprise Forensic (EF)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Identity, Credential, and Access Management-Authenticator MFA (ICAM-MFA) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Human Resources Network (OHRNet) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Finance Disbursements Network (OFDNet) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trilateral Network (TRINet), however, during the migration window, TDA will be unavailable.</li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Identity, Credential, and Access Management-Authenticator MFA (ICAM-MFA) Migration</span></b> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on ICAM-MFA from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Thursday, June 29 and ending at 3 a.m., Friday, June 30 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: ICAM-MFA will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PEDS from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, June 30 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, PEDS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Updates</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing updates to MyUSPTO experience from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5 ET. Users may notice slight differences in the security preferences workflow as we continue to improve your USPTO.gov account experience. </p><p>No action is required for this update.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events815Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-26T10:10:00-04:002023-06-26T10:20:55-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Migration</span></b><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on BDSS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., on Wednesday, June 28 ET. </p><p>Note: BDSS will be unavailable during the migration window. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center
Migration</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"> The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on the various products from the
Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas,
beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, June 28 and ending at 3 a.m., Thursday, June
29 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">These
products will not be available during the migration window: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal">DOC Extranet (DOCextranet) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Enterprise Forensic (EF)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Identity, Credential, and
Access Management-Authenticator MFA (ICAM-MFA) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Office of Human Resources
Network (OHRNet) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Office of Finance Disbursements
Network (OFDNet) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Secure Access Service Edge
(SASE) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trilateral
Network (TRINet), however, during
the migration window, TDA will be unavailable.</li></ul><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">If customers have any issues
after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk. <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Updates</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing updates to MyUSPTO experience from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5 ET. Users may notice slight differences in the security preferences workflow as we continue to improve your USPTO.gov account experience. </p><p>No action is required for this update.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events858Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-26T07:45:45-04:002023-06-26T07:45:45-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events814Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-23T07:53:10-04:002023-06-23T07:53:10-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, June 23 and ending at 2 a.m. Saturday, June 24 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account and Requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank">USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Enterprise Contact Center (ECC) Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on ECC from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 24 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: During the migration period, ECC will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, June 23 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, June 24 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal">Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on the various products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m., on Saturday, June 24 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">These products will not be available during the migration window: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span class="normaltextrun">During the maintenance, TSDR and </span><span class="spellingerror">TTABVue</span><span class="normaltextrun"> application assignment data will be unavailable</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Enterprise Cybersecurity Monitoring Operations (ECMO) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademarks Trials Appeals (ESTTA) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Application Text Initiative - Continuous Data Conversion (PATI-CDC) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trilateral Network (TRINet) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk. <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, June 24 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Global Dossier - Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-GD-PAD from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 24 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, P-GD-PAD will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance on database server DSB-CORP-DB-1 uspto.gov from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 25 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance, there will be complete outage for the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Data Architecture Tools (DAT -Metadata, ER/Studio)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 25 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events857Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-23T07:50:52-04:002023-06-23T07:50:52-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events813Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-22T07:32:42-04:002023-06-22T07:38:02-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Enterprise Scanner Migration</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on Enterprise Scanner from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 22 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the migration window, ES will be unavailable. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, June 23 and ending at 2 a.m. Saturday, June 24 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span> Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span> Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account and Requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank">USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Enterprise Contact Center (ECC) Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on ECC from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 24 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: During the migration period, ECC will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, June 23 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, June 24 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal">Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on the various products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m., on Saturday, June 24 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">These products will not be available during the migration window: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span class="normaltextrun">During the maintenance, TSDR and </span><span class="spellingerror">TTABVue</span><span class="normaltextrun"> application assignment data will be unavailable</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Enterprise Cybersecurity Monitoring Operations (ECMO) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademarks Trials Appeals (ESTTA) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Application Text Initiative - Continuous Data Conversion (PATI-CDC) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trilateral Network (TRINet) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk. <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, June 24 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Global Dossier - Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-GD-PAD from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 24 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, P-GD-PAD will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance on database server DSB-CORP-DB-1 uspto.gov from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 25 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance, there will be complete outage for the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Data Architecture Tools (DAT -Metadata, ER/Studio)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 25 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events856Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-22T07:29:49-04:002023-06-22T07:29:49-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events812Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-21T16:40:00-04:002023-06-21T16:42:33-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Enterprise Scanner Migration</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on Enterprise Scanner from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 22 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the migration window, ES will be unavailable. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Enterprise Contact Center (ECC) Migration</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on ECC from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 24 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: During the migration period, ECC will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple
Systems Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The
USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's
financial systems beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, June 23 and ending at 2
a.m., Saturday, June 24 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The
Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">Users
will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production
Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform a DMZ
migration on the various products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria
to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m., on Saturday,
June 24 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">These products will not be
available during the migration window: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Assignments
on the Web (AOTW) <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.25in"><span class="normaltextrun">During the maintenance, TSDR
and </span><span class="spellingerror">TTABVue</span><span class="normaltextrun"> application assignment data will be unavailable</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Enterprise
Cybersecurity Monitoring Operations (ECMO) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
System for Trademarks Trials Appeals (ESTTA) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Application Text Initiative - Continuous Data Conversion (PATI-CDC) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trilateral
Network (TRINet) <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">If customers have any issues
after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk. <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, June 24 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Global Dossier - Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-GD-PAD from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 24 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, P-GD-PAD will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance on database server DSB-CORP-DB-1 uspto.gov from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 25 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance, there will be complete outage for the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Assignments Historical Database (AHD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Data Architecture Tools (DAT -Metadata, ER/Studio)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 25 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events855Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-21T07:40:29-04:002023-06-21T07:40:29-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events811Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-20T10:17:54-04:002023-06-20T10:43:55-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Data Center Migration</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on the various products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the migration window, these products will be unavailable: </p><ul><li>PTOnet (PTONet) </li><li>Identity, Credential, and Access Management-Authenticator (ICAM-Authenticator) </li><li>Enterprise Scanner (ES) </li><li>Trilateral Network (TRINet) </li></ul><p><br></p><p>If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS system on the following nights:</p><p> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 20 ET.</p><p> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 21 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863" style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863" style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21 ET.</p><p class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863" style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><div class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863"><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">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.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Enterprise Scanner Migration</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on Enterprise Scanner from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 22 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the migration window, ES will be unavailable. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Patent Center</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Enterprise
Contact Center (ECC) Migration</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform a
migration on ECC from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data
Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 24
ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Note:
During the migration period, ECC will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production
Data Center Migration</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform a DMZ
migration on the various products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria
to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m., on Saturday,
June 24 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">These products will not be
available during the migration window: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Assignments
on the Web (AOTW) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Enterprise
Cybersecurity Monitoring Operations (ECMO) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
System for Trademarks Trials Appeals (ESTTA) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Application Text Initiative - Continuous Data Conversion (PATI-CDC) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trilateral
Network (TRINet) <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">If customers have any issues
after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk. <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events854Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-20T07:31:45-04:002023-06-20T07:31:45-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events810Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-16T07:41:04-04:002023-06-16T09:13:20-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 18 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Tuesday, June 20 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 20 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance, there will be a complete outage for the following systems:</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Data Center Migration</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on the various products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the migration window, these products will be unavailable: </p><ul><li>PTOnet (PTONet) </li><li>Identity, Credential, and Access Management-Authenticator (ICAM-Authenticator) </li><li>Enterprise Scanner (ES) </li><li>Trilateral Network (TRINet) </li></ul><p><br></p><p>If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS system on the following nights:</p><p> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 20 ET.</p><p> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 21 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863" style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863" style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21 ET.</p><p class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863" style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><div class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863"><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">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.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Enterprise Scanner Migration</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on Enterprise Scanner from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 22 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the migration window, ES will be unavailable. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Patent Center</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events853Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-16T07:39:11-04:002023-06-16T07:39:11-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events852Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-15T07:46:04-04:002023-06-15T07:46:04-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><u><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">HRConnect Availability</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><br></u></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">HRConnect can now be accessed via Login.gov. Users can now access HRConnect using Login.gov. The earlier issue has been resolved. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you are still experiencing issues logging into HRConnect with Login.gov please contact <a href="mailto:HRConnect_Support@uspto.gov">HRConnect_Support@uspto.gov</a>.<span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> </span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events809Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-15T04:00:00-04:002023-06-15T17:08:40-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, June 16 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, PEDS will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 18 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Tuesday, June 20 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will be performing routine maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 20 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance, there will be a complete outage for the following systems:</p><p> • Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><h3 style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Data Center Migration</b></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on the various products from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the migration window, these products will be unavailable: </p><ul style=""><li>PTOnet (PTONet) </li><li>Identity, Credential, and Access Management-Authenticator (ICAM-Authenticator) </li><li>Enterprise Scanner (ES) </li><li>Trilateral Network (TRINet) </li></ul><p>If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk. </p><p class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863" style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><b>Multiple System Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863" style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21 ET.</p><p class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863" style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><div class="ExternalClassE4AE671883FE4B16BEC221ED1AD56863" style=""><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">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.</p><h3 style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Enterprise Scanner Migration</b></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a DMZ migration on Enterprise Scanner from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 22 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the migration window, ES will be unavailable. If customers have any issues after the maintenance, please call the Service Desk. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events851Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-14T15:28:48-04:002023-06-14T15:31:09-04:00<h3 style="margin: auto; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><u><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">HRConnect Availability</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><br></u></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">HRConnect can now be accessed via Login.gov. Users can now access HRConnect using Login.gov. The earlier issue has been resolved. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are still experiencing issues logging into HRConnect with Login.gov please contact </span><a href="mailto:HRConnect_Support@uspto.gov" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">HRConnect_Support@uspto.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events808Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-14T07:49:51-04:002023-06-14T07:49:51-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, June 16 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, PEDS will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 18 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events850Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-13T16:53:29-04:002023-06-13T16:57:04-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size: 18px;">HRConnect
Unavailability</span><o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">There is currently an issue
with accessing HRConnect using Login.Gov. The Department of Treasury is
actively working to resolve this matter. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b>NOTE:</b> <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">This does not affect PIV card users.
You can continue to use your PIV card to login to HRConnect successfully.</span>
<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Please continue to report any
issues to the <a href="mailto:HRConnect_Support@uspto.gov">HRConnect_Support@uspto.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events807Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-13T07:45:22-04:002023-06-13T07:45:22-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, June 16 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, PEDS will be unavailable.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events806Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-12T08:03:36-04:002023-06-12T08:03:36-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events849Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-12T07:38:39-04:002023-06-12T07:38:39-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events805Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-11T23:58:55-04:002023-06-11T23:58:55-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 4 a.m., Monday, June 12 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 4 a.m., Monday, June 12 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, and Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account or requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"> USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events804Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-11T22:48:04-04:002023-06-11T22:48:04-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 1 a.m., Monday, June 12 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 1 a.m., Monday, June 12 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, and Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account or requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"> USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events803Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-11T22:17:38-04:002023-06-11T22:17:38-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 11 p.m., Sunday, June 11 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 11 p.m., Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, and Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account or requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"> USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events802Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-11T16:42:28-04:002023-06-11T16:42:28-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 9 p.m., Sunday, June 11 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 9 p.m., Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, and Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account or requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"> USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events801Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-11T10:04:39-04:002023-06-11T10:04:39-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 5 p.m., Sunday, June 11 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 5 p.m., Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, and Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account or requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"> USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events800Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-10T20:59:54-04:002023-06-10T20:59:54-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 6 a.m., Sunday, June 11 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and ending at 6 a.m., Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, and Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account or requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"> USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events799Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-10T13:56:53-04:002023-06-10T13:59:05-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, and Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account or requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"> USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events798Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-09T20:16:31-04:002023-06-09T20:37:07-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 5:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, UCCMS will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 5:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, and Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account or requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"> USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events797Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-09T07:36:13-04:002023-06-09T07:36:13-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, UCCMS will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, and Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account or requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"> USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events848Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-09T07:34:40-04:002023-06-09T07:34:40-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events796Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-08T07:45:43-04:002023-06-08T09:27:08-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, UCCMS will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, and Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account or requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"> USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab-faqs" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events847Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-08T07:39:56-04:002023-06-08T07:39:56-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events846Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-07T08:23:14-04:002023-06-07T08:23:14-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events795Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-07T08:21:05-04:002023-06-07T08:50:35-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, UCCMS will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Financial Manager System- See Impacted Services Below </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following online financial services will be unavailable: Patent Maintenance fee bulk payment submissions, Requests to create a new USPTO Deposit Account, and Requests to close a USPTO Deposit Account or requests to withdrawal funds from a USPTO Deposit Account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Patent Customers: </b>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"> USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Trademark Customers: </b>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events794Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-06T11:05:32-04:002023-06-06T11:05:32-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events793Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-06T07:20:47-04:002023-06-06T07:20:47-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The Vendor Portal application will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events845Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-06T07:13:01-04:002023-06-06T07:13:01-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events792Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-05T15:00:20-04:002023-06-05T15:14:56-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple
Systems Maintenance</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform
database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from
12 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 10 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The Vendor Portal application
will remain available to manage invoices. Users will be unable to submit
invoices or eDeliverables during the downtime. <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events844Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-05T07:10:39-04:002023-06-05T07:10:39-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events791Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-06-02T07:31:31-04:002023-06-02T07:31:42-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform system maintenance on the Vendor Portal beginning at 8 p.m., Friday, June 2 and ending at 1 a.m., Saturday, June 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Vendor Portal will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) and Trademark Trial and Appeals-Reading Room (TTAB-RR) Migration</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on TTABVUE and TTAB-RR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: During the migration window, TTABVUE, TTAB-RR and ESTTA will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the EPAS and ETAS systems from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the EPAS and ETAS products will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) and Trademark Trial and Appeals-Reading Room (TTAB-RR) Migration</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a migration on TTABVUE and TTAB-RR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: TTABVUE and TTAB RR will be unavailable during the migration window.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Filing System (EFS) Web Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 4 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events843Current EventsServiceDesk2023-06-02T07:30:36-04:002023-06-02T07:30:47-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events790Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-01T07:54:11-04:002023-06-01T13:10:13-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Friday, June 2 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal">During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • API Key Manager</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • MyUSPTO</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternate filing method. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage </a>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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform system maintenance on the Vendor Portal beginning at 8 p.m., Friday, June 2 and ending at 1 a.m., Saturday, June 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Vendor Portal will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) and Trademark Trial and Appeals-Reading Room (TTAB-RR) Migration</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on TTABVUE and TTAB-RR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: During the migration window, TTABVUE, TTAB-RR and ESTTA will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the EPAS and ETAS systems from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the EPAS and ETAS products will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) and Trademark Trial and Appeals-Reading Room (TTAB-RR) Migration</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a migration on TTABVUE and TTAB-RR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: TTABVUE and TTAB RR will be unavailable during the migration window.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Filing System (EFS) Web Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 4 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events842Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-06-01T07:50:39-04:002023-06-01T07:50:39-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events841Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-31T07:42:29-04:002023-05-31T07:42:29-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events789Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-31T00:00:00-04:002023-05-31T08:17:36-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) and Trademark Trial and Appeals-Reading Room (TTAB-RR) Migration</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on TTABVUE and TTAB-RR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: During the migration window, TTABVUE and TTAB-RR will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Friday, June 2 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal">During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • API Key Manager</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • MyUSPTO</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternate filing method. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage </a>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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the EPAS and ETAS systems from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the EPAS and ETAS products will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Filing System (EFS) Web Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 4 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform system maintenance on the Vendor Portal beginning at 8 p.m., Friday, June 2 and ending at 1 a.m., Saturday, June 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Vendor Portal will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) and Trademark Trial and Appeals-Reading Room (TTAB-RR) Migration</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform a migration on TTABVUE and TTAB-RR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Note: TTABVUE and TTAB RR will be unavailable during the migration window.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events788Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-30T07:50:01-04:002023-05-30T07:50:01-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) and Trademark Trial and Appeals-Reading Room (TTAB-RR) Migration</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on TTABVUE and TTAB-RR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: During the migration window, TTABVUE and TTAB-RR will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the EPAS and ETAS systems from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the EPAS and ETAS products will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Friday, June 2 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal">During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • API Key Manager</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • MyUSPTO</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Patent Customers:</b> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternate filing method. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Trademark Customers: </b>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage </a>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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events840Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-30T07:40:22-04:002023-05-30T07:40:22-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events787Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-26T07:51:40-04:002023-05-26T07:51:40-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 27 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 28 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) and Trademark Trial and Appeals-Reading Room (TTAB-RR) Migration</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on TTABVUE and TTAB-RR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: During the migration window, TTABVUE and TTAB-RR will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the EPAS and ETAS systems from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the EPAS and ETAS products will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events839Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-26T07:34:33-04:002023-05-26T07:34:33-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events786Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-25T17:52:18-04:002023-05-25T17:52:18-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark System Maintenance</span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system from 12 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. on Friday, May 26 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable. </p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) </p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) </p><p> • USPTO TM Status mobile app </p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, May 26 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 27 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 28 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) and Trademark Trial and Appeals-Reading Room (TTAB-RR) Migration</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on TTABVUE and TTAB-RR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: During the migration window, TTABVUE and TTAB-RR will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the EPAS and ETAS systems from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the EPAS and ETAS products will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events785Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-25T09:55:40-04:002023-05-25T09:57:17-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">System Maintenance</span><br></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 25 ET. </p><p>During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank"> alternative filing method</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <span style="font-weight: 700;">alternate filing method</span>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System (TM) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 25 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO.gov Account and MyUSPTO Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be updating our sign-in experience beginning on Thursday, May 25.</p><p>You may notice slight differences as we continue to improve your USPTO.gov account experience during the following week. No action is required on your part for this update.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system from 12 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. on Friday, May 26 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable. </p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) </p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) </p><p> • USPTO TM Status mobile app </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 27 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 28 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark
Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) and Trademark Trial and Appeals-Reading
Room (TTAB-RR) Migration</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform a
migration on TTABVUE and TTAB-RR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria
to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday,
June 3 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Note:
During the migration window, TTABVUE and TTAB-RR will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Electronic
Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System
(ETAS)</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The
USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform
maintenance on the EPAS and ETAS systems from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">During
the maintenance period, the EPAS and ETAS products will be unavailable.<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events838Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-25T07:25:54-04:002023-05-25T07:32:04-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events784Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-23T07:44:27-04:002023-05-23T17:38:16-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system from 12 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 24 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable. </p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) </p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) </p><p> • USPTO TM Status mobile app </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 25 ET. </p><p>During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank"> alternative filing method</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <span style="font-weight: 700;">alternate filing method</span>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System (TM) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 25 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO.gov Account and MyUSPTO Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will be updating our sign-in experience beginning on Thursday, May 25. </p><p>You may notice slight differences as we continue to improve your USPTO.gov account experience during the following week. No action is required on your part for this update.</p><p><br></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system from 12 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. on Friday, May 26 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable. </p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) </p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) </p><p> • USPTO TM Status mobile app </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 27 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events837Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-23T07:37:42-04:002023-05-23T09:56:22-04:00<div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TEAS and TEASi Technical Problems Resolved </span></span><br></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">
The TEAS and TEASi issues originally reported earlier this morning have been resolved. Please contact the Trademark Electronic Application System mailbox at TEAS@uspto.gov if you continue to experience technical difficulties with the following:
</span> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">• You are receiving an “abandoned” or “expired” error message when trying to file a response with time remaining</span>.<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">• You are not receiving automated email from the USPTO, including E-signature requests, status notifications, and filing receipts.
Please include (1) your name, (2) telephone number, (3) serial number and/or registration number, and (4) a screen shot of any error message that you are receiving. </span></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events836Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-22T13:59:41-04:002023-05-22T13:59:41-04:00<div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 18px;"><b>TEAS and TEASi Technical Problems Resolved </b></span><br></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">
The TEAS and TEASi issues originally reported earlier this morning have been resolved. Please contact the Trademark Electronic Application System mailbox at TEAS@uspto.gov if you continue to experience technical difficulties with the following:
</span> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">• You are receiving an “abandoned” or “expired” error message when trying to file a response with time remaining</span>.<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">• You are not receiving automated email from the USPTO, including E-signature requests, status notifications, and filing receipts.
Please include (1) your name, (2) telephone number, (3) serial number and/or registration number, and (4) a screen shot of any error message that you are receiving. </span>
</div><div><br></div><div><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Resolved: Patent Center, EFS-Web, and Private PAIR Are Experiencing Intermittent Problems</span><br></p><p>The previously reported issue which impacted Patent Center, EFS-Web, and Private PAIR has been resolved.</p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events835Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-22T11:50:31-04:002023-05-22T12:34:46-04:00<div><span style="font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>TEAS and TEASi Outage </u></b></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with the E-signature process for TEAS and TEASi and the recipient of the signature email may not receive it. Additionally, the Response to Office action and Request for Reconsideration forms may incorrectly display a message indicating the filing deadlines has passed. We are working to </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If your deadline is today and you are unable to file your document using TEAS or TEASi, we recommend you fax your documents to the Petitions Office at 571-273-8950. Use the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Coversheet-Fax-to-Request-Acceptance-of-a-Paper-Submission.pdf" target="_blank"> fax cover sheet</a> and follow the faxing your documents guidance on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">alternative method of filing</a> webpage to meet your deadline. Contact the TEAS team with any questions at our email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</span></div><div> <br></div><div><p><u style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Resolved: Patent Center, EFS-Web, and Private PAIR Are Experiencing Intermittent Problems</u><br></p><p>The previously reported issue which impacted Patent Center, EFS-Web, and Private PAIR has been resolved.</p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events834Current EventsServiceDesk2023-05-22T09:59:43-04:002023-05-22T09:59:56-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Resolved: Patent Center, EFS-Web, and Private PAIR Are Experiencing Intermittent Problems</span></b></p><p>The previously reported issue which impacted Patent Center, EFS-Web, and Private PAIR has been resolved.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events783Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-22T07:32:01-04:002023-05-22T07:32:01-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system from 12 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 24 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable. </p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) </p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) </p><p> • USPTO TM Status mobile app </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 25 ET. </p><p>During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank"> alternative filing method</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <span style="font-weight: 700;">alternate filing method</span>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 27 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events833Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-22T07:29:47-04:002023-05-22T09:17:22-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center, EFS-Web, and Private PAIR Are Experiencing Intermittent Problems</span></b></p><p>Patent Center, EFS-Web, and Private PAIR are experiencing intermittent service interruptions. The USPTO is working to resolve the issue. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events782Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-19T07:38:55-04:002023-05-19T07:38:55-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 20 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 ET. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Center</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);"><span style="font-weight: 700;">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</span></a>. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">571-272-1000 (local)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">PTAB Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a data-cke-saved-href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 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 <a data-cke-saved-href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">TTAB Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a data-cke-saved-href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Enterprise Office Software Service (EOSS) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on EOSS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Sunday, May 21 ET. </p><p>Note: During the migration period, UCCMS email functionality will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 21 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System (TSDR) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system from 12 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 24 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable. </p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) </p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) </p><p> • USPTO TM Status mobile app </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 25 ET. </p><p>During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank"> alternative filing method</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <span style="font-weight: 700;">alternate filing method</span>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 27 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events832Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-19T07:35:08-04:002023-05-19T07:35:08-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events781Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-18T07:45:51-04:002023-05-18T07:45:51-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patents-Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) and Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a data sync/migration on P-ELP and S-DWP from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas beginning at 10 p.m., Thursday, May 18 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, May 19 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted during the maintenance: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Global Dossier</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>One Portal Dossier (OPD)</p><p>For Patent Center and Private PAIR, previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab during the maintenance period. </p><p>New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. </p><p>Customers should check on Monday, May 22 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, May 19 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited capability</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 20 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 ET. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Center</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);"><span style="font-weight: 700;">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</span></a>. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">571-272-1000 (local)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">PTAB Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a data-cke-saved-href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 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 <a data-cke-saved-href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">TTAB Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a data-cke-saved-href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Enterprise Office Software Service (EOSS) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on EOSS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Sunday, May 21 ET. </p><p>Note: During the migration period, UCCMS email functionality will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 21 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 25 ET. </p><p>During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank"> alternative filing method</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <span style="font-weight: 700;">alternate filing method</span>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 27 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events831Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-18T07:40:49-04:002023-05-18T07:40:49-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events780Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-17T11:26:54-04:002023-05-17T14:47:46-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on PSIPS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, May 18 ET. </p><p>Users should save their work and exit PSIPS before the migration period begins.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patents-Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) and Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Migration</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a data sync/migration on P-ELP and S-DWP from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas beginning at 10 p.m., Thursday, May 18 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, May 19 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted during the maintenance: </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Global Dossier</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>One Portal Dossier (OPD)</p><p>For Patent Center and Private PAIR, previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab during the maintenance period. </p><p>New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. </p><p>Customers should check on Monday, May 22 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, May 19 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited capability</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 20 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><h3 style="margin: auto; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12.5pt;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></strong></strong></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 ET. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Center</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Patent Customers:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);"><strong>https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</strong></a>. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">571-272-1000 (local)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">PTAB Customers:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a data-cke-saved-href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trademark Customers:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 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 <a data-cke-saved-href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">TTAB Customers:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a data-cke-saved-href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Enterprise Office Software Service (EOSS) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on EOSS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Sunday, May 21 ET. </p><p>Note: During the migration period, UCCMS email functionality will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 25 ET. </p><p>During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank"> alternative filing method</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <span style="font-weight: 700;">alternate filing method</span>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 27 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events830Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-17T07:35:01-04:002023-05-17T07:35:01-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events779Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-17T00:00:00-04:002023-05-17T09:54:47-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on PSIPS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, May 18 ET. </p><p>Users should save their work and exit PSIPS before the migration period begins.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, May 19 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited capability</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 20 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Enterprise Office Software Service (EOSS) Migration</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on EOSS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Sunday, May 21 ET. </p><p>Note: During the migration period, UCCMS email functionality will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 25 ET. </p><p>During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank"> alternative filing method</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <span style="font-weight: 700;">alternate filing method</span>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems from 12:01 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 27 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><b>Patent Customers: </b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
color:#0563C1">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span>. </p><p><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov(link" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events778Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-16T07:50:17-04:002023-05-16T10:02:12-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Migration</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on PSIPS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, May 18 ET. </p><p>Users should save their work and exit PSIPS before the migration period begins.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, May 19 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited capability</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 25 ET. </p><p>During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </p><p><b>Patent Customers:</b> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank"> alternative filing method</a>. </p><p><b>PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <b>alternate filing method</b>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers: </b>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events829Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-16T07:42:21-04:002023-05-16T07:42:21-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events777Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-15T07:47:54-04:002023-05-15T07:47:54-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Migration</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on PSIPS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, May 18 ET. </p><p>Users should save their work and exit PSIPS before the migration period begins.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events828Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-15T07:34:07-04:002023-05-15T07:34:07-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events776Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-12T12:09:38-04:002023-05-12T12:09:38-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., Saturday, May 13 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-GD-PAD and OPD system from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 14 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the application may be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 13 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank"> Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events775Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-12T07:39:59-04:002023-05-12T07:39:59-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., Saturday, May 13 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-GD-PAD and OPD system from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 14 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the application may be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events827Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-12T07:38:53-04:002023-05-12T07:38:53-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u><span style="font-weight: 700;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Unavailability</span></u></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The PSIPS application located at <a href="https://seqdata.uspto.gov/">https://seqdata.uspto.gov</a>, is currently offline due to an unplanned maintenance event. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The PSIPS team is currently working to restore the application to full functionality as quickly as possible.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events774Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-05-11T09:39:16-04:002023-05-11T09:41:06-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 11 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul><p>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: <a href="http://ebc@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., Saturday, May 13 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA and TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-GD-PAD and OPD system from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 14 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the application may be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events826Current EventsServiceDesk2023-05-11T09:38:17-04:002023-05-11T09:38:28-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u><span style="font-weight: 700;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Unavailability</span></u></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The PSIPS application located at <a href="https://seqdata.uspto.gov/">https://seqdata.uspto.gov</a>, is currently offline due to an unplanned maintenance event. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The PSIPS team is currently working to restore the application to full functionality as quickly as possible.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events773Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-05-10T07:56:28-04:002023-05-10T07:57:24-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 9:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications might be interrupted: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">TMNG-eOG <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">TMNG-ID Manual (TMNG-IDM) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark Customers: Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank" data-cke-saved-href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a> . <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Users may need to refresh the above systems after the start of the maintenance period. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 11 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul><p>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: <a href="http://ebc@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-GD-PAD and OPD system from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 14 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the application may be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events825Current EventsServiceDesk2023-05-10T07:54:53-04:002023-05-10T07:55:05-04:00<h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: auto;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u><span style="font-weight: 700;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Unavailability</span></u></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The PSIPS application located at <a href="https://seqdata.uspto.gov/">https://seqdata.uspto.gov</a>, is currently offline due to an unplanned maintenance event. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The PSIPS team is currently working to restore the application to full functionality as quickly as possible.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events824Current EventsServiceDesk2023-05-09T15:59:25-04:002023-05-09T16:00:38-04:00<h3 style="margin: auto; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u><b>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Unavailability</b></u></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The PSIPS application located at <a href="https://seqdata.uspto.gov/" style="">https://seqdata.uspto.gov</a>, is currently offline due to an unplanned maintenance event. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The PSIPS team is currently working to restore the application to full functionality as quickly as possible.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events772Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-05-09T07:14:58-04:002023-05-09T07:15:08-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET.<br></p><p>During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.<br></p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Text Initiative - Continuous Data Conversion (PATI-CDC) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PATI-CDC systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, PATI-CDC will be unavailable.</p><p>Users should refrain from attempting to submit new search requests during the maintenance period.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-OA2XML systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private-PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 11 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul><p>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: <a href="http://ebc@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 9:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications might be interrupted: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">TMNG-eOG <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">TMNG-ID Manual (TMNG-IDM) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark Customers: Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank" data-cke-saved-href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a> . <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Users may need to refresh the above systems after the start of the maintenance period. </span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events771Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-05-08T07:35:11-04:002023-05-08T12:51:00-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TESS system beginning at 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 8 and ending at 2 a.m., Tuesday, May 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TESS will be unavailable.</p><p>Links to TESS will not be available from the following systems: </p><ul><li>Trademark Design Search Codes Manual (TDSCM) </li><li>TM Exam (Link to TESS unavailable) </li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET.<br></p><p>During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.<br></p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Text Initiative - Continuous Data Conversion (PATI-CDC) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PATI-CDC systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, PATI-CDC will be unavailable.</p><p>Users should refrain from attempting to submit new search requests during the maintenance period.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-OA2XML systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private-PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 11 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul><p>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: <a href="http://ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:
0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
color:#323130">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems
from 9:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
color:#323130">During the maintenance period, user access to the following
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10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">Trademark Electronic
Application System (TEAS-Media) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
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(TMNG-IDM) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
color:#323130">Trademark Customers: Please try filing again after the
maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank" data-cke-saved-href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a> . <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
color:#323130">Users may need to refresh the above systems after the start of
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events823Current EventsServiceDesk2023-05-08T07:33:39-04:002023-05-08T07:33:50-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events770Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-05-05T10:10:53-04:002023-05-05T10:20:40-04:00<p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems during two segments from <span style="font-weight: 700;">9:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. and from 8 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on Friday, May 5 ET.</span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the <span style="font-weight: 700;">first </span>maintenance period, user access to the following applications might be interrupted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">MyUSPTO<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the <span style="font-weight: 700;">second </span>maintenance period, user access to the following applications might be interrupted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">alternative filing method</a>.<br><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br>PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E">alternate filing method</a>. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> . <br><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br>TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 7 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TESS system beginning at 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 8 and ending at 2 a.m., Tuesday, May 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TESS will be unavailable.</p><p>Links to TESS will not be available from the following systems: </p><ul><li>Trademark Design Search Codes Manual (TDSCM) </li><li>TM Exam (Link to TESS unavailable) </li></ul><p><br></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 ET.<br></p><p>During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.<br></p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events822Current EventsServiceDesk2023-05-05T10:08:06-04:002023-05-05T10:08:18-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events769Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-04T11:08:06-04:002023-05-04T11:30:14-04:00<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Multiple
System Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems
during two segments from <b>9:30
a.m. until 10 a.m. and from 8 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on Friday, May 5 ET.</b><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the <b>first </b>maintenance
period, user access to the following applications might be interrupted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Certified
Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Fee
Payment Processing (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">MyUSPTO<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Office
of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System - (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the <b>second </b>maintenance
period, user access to the following applications might be interrupted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">EFS
Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Private
PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Patent Customers:</b> During
the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for
National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">alternative filing method</a>.<br>
<b><br>
PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you
may use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E">alternate filing method</a>.
Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf">https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf</a>
and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><b>Trademark Customers: </b>Please
try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact
the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" style="">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> . <br>
<b><br>
TTAB Customers:</b> Please
visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style="">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a>
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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 7 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events821Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-04T07:53:39-04:002023-05-04T07:53:39-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events768Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-03T07:42:33-04:002023-05-03T08:26:28-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 7 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events820Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-03T07:31:02-04:002023-05-03T07:31:02-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events767Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-02T15:00:00-04:002023-05-02T15:18:00-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple
System Maintenance</b></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>
</b></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems
during two segments from <b>9:30
a.m. until 10 a.m. and from 8 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3 ET.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the <b>first </b>maintenance
period, user access to the following applications might be interrupted:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Certified
Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Fee
Payment Processing (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">MyUSPTO<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Office
of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System - (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><br>
During the <b>second </b>maintenance
period, user access to the following applications might be interrupted:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">EFS
Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Private
PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><br><b>
Patent Customers:</b> During
the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for
National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">alternative filing method</a>.<br>
<b><br>
PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you
may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a></span> and
see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<br>
<br><b>
Trademark Customers: </b>Please
try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact
the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> . <br><o:p></o:p></p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please
visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style="">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a>
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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events819Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-02T07:29:31-04:002023-05-02T07:29:31-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events818Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-01T07:09:22-04:002023-05-01T07:09:22-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events766Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-05-01T07:08:40-04:002023-05-01T07:08:40-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events817Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-28T14:19:35-04:002023-04-28T14:27:16-04:00<font color="#202124" face="Roboto"><span style="font-size: 14px;">There are no current events at this time. </span></font>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events765Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-28T07:36:00-04:002023-04-28T07:36:00-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Friday, April 28 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">API Key Manager</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center (eMOD)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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<a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank"> Trials@uspto.gov</a>. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Migration</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform a migration on PSIPS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, April 28 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, April 29 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Note: PSIPS Seqdata will be unavailable during the migration window.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save their work and exit PSIPS before the migration period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Manual Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable from 12 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR) </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patents and Trademarks user should save notes in eMPEP, TMEP, TFSR and TBMP prior to the maintenance period. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period RDMS Webtop and oXygen will be unavailable between 12:01 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29, ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12:01 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application beginning at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0) and X-Search services will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers from 12:01 a.m. until 8 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events764Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-27T08:05:57-04:002023-04-27T18:14:58-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Friday, April 28 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">API Key Manager</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center (eMOD)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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<a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank"> Trials@uspto.gov</a>. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Migration</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform a migration on PSIPS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, April 28 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, April 29 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Note: PSIPS Seqdata will be unavailable during the migration window.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save their work and exit PSIPS before the migration period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Manual Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable from 12 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR) </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patents and Trademarks user should save notes in eMPEP, TMEP, TFSR and TBMP prior to the maintenance period. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period RDMS Webtop and oXygen will be unavailable between 12:01 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29, ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12:01 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private PAIR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application beginning at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0) and X-Search services will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers from 12:01 a.m. until 8 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance </span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><br></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events816Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-27T07:59:45-04:002023-04-27T07:59:45-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events815Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-26T14:51:12-04:002023-04-26T14:51:12-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events814Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-26T09:01:35-04:002023-04-26T09:01:35-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) Outage </span></b></p><p>TTABVUE is currently down. The technical team is currently working on the issue. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events813Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-26T07:15:21-04:002023-04-26T07:15:21-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events763Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-26T00:00:00-04:002023-04-26T15:33:25-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>System Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will implement new account management technology from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Friday, April 28 ET. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this time, the following systems may be unavailable:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">API Key Manager</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center (eMOD)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media) </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Customers:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via </span><a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web Unregistered</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">. 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 </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 14px;">alternative filing method</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">. </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">PTAB/P-TACTS Customers:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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<a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank"> Trials@uspto.gov</a>. </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Customers: </span></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">TTAB Customers:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday April 29 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Migration</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform a migration on PSIPS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, April 28 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, April 29 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Note: PSIPS Seqdata will be unavailable during the migration window.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save their work and exit PSIPS before the migration period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Manual Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable from 12 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR) </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patents and Trademarks user should save notes in eMPEP, TMEP, TFSR and TBMP prior to the maintenance period. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period RDMS Webtop and oXygen will be unavailable between 12:01 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29, ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12:01 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application beginning at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0) and X-Search services will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers from 12:01 a.m. until 8 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events762Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-26T00:00:00-04:002023-04-26T07:47:36-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday April 29 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Migration</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform a migration on PSIPS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, April 28 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, April 29 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Note: PSIPS Seqdata will be unavailable during the migration window.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save their work and exit PSIPS before the migration period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Manual Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable from 12 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR) </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patents and Trademarks user should save notes in eMPEP, TMEP, TFSR and TBMP prior to the maintenance period. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two nights:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The first night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will occur from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period RDMS Webtop and oXygen will be unavailable between 12:01 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 29, ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12:01 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 ET:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application beginning at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0) and X-Search services will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform server maintenance from 12:01 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• OEDIS- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers from 12:01 a.m. until 8 a.m. on Sunday, April 30 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><br></font></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><br></font></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><br></font></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events761Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-25T08:05:43-04:002023-04-25T08:05:43-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday April 29 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Migration</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform a migration on PSIPS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, April 28 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, April 29 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Note: PSIPS Seqdata will be unavailable during the migration window.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save their work and exit PSIPS before the migration period begins.</font></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events812Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-25T07:54:23-04:002023-04-25T07:54:23-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events760Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-24T07:47:39-04:002023-04-24T07:47:39-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday April 29 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></span></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events811Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-24T07:46:37-04:002023-04-24T07:46:37-04:00There are no current events at this time.https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events759Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-04-21T14:42:34-04:002023-04-21T14:54:47-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 22 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:30 a.m. ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 23 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Examination and Post-Examination (PALM-EXPO) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PALM EXPO affecting EFS-Web from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 22 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance, the below features will be unavailable:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Web Based Issue Fee Payment (Web 85B)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Follow-on Issue fees</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative for these impacted features.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform an update on the TTABVUE system server software from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, April 22 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, TTABVUE will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday April 29 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><br></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events810Current EventsServiceDesk2023-04-21T07:40:35-04:002023-04-21T07:50:19-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Microsoft 365 Apps Unavailability Resolved </span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Final status: After extended monitoring and receiving confirmation from previously affected users, we've validated that adding further processing throughput successfully resolved the issue.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events758Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-04-20T16:00:00-04:002023-04-20T16:21:04-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 22 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:30 a.m. ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Electronic
Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO Certified Copy and
Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system
from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday April 22 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period,
the ETAS product will be unavailable.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 23 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Examination and Post-Examination (PALM-EXPO) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PALM EXPO affecting EFS-Web from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 22 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance, the below features will be unavailable:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Web Based Issue Fee Payment (Web 85B)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Follow-on Issue fees</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative for these impacted features.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform an update on the TTABVUE system server software from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, April 22 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, TTABVUE will be unavailable.</span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events809Current EventsServiceDesk2023-04-20T14:50:10-04:002023-04-20T15:04:18-04:00<ul type="disc">
</ul><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Microsoft
365 Apps Unavailability </b></span></p><p><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO is currently
focusing their investigation on high CPU utilization that is occurring on the
components which facilitate the back-end API calls for the navigation headers
and features. The USPTO is changing some specific configurations which were
part of a service update that occurred on Monday, April 17. This might provide
relief whilst we continue to investigate the source of the high CPU
utilization.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>During this time, some users
may be unable to view or access Microsoft 365 apps or services. The impacted
services may include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></b></p><ul type="disc">
<ul type="disc">
</ul><li>Microsoft
365 Online apps - Users may be unable to access Microsoft 365 web apps,
such as Excel Online. Additionally, the search bar, may not appear in any
Office Online service.<o:p></o:p></li><li>SharePoint
Online - Users may be unable to view the settings gear, search bar and
waffle.<br></li><li>Microsoft
Planner - Users may be unable to access Microsoft 365 web apps through
Microsoft Planner.<o:p></o:p></li><li>Outlook
on the web - Users may experience slowness or latency when accessing or
using the service.<o:p></o:p></li><li>Microsoft
Project for the Web - Users may be unable to view the waffle menu,
settings, and help content.<o:p></o:p></li><li>Microsoft Teams - Users may be unable to access the Microsoft Teams admin center and unable to download attendance reports</li><li>Exchange
Online<o:p></o:p></li><li>Yammer</li><li> Enterprise</li>
</ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events808Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-19T07:32:17-04:002023-04-19T16:48:19-04:00<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun" style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) API Outage</span></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with the TSDR API.
We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Until then, please use the normal TSDR web page to access Trademark status information and documents.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events757Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-19T00:00:00-04:002023-04-19T08:13:11-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 22 ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:30 a.m. ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 23 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Application Locating and Monitoring Examination and Post-Examination (PALM-EXPO) Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PALM EXPO affecting EFS-Web from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 22 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">During the maintenance, the below features will be unavailable:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">• Web Based Issue Fee Payment (Web 85B)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">• Follow-on Issue fees</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative for these impacted features.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The USPTO will perform an update on the TTABVUE system server software from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, April 22 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">During the maintenance period, TTABVUE will be unavailable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></font></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><br></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events756Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-18T09:46:42-04:002023-04-18T09:46:42-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 22 ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:30 a.m. ET.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events807Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-18T09:40:42-04:002023-04-18T09:40:42-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events755Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-17T07:51:29-04:002023-04-17T12:12:12-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 11px;">There are no current events at this time. </span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events806Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-17T07:47:53-04:002023-04-17T07:47:53-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events754Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-14T14:16:30-04:002023-04-14T14:34:56-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">eAcquisitions Tool (ACQ) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on eAcquisitions Tool (ACQ) from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 15 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">eAcquisitions Tool (ACQ) will remain available. Program Office users will be able to continue working on acquisition packages and submitting them to Procurement. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Users in Office of Procurement can review documents but should not perform approvals in ACQ that would trigger the integration with Momentum. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 until 5:30 a.m., on Saturday, April 15 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following applications will be unavailable:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency<br></li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Content Management System (CMS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Momentum</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS) Reading Room</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Global Dossier</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Developer Hub</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for alternative filing methods.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 15 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available but submissions will not be successful.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 16 ET</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search (PPUBs) Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PPUBs beginning at 10 p.m., Sunday, April 16 and ending at 3 a.m., Monday, April 17 ET. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this deployment period, PPUBs will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a data sync/migration on S-OPSG from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Monday, April 17 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Please note that these applications will not be available during the migration window:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MyUSPTO </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private-Patent Application (Private-PAIR) </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic
Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">The USPTO will perform maintenance
on the TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 22 ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">To minimize the risk of
disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work
between 9 and 9:30 a.m. ET.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events805Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-14T07:47:53-04:002023-04-14T07:47:53-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events804Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-13T07:51:20-04:002023-04-13T07:51:20-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events753Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-13T07:50:39-04:002023-04-13T10:26:21-04:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, April 14 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 until 5:30 a.m., on Saturday, April 15 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following applications will be unavailable:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency<br></li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Content Management System (CMS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Momentum</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS) Reading Room</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Global Dossier</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Developer Hub</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for alternative filing methods.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 16 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a data sync/migration on S-OPSG from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Monday, April 17 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Please note that these applications will not be available during the migration window:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>MyUSPTO </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private-Patent Application (Private-PAIR) </p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events752Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-04-12T11:00:22-04:002023-04-12T12:46:51-04:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 13 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues accessing the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>One Portal Dossier (OPD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, April 14 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 until 5:30 a.m., on Saturday, April 15 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following applications will be unavailable:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">EFS-Web for
Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency<br></li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Content Management System (CMS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Momentum</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark
Electronic Search System (TESS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS) Reading Room</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Global Dossier</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Developer Hub</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for alternative filing methods.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 16 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events803Current EventsServiceDesk2023-04-12T10:28:10-04:002023-04-12T10:28:20-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) API Outage </span><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with the TSDR API. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored, but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. During this time, please use the normal TSDR web page to access Trademark status information and documents. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events751Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-11T13:31:02-04:002023-04-11T13:31:02-04:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 12 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</span> will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span> initial application forms will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Reading Room</span> will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span> will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 13 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues accessing the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>One Portal Dossier (OPD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, April 14 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events802Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-11T13:27:43-04:002023-04-11T13:27:43-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) API Outage </span><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with the TSDR API. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored, but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. During this time, please use the normal TSDR web page to access Trademark status information and documents. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events750Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-10T07:17:06-04:002023-04-10T07:17:06-04:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 12 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</span> will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span> initial application forms will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Reading Room</span> will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span> will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 13 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues accessing the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>One Portal Dossier (OPD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events801Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-10T07:16:20-04:002023-04-10T07:16:20-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) API Outage </span><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with the TSDR API. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored, but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. During this time, please use the normal TSDR web page to access Trademark status information and documents. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events800Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-07T13:40:20-04:002023-04-07T13:42:28-04:00<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval
(TSDR) API Outage </span><o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><u>
</u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="">The USPTO is currently experiencing technical
difficulties with the TSDR API. We are working to restore service as
quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be
fully restored, but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s
available. During this time, please use the normal TSDR web page to access Trademark status
information and documents. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events749Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-07T07:50:08-04:002023-04-07T12:08:14-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 9 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 12 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <b>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</b> will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <b>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</b> initial application forms will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <b>TTAB Reading Room</b> will not be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <b>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</b> will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 13 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues accessing the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>One Portal Dossier (OPD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events748Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-06T08:02:05-04:002023-04-06T08:02:05-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 9 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events799Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-06T07:55:08-04:002023-04-06T07:55:08-04:00<p>There are no current outages at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events747Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-05T07:18:36-04:002023-04-05T07:18:36-04:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 9 p.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">For Patent Customers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. – 12 a.m. ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">For PTAB Customers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>and see A2 for information concerning your 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">For Trademark Customers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">For TTAB Customers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The entire BDSS system will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 9 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events798Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-05T07:15:16-04:002023-04-05T07:15:16-04:00<p>There are no current outages at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events797Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-04T07:54:25-04:002023-04-04T07:54:25-04:00<p>There are no current outages at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events746Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-04T01:55:09-04:002023-04-04T13:57:39-04:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Maintenance</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting PSIPS beginning at 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, April 4 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 5 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with PSIPS.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next
Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit
card payments will not be accepted from 9 p.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday,
April 5 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts
will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Office
of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Certified
Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these
payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity
has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are
available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>For Patent Customers:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">For more information about filing documents during an outage,
please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic
Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. – 12
a.m. ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>For PTAB Customers:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use
an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>and
see A2 for information concerning your 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>For Trademark Customers:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage</a> for
information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any
questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>For TTAB Customers:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed
electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit
the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The entire BDSS system will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events745Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-03T09:45:26-04:002023-04-03T09:52:35-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple
Systems Maintenance</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform
maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday,
April 4 ET.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During this maintenance
period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and
follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Private
Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" style="">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The entire BDSS system will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events796Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-04-03T07:49:26-04:002023-04-03T07:49:26-04:00<p>There are no current outages at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events744Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-31T07:53:48-04:002023-03-31T09:25:45-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, April 1 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 1 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with them will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> </p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span><br></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span><br></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 2 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The entire BDSS system will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events795Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-31T07:48:15-04:002023-03-31T07:48:15-04:00<p>There are no current outages at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events794Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-30T07:45:58-04:002023-03-30T07:45:58-04:00<p>There are no current outages at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events742Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-03-30T07:14:14-04:002023-03-30T07:14:24-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, March 31 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, April 1 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 1 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with them will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> </p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span><br></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span><br></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; color: inherit; font-family: inherit;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></p><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 1 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">800-786-9199 (toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">571-272-1000 (local)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">800-877-8339 (TTY) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers</span>: 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 2 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events743Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-30T00:00:00-04:002023-03-30T07:54:07-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, March 31 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, April 1 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 1 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with them will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> </p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span><br></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span><br></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; color: inherit; font-family: inherit;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></p><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 1 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">800-786-9199 (toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">571-272-1000 (local)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">800-877-8339 (TTY) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers</span>: 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 2 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events793Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-29T20:37:06-04:002023-03-29T23:56:11-04:00<p class="MsoNormal">There are no current outages at this time.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events741Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-03-29T11:58:12-04:002023-03-29T12:00:01-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, March 31 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, April 1 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 1 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with them will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> </p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span><br></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span><br></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; color: inherit; font-family: inherit;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></p><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 1 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">800-786-9199 (toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">571-272-1000 (local)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">800-877-8339 (TTY) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers</span>: 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent
Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform
maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 2
ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During this maintenance
period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be
generated.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Applicants may file
submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those
documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent
Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events792Current EventsServiceDesk2023-03-29T09:45:05-04:002023-03-29T09:45:15-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events791Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-28T12:20:50-04:002023-03-28T12:20:50-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events740Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-28T10:00:35-04:002023-03-28T10:09:14-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS system on two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 29 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, March 31 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, April 1 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 1 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with them will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> </p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span><br></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span><br></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 1 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p><h3><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next
Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit
card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, April
1 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts
will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Office
of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Certified
Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these
payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity
has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are
available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information
about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management
system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone
numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">800-786-9199
(toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">571-272-1000
(local)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">800-877-8339
(TTY) <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and
USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>PTAB Customers</b>: 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an
alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and
see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>TTAB Customers: </b>Please visit the TTAB
Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events790Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-28T07:13:05-04:002023-03-28T07:13:05-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Issues Still Ongoing</span><br></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The issue impacting multiple USPTO systems including filing systems is still ongoing. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Due to this system wide issue, Patent Center and EFS-Web are experiencing overall system slowness and access issues resulting in an inability to complete electronic filing process.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for an alternative filing method.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events739Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-27T16:15:45-04:002023-03-27T17:38:35-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Docket Application Viewer (DAV) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the DAV from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, previously submitted documents will be unavailable at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customers should check back Wednesday, March 29, to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Global Dossier (GD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, all documents will not be viewable, and downloadable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS system on two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 29 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple
Systems Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform
maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on
Friday, March 31 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During this maintenance
period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and
follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Private
Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" style="">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, April 1 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 1 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with them will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> </p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span><br></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span><br></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 1 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events789Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-27T12:22:33-04:002023-03-27T17:51:51-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><u><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple
System Issues Still Ongoing</span><br></b></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The
issue impacting multiple USPTO systems including filing systems is still
ongoing. <span style="font-size:10.5pt">Due to this system wide issue, Patent
Center and EFS-Web are experiencing overall system slowness and access issues
resulting in an inability to complete electronic filing process.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">Filing
Documents during an Outage page</a> for an alternative filing method.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events738Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-24T07:55:10-04:002023-03-24T07:55:10-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 26 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p></p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Docket Application Viewer (DAV) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the DAV from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, previously submitted documents will be unavailable at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customers should check back Wednesday, March 29, to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Global Dossier (GD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, all documents will not be viewable, and downloadable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS system on two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 29 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, April 1 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 1 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with them will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p><br></p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> </p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span><br></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span><br></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 1 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events788Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-24T07:44:45-04:002023-03-24T07:44:45-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events737Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-23T11:08:40-04:002023-03-23T11:09:15-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 26 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></p><p></p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Docket Application
Viewer (DAV) Maintenance</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the DAV from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on
Tuesday, March 28 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The following systems will be
partially impacted during the maintenance:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval
(Private PAIR)<o:p></o:p></b></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, previously
submitted documents will be unavailable at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's
IFW tab. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing
System-Web (EFS-Web) will experience longer than expected delays in becoming
available in the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customers should
check back Wednesday, March 29, to see if the impacted submissions are
available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.<o:p></o:p></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in;"><b>Global Dossier (GD) and One
Portal Dossier (OPD)<o:p></o:p></b></li>
</ul><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, all documents will not be
viewable, and downloadable.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, April 1 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 1 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with them will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p><br></p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> </p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span><br></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span><br></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 1 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events787Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-23T07:40:44-04:002023-03-23T07:40:44-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events736Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-22T14:05:30-04:002023-03-22T14:21:17-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, April 1 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 1 ET. </p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with them will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p><br></p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><b>Patent Customers:</b> </p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><b>P-TACTS Customers</b></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b><br></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers</b><br></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application
System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform maintenance
on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 1
ET.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">To minimize the risk of
disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work
between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events785Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-22T07:52:40-04:002023-03-22T07:52:40-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events735Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-22T07:51:55-04:002023-03-22T07:51:55-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events734Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-21T07:45:48-04:002023-03-21T07:45:48-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events786Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-21T07:40:37-04:002023-03-21T07:40:47-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events733Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-20T07:55:11-04:002023-03-20T07:55:11-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events784Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-20T07:52:32-04:002023-03-20T07:52:32-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events732Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-03-17T07:20:10-04:002023-03-17T07:20:20-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Practitioner Search</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Registered Practitioner Portal</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Exam Applicant Portal</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignment on the Web (AOTW)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 19 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events783Current EventsServiceDesk2023-03-17T07:18:45-04:002023-03-17T07:19:00-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events782Current EventsServiceDesk2023-03-17T07:18:42-04:002023-03-17T07:18:59-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events781Current EventsServiceDesk2023-03-17T07:18:42-04:002023-03-17T07:18:58-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events780Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-16T07:49:27-04:002023-03-16T07:49:27-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events731Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-16T07:48:58-04:002023-03-16T07:51:03-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Content Management System (TM-CMS) and Trademark Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-CMS and TM-AL systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, March 17 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Practitioner Search</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Registered Practitioner Portal</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Exam Applicant Portal</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignment on the Web (AOTW)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 19 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events729Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-15T08:05:45-04:002023-03-15T10:45:39-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Center Update</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform internal updates impacting new applications filed via Patent Center and EFS-Web on two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:15 a.m. until 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15 ET.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">The final night of maintenance will be from 12:15 a.m. until 1:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 16 ET.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the update period, impacted applications may experience extended delays in availability for retrieval within Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR).<o:p></o:p></p><p>Customers should check back during regular business hours, if their submission is impacted.</p><p><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Content Management System (TM-CMS) and Trademark Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-CMS and TM-AL systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, March 17 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on OEDIS from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Patent Practitioner Search</p><p><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Registered Practitioner Portal</p><p><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Exam Applicant Portal</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events779Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-15T07:56:44-04:002023-03-15T07:56:44-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events730Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-15T00:00:00-04:002023-03-15T15:27:15-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Center Update</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will perform internal updates impacting new applications filed via Patent Center and EFS-Web on two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:15 a.m. until 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15 ET.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3pt;">The final night of maintenance will be from 12:15 a.m. until 1:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 16 ET.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the update period, impacted applications may experience extended delays in availability for retrieval within Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR).<o:p></o:p></p><p>Customers should check back during regular business hours, if their submission is impacted.</p><p><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Content Management System (TM-CMS) and Trademark Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-CMS and TM-AL systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, March 17 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Practitioner Search</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Registered Practitioner Portal</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Exam Applicant Portal</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignment on the Web (AOTW)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 18 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events728Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-14T15:35:48-04:002023-03-14T15:37:41-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Patent Electronic
Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Center Update</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO will
perform internal updates impacting new applications filed via Patent
Center and EFS-Web on two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:3.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:15 a.m. until 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15 ET. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:3.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The
final night of maintenance will be from 12:15 a.m. until 1:15 a.m. on
Thursday, March 16 ET.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the update
period, impacted applications may experience extended delays in availability
for retrieval within Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information
Retrieval (Private-PAIR).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Customers should
check back during regular business hours, if their submission is impacted.</p><p><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Content Management System (TM-CMS) and Trademark Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-CMS and TM-AL systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, March 17 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events778Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-14T07:30:11-04:002023-03-14T07:30:11-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events727Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-13T08:07:32-04:002023-03-13T08:07:32-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trademark Content Management System (TM-CMS) and Trademark Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-CMS and TM-AL systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, March 17 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events777Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-13T08:05:24-04:002023-03-13T08:05:24-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events776Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-10T07:55:05-05:002023-03-10T07:55:05-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events726Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-10T07:52:30-05:002023-03-10T16:01:21-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform a maintenance on the PEDS from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, March 9 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the PEDS (<a href="https://ped.uspto.gov/peds/#/" target="_blank">Patent Examination Data System (uspto.gov</a>) will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">This maintenance will resolve a defect and provide the end user with the ability to perform searches for multiple Patent or Patent Application numbers through the user interface. </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Center Update</span></span></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span class="contentpasted0">The USPTO will perform internal updates impacting new applications filed via Patent Center and EFS-Web beginning at 7 a.m., Saturday, March 11 and ending at 12:15 a.m., Sunday, March 12<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> ET.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span class="contentpasted0">During the update period, impacted applications may experience extended delays in availability for retrieval within Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Customers should check back during regular business hours, if their submission is impacted.gg</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p><b style="font-size: 18px;"><br>Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Maintenance</b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PPUBs from 10 p.m. on Saturday, March 11 until 4 a.m. Sunday, March 12 ET.</p><p>During this deployment period, PPUBs will be unavailable.</p><p><b style="font-size: 18px;"><br></b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span><br></p><p>Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 11 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> • Financial Manager System </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR. If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"> https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank">USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 12 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events725Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-09T17:00:44-05:002023-03-09T17:46:47-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on TEASi on from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 11 ET.</p><p>To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a maintenance on the PEDS from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, March 9 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the PEDS (<a href="https://ped.uspto.gov/peds/#/" target="_blank">Patent Examination Data System (uspto.gov</a>) will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">This maintenance will resolve a defect and provide the end user with the ability to perform searches for multiple Patent or Patent Application numbers through the user interface. </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Patent
Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Center Update</span></b></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p></o:p></p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span class="contentpasted0">The USPTO will
perform internal updates impacting new applications filed via Patent
Center and EFS-Web beginning at 7 a.m., Saturday, March 11 and ending at 12:15
a.m., Sunday, March 12<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> ET.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span class="contentpasted0">During the update
period, impacted applications may experience extended delays in availability
for retrieval within Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information
Retrieval (Private-PAIR).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Customers should check
back during regular business hours, if their submission is impacted.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p>Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 11 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> • Financial Manager System </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR. If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"> https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank">USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 12 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events775Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-09T11:42:53-05:002023-03-09T11:42:53-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events774Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-09T10:36:35-05:002023-03-09T10:36:35-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Outage </span></b></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with TSDR and you may be unable to view your trademark documents. You may also be unable to use the pre-populated TEASi forms, and can use the free-text TEASi forms instead. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><p>If your deadline is today and you are unable to view an office action that you need to respond to, we can send you a PDF copy of the office action. Please email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> and use the email subject line “Filing deadline today.” Include: (1) your name, (2) telephone number, (3) serial number and/or registration number, and (4) the type of document you need (e.g., post-registration office action, final office action).</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events773Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-09T08:45:28-05:002023-03-09T08:45:28-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Outage </span></b></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with TSDR and you may be unable to view your trademark documents. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. </p><p>At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events772Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-09T08:10:30-05:002023-03-09T08:10:30-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events724Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-08T07:35:55-05:002023-03-08T07:35:55-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on TEASi on from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 11 ET.</p><p>To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a maintenance on the PEDS from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, March 9 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the PEDS (<a href="https://ped.uspto.gov/peds/#/" target="_blank">Patent Examination Data System (uspto.gov</a>) will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">This maintenance will resolve a defect and provide the end user with the ability to perform searches for multiple Patent or Patent Application numbers through the user interface. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Center Update</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform internal updates impacting new applications filed via Patent Center and EFS-Web, from 12:15 a.m. until 4:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 9 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the update period, impacted applications may experience extended delays in availability for retrieval within Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Customers should check back during regular business hours, if their submission is impacted.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p>Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 11 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> • Financial Manager System </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR. If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"> https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank">USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events771Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-08T07:33:18-05:002023-03-08T07:33:18-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events770Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-07T07:52:40-05:002023-03-07T07:52:40-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events723Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-07T05:55:10-05:002023-03-07T18:04:10-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on TEASi on from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 11 ET.</p><p>To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a maintenance on the PEDS from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Thursday, March 9 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the PEDS (<a href="https://ped.uspto.gov/peds/#/" target="_blank">Patent Examination Data System (uspto.gov</a>) will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in">This
maintenance will resolve a defect and provide the end user with the ability to
perform searches for multiple Patent or Patent Application numbers through the
user interface. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent Center
Update</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will
perform internal updates impacting new applications filed via Patent
Center and EFS-Web, from 12:15 a.m. until 4:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 9 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During the update period,
impacted applications may experience extended delays in availability for
retrieval within Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information
Retrieval (Private-PAIR).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Customers should check back
during regular business hours, if their submission is impacted.</p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</b></span></p><p>Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 11 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</p><p> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> • Financial Manager System </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR. If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"> https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a></p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank">USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </p><p> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) </p><p> • 571-272-1000 (local)</p><p> • 800-877-8339 (TTY) </p><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events722Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-06T13:28:11-05:002023-03-06T13:28:11-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on TEASi on from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 11 ET.</p><p>To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events721Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-06T07:10:16-05:002023-03-06T07:10:16-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events769Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-06T07:09:20-05:002023-03-06T07:09:20-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events720Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-03T07:48:04-05:002023-03-03T07:48:04-05:00<h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET. </span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</span></h3><ul><li>Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</li><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Financial Manager System</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR.</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank">USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </span></h3><ul><li>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </li><li>571-272-1000 (local)</li><li>800-877-8339 (TTY) </li></ul><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a> .</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="http://TEAS@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> .</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="http://TTABInfo@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a> </span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;"><br></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span><br></h3><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available, but submissions will not be successful.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform server maintenance on UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private PAIR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the ESTTA systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, ESTTA will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 5 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events768Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-03T07:46:11-05:002023-03-03T07:46:11-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events719Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-02T11:00:06-05:002023-03-02T11:03:25-05:00<h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Center</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Update</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform internal updates impacting new applications filed via Patent Center and EFS-Web, from 12:15 a.m. until 1:15 a.m. on Friday, March 3</span><sup style="font-size: 9.75px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></sup><span style="font-size: 14px;">ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the update period, impacted applications may experience extended delays in availability for retrieval within Patent Center and Private PAIR.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Customers should check back during regular business hours, if their submission is impacted.</span><br></p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET. </span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</span></h3><ul><li>Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</li><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Financial Manager System</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR.</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank">USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </span></h3><ul><li>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </li><li>571-272-1000 (local)</li><li>800-877-8339 (TTY) </li></ul><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a> .</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="http://TEAS@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> .</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="http://TTABInfo@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a> </span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;"><br></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span><br></h3><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available, but submissions will not be successful.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform server maintenance on UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private PAIR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the ESTTA systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, ESTTA will be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 5 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events767Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-02T07:34:15-05:002023-03-02T07:34:15-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events718Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-01T18:34:00-05:002023-03-01T18:35:38-05:00<h3 style="margin: auto; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) and Patent </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Center</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Update</span></strong></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform internal updates impacting new applications filed via Patent Center and EFS-Web, from 12:15 a.m. until 1:15 a.m. on Friday, March 3</span><sup><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></sup><span style="font-size: 14px;">ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the update period, impacted applications may experience extended delays in availability for retrieval within Patent Center and Private PAIR.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Customers should check back during regular business hours, if their submission is impacted.</span><br></p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET. </span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</span></h3><ul><li>Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</li><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Financial Manager System</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR.</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank">USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </span></h3><ul><li>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </li><li>571-272-1000 (local)</li><li>800-877-8339 (TTY) </li></ul><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a> .</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="http://TEAS@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> .</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="http://TTABInfo@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a> </span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;"><br></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span><br></h3><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available, but submissions will not be successful.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform server maintenance on UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• Private PAIR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 5 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><br></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events766Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-03-01T07:07:31-05:002023-03-01T07:07:31-05:00<h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u>Patent Public Search System (PPUBs) Issue Resolved</u></span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The previously reported issue for the PPUBs has been resolved. The system is now operational. </span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events717Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-28T07:48:54-05:002023-02-28T13:42:33-05:00<h3 style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b></b></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></b></span></h3><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET. </span></h3><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</span></h3><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</span></li><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Financial Manager System</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR.</span></h3><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></h3><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</span></h3><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank">USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers: </span></h3><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span></li><li>571-272-1000 (local)</li><li>800-877-8339 (TTY) </li></ul><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></h3><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</span></h3><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a> .</span></h3><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="http://TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> .</span></h3><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="http://TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a> </span></h3><h3 style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></h3><h3 style=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span><br></h3><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available, but submissions will not be successful.</font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events765Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-28T07:46:00-05:002023-02-28T07:46:00-05:00<h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); margin: auto; font-size: 1.15em; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u>Patent Public Search System (PPUBs) Issue Resolved</u></span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The previously reported issue for the PPUBs has been resolved. The system is now operational. </span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events716Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-27T11:00:25-05:002023-02-27T11:35:12-05:00<h3><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span><br></h3><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Vendor Portal Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available, but submissions will not be successful.</font></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><br></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events763Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-27T07:52:54-05:002023-02-27T07:52:54-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Payment Methods Errors</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>MyUSPTO users who are currently adding new profiles to their payment methods will receive errors. Please validate that there is a profile associated with the email and that all required fields have been filled out in MyUSPTO account profiles.<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Friday, March 3</span> an system update will be implemented and MyUSPTO users who are adding new profiles to their payment methods <span style="font-weight: 700;">will no longer be required </span>to complete all required fields in their account profiles.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action Notification Resumed</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">From Friday, February 3 until Wednesday, February 22, e-Office Action was temporarily suspended due to technical issues. The problem is resolved and e-Office Action notifications resumed on Wednesday, February 22. The eOffice Action backlog will be sent over the next few days starting with the most recent notifications of February 22 until the oldest e-Office Action notifications of February 3 are sent. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The “Generic e-Office Action” notification will no longer be delivered.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events764Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-27T01:37:09-05:002023-02-27T13:38:52-05:00<h3 style="margin: auto; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u>Patent Public Search System (PPUBs) Issue Resolved</u></span></strong></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The previously reported issue for the PPUBs has been resolved. The system is now operational. </span></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events715Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-24T07:27:41-05:002023-02-24T07:27:41-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking (PTAB) System Migration </span><br></p><p>Starting Monday, February 27, all PTAB i-filing system users will migrate to the Patent Trial and Appeals Case Tracking System or P-TACTS platform. In anticipation of this deployment, the i-filing system will be unavailable starting 8 a.m., Saturday, February 25 and ending at 11 p.m., Sunday, February 26 ET.</p><div><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system from noon until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22 ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">During the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The OCIO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 26 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 2 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, February 26 ET. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">•</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;"> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</span></p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events762Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-24T07:26:05-05:002023-02-24T07:26:05-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Payment Methods Errors</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>MyUSPTO users who are currently adding new profiles to their payment methods will receive errors. Please validate that there is a profile associated with the email and that all required fields have been filled out in MyUSPTO account profiles.<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Friday, March 3</span> an system update will be implemented and MyUSPTO users who are adding new profiles to their payment methods <span style="font-weight: 700;">will no longer be required </span>to complete all required fields in their account profiles.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action Notification Resumed</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">From Friday, February 3 until Wednesday, February 22, e-Office Action was temporarily suspended due to technical issues. The problem is resolved and e-Office Action notifications resumed on Wednesday, February 22. The eOffice Action backlog will be sent over the next few days starting with the most recent notifications of February 22 until the oldest e-Office Action notifications of February 3 are sent. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The “Generic e-Office Action” notification will no longer be delivered.</span></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events714Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-23T16:20:32-05:002023-02-23T16:25:32-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking (PTAB) System Migration </span><br></p><p>Starting Monday, February 27, all PTAB i-filing system users will migrate to the Patent Trial and Appeals Case Tracking System or P-TACTS platform. In anticipation of this deployment, the i-filing system will be unavailable starting 8 a.m., Saturday, February 25 and ending at 11 p.m., Sunday, February 26 ET.</p><div><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS system from noon until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22 ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">During the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The OCIO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 26 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Due to third-party system maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 2 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, February 26 ET. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">•</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>571-272-1000 (local)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>800-877-8339 (TTY) </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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 Case Tracking System, (P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 4 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">To minimize the risk of disruption, we recommend closing any active sessions and stopping your work between 9 and 9:15 a.m. ET.</span></p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events761Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-23T07:27:34-05:002023-02-23T07:27:34-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Payment Methods Errors</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>MyUSPTO users who are currently adding new profiles to their payment methods will receive errors. Please validate that there is a profile associated with the email and that all required fields have been filled out in MyUSPTO account profiles.<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Friday, March 3</span> an system update will be implemented and MyUSPTO users who are adding new profiles to their payment methods <span style="font-weight: 700;">will no longer be required </span>to complete all required fields in their account profiles.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action Notification Resumed</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">From Friday, February 3 until Wednesday, February 22, e-Office Action was temporarily suspended due to technical issues. The problem is resolved and e-Office Action notifications resumed on Wednesday, February 22. The eOffice Action backlog will be sent over the next few days starting with the most recent notifications of February 22 until the oldest e-Office Action notifications of February 3 are sent. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The “Generic e-Office Action” notification will no longer be delivered.</span></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events713Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-22T08:36:30-05:002023-02-22T12:01:03-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking (PTAB) System Migration </span></b></p><p>Starting Monday, February 27, all PTAB i-filing system users will migrate to the Patent Trial and Appeals Case Tracking System or P-TACTS platform. In anticipation of this deployment, the i-filing system will be unavailable starting 8 a.m., Saturday, February 25 and ending at 11 p.m., Sunday, February 26 ET.</p><div><br></div><div><p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Electronic
Trademark Assignments System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The USPTO
Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance
on the ETAS system from noon until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22 ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">During
the maintenance period, the ETAS product will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events760Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-22T08:08:40-05:002023-02-22T17:06:38-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Payment Methods Errors</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>MyUSPTO users who are currently adding new profiles to their payment methods will receive errors. Please validate that there is a profile associated with the email and that all required fields have been filled out in MyUSPTO account profiles.<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Friday, March 3</span> an system update will be implemented and MyUSPTO users who are adding new profiles to their payment methods <span style="font-weight: 700;">will no longer be required </span>to complete all required fields in their account profiles.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action Notification Resumed</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#222222">From
Friday, February 3 until Wednesday, February 22, e-Office Action
was temporarily suspended due to technical issues. The problem is resolved and
e-Office Action notifications resumed on Wednesday, February 22. The eOffice
Action backlog will be sent over the next few days starting with the most
recent notifications of February 22 until the oldest e-Office Action
notifications of February 3 are sent. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#222222">The
“Generic e-Office Action” notification will no longer be delivered.</span></p><p><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events711Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-21T16:20:52-05:002023-02-21T16:21:00-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 11px;">There are no planned events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events712Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-21T13:55:00-05:002023-02-21T13:55:10-05:00<h3 style="margin: auto; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance</span></strong></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the ESTTA system beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, February 24 and ending at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, February 25 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, ESTTA will be intermittently unavailable. Please retry your submission. </span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events759Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-21T13:31:38-05:002023-02-21T13:32:04-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Payment Methods Errors</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>MyUSPTO users who are currently adding new profiles to their payment methods will receive errors. Please validate that there is a profile associated with the email and that all required fields have been filled out in MyUSPTO account profiles.<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Friday, March 3</span> an system update will be implemented and MyUSPTO users who are adding new profiles to their payment methods <span style="font-weight: 700;">will no longer be required </span>to complete all required fields in their account profiles.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Generic e-Office Action notification</span></span></p><p></p><p>Beginning February 8, 2023 until further notice, a 'Generic e-Office Action' notice will be sent in lieu of the daily e-Office Action notification. The generic e-Office Action notice will not display detailed information of the new correspondence. The purpose is to inform users that new correspondence is available for download. Each day an e-Office Action notice was not delivered, a generic notification will be sent. Once the issue is resolved, the formal e-Office Action process will resume, all delayed e-notifications will be resent, and delivery of the Generic e-Office Action will cease.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action notification temporarily suspended due to technical issues</span></span></p><p>Beginning Friday, February 3, 2023, until further notice, e-Office Action notification is temporarily suspended. Participants can continue to access new correspondence in Private PAIR using View Outgoing Correspondence / View e-Office Action Notifications or Patent Center using Workbench/View Correspondence. We advise users to check this search daily until the problem is resolved. Once resolved, all delayed e-notifications will be resent and daily e-Office Action operations will resume.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private PAIR: Access New Correspondence in View Outgoing Correspondence or View e-Office Action Notifications</span></p><p>1. From the PAIR Main Search Screen, select ‘Search by Customer Number’ then select ‘View e-Office Action Notifications’ or select "View Outgoing" Correspondence.’</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters under each defined search</p><p>3. Select the Customer Number from the "Select Customer Number" dropdown list.</p><p>4. Click on the "Search" button.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center: Access New Correspondence in Workbench/View Correspondence</span></p><p>1. From the Patent Center Home Page select "Workbench" then select "View correspondence."</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters then click "Apply".</p><p>3. To filter for e-Office Action only, select Correspondence method, then ‘e-notifications "only".</p><p>4. Click on the "Filter" button.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events710Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-17T07:23:11-05:002023-02-17T07:23:11-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 18 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) and Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS and EPAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 18 ET.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the ETAS and EPAS products will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 19 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events758Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-17T07:22:10-05:002023-02-17T07:22:10-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Generic e-Office Action notification</span></span></p><p></p><p>Beginning February 8, 2023 until further notice, a 'Generic e-Office Action' notice will be sent in lieu of the daily e-Office Action notification. The generic e-Office Action notice will not display detailed information of the new correspondence. The purpose is to inform users that new correspondence is available for download. Each day an e-Office Action notice was not delivered, a generic notification will be sent. Once the issue is resolved, the formal e-Office Action process will resume, all delayed e-notifications will be resent, and delivery of the Generic e-Office Action will cease.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action notification temporarily suspended due to technical issues</span></span></p><p>Beginning Friday, February 3, 2023, until further notice, e-Office Action notification is temporarily suspended. Participants can continue to access new correspondence in Private PAIR using View Outgoing Correspondence / View e-Office Action Notifications or Patent Center using Workbench/View Correspondence. We advise users to check this search daily until the problem is resolved. Once resolved, all delayed e-notifications will be resent and daily e-Office Action operations will resume.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private PAIR: Access New Correspondence in View Outgoing Correspondence or View e-Office Action Notifications</span></p><p>1. From the PAIR Main Search Screen, select ‘Search by Customer Number’ then select ‘View e-Office Action Notifications’ or select "View Outgoing" Correspondence.’</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters under each defined search</p><p>3. Select the Customer Number from the "Select Customer Number" dropdown list.</p><p>4. Click on the "Search" button.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center: Access New Correspondence in Workbench/View Correspondence</span></p><p>1. From the Patent Center Home Page select "Workbench" then select "View correspondence."</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters then click "Apply".</p><p>3. To filter for e-Office Action only, select Correspondence method, then ‘e-notifications "only".</p><p>4. Click on the "Filter" button.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events757Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-16T07:44:25-05:002023-02-16T07:44:25-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Generic e-Office Action notification</span></span></p><p></p><p>Beginning February 8, 2023 until further notice, a 'Generic e-Office Action' notice will be sent in lieu of the daily e-Office Action notification. The generic e-Office Action notice will not display detailed information of the new correspondence. The purpose is to inform users that new correspondence is available for download. Each day an e-Office Action notice was not delivered, a generic notification will be sent. Once the issue is resolved, the formal e-Office Action process will resume, all delayed e-notifications will be resent, and delivery of the Generic e-Office Action will cease.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action notification temporarily suspended due to technical issues</span></span></p><p>Beginning Friday, February 3, 2023, until further notice, e-Office Action notification is temporarily suspended. Participants can continue to access new correspondence in Private PAIR using View Outgoing Correspondence / View e-Office Action Notifications or Patent Center using Workbench/View Correspondence. We advise users to check this search daily until the problem is resolved. Once resolved, all delayed e-notifications will be resent and daily e-Office Action operations will resume.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private PAIR: Access New Correspondence in View Outgoing Correspondence or View e-Office Action Notifications</span></p><p>1. From the PAIR Main Search Screen, select ‘Search by Customer Number’ then select ‘View e-Office Action Notifications’ or select "View Outgoing" Correspondence.’</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters under each defined search</p><p>3. Select the Customer Number from the "Select Customer Number" dropdown list.</p><p>4. Click on the "Search" button.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center: Access New Correspondence in Workbench/View Correspondence</span></p><p>1. From the Patent Center Home Page select "Workbench" then select "View correspondence."</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters then click "Apply".</p><p>3. To filter for e-Office Action only, select Correspondence method, then ‘e-notifications "only".</p><p>4. Click on the "Filter" button.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events709Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-16T07:43:48-05:002023-02-16T08:18:18-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Antivirus (AV) Servers Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance on AV Servers from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 16 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">A listing of affected Patents systems is below:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p>During the maintenance period, users will not be able to access the system.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Security System (PASS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The OCIO will perform maintenance on PASS beginning at 10:30 p.m., Thursday, February 16 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, February 17 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, PASS will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 18 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) and Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</span></span></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS and EPAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 18 ET.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p>During the maintenance period, the ETAS and EPAS products will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 19 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events708Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-15T13:00:00-05:002023-02-15T13:09:10-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Antivirus (AV) Servers Maintenance </span><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>
</b></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform system
maintenance on AV Servers from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m.
on Thursday, February 16 ET.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">A listing of affected
Patents systems is below:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval
(Private-PAIR)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p>During the maintenance period, users will not be able to access
the system.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Security System (PASS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The OCIO will perform maintenance on PASS beginning at 10:30 p.m., Thursday, February 16 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, February 17 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, PASS will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 18 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) and Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</span></b></p><p>The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform maintenance on the ETAS and EPAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 18ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the ETAS and EPAS products will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events756Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-15T07:34:40-05:002023-02-15T07:34:40-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Generic e-Office Action notification</span></span></p><p></p><p>Beginning February 8, 2023 until further notice, a 'Generic e-Office Action' notice will be sent in lieu of the daily e-Office Action notification. The generic e-Office Action notice will not display detailed information of the new correspondence. The purpose is to inform users that new correspondence is available for download. Each day an e-Office Action notice was not delivered, a generic notification will be sent. Once the issue is resolved, the formal e-Office Action process will resume, all delayed e-notifications will be resent, and delivery of the Generic e-Office Action will cease.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action notification temporarily suspended due to technical issues</span></span></p><p>Beginning Friday, February 3, 2023, until further notice, e-Office Action notification is temporarily suspended. Participants can continue to access new correspondence in Private PAIR using View Outgoing Correspondence / View e-Office Action Notifications or Patent Center using Workbench/View Correspondence. We advise users to check this search daily until the problem is resolved. Once resolved, all delayed e-notifications will be resent and daily e-Office Action operations will resume.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private PAIR: Access New Correspondence in View Outgoing Correspondence or View e-Office Action Notifications</span></p><p>1. From the PAIR Main Search Screen, select ‘Search by Customer Number’ then select ‘View e-Office Action Notifications’ or select "View Outgoing" Correspondence.’</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters under each defined search</p><p>3. Select the Customer Number from the "Select Customer Number" dropdown list.</p><p>4. Click on the "Search" button.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center: Access New Correspondence in Workbench/View Correspondence</span></p><p>1. From the Patent Center Home Page select "Workbench" then select "View correspondence."</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters then click "Apply".</p><p>3. To filter for e-Office Action only, select Correspondence method, then ‘e-notifications "only".</p><p>4. Click on the "Filter" button.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events707Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-14T07:51:35-05:002023-02-14T07:51:35-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Security System (PASS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The OCIO will perform maintenance on PASS beginning at 10:30 p.m., Thursday, February 16 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, February 17 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, PASS will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 18 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p> • Private PAIR</p><p>Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p> </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events755Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-14T07:45:53-05:002023-02-14T07:45:53-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Generic e-Office Action notification</span></span></p><p></p><p>Beginning February 8, 2023 until further notice, a 'Generic e-Office Action' notice will be sent in lieu of the daily e-Office Action notification. The generic e-Office Action notice will not display detailed information of the new correspondence. The purpose is to inform users that new correspondence is available for download. Each day an e-Office Action notice was not delivered, a generic notification will be sent. Once the issue is resolved, the formal e-Office Action process will resume, all delayed e-notifications will be resent, and delivery of the Generic e-Office Action will cease.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action notification temporarily suspended due to technical issues</span></span></p><p>Beginning Friday, February 3, 2023, until further notice, e-Office Action notification is temporarily suspended. Participants can continue to access new correspondence in Private PAIR using View Outgoing Correspondence / View e-Office Action Notifications or Patent Center using Workbench/View Correspondence. We advise users to check this search daily until the problem is resolved. Once resolved, all delayed e-notifications will be resent and daily e-Office Action operations will resume.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private PAIR: Access New Correspondence in View Outgoing Correspondence or View e-Office Action Notifications</span></p><p>1. From the PAIR Main Search Screen, select ‘Search by Customer Number’ then select ‘View e-Office Action Notifications’ or select "View Outgoing" Correspondence.’</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters under each defined search</p><p>3. Select the Customer Number from the "Select Customer Number" dropdown list.</p><p>4. Click on the "Search" button.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center: Access New Correspondence in Workbench/View Correspondence</span></p><p>1. From the Patent Center Home Page select "Workbench" then select "View correspondence."</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters then click "Apply".</p><p>3. To filter for e-Office Action only, select Correspondence method, then ‘e-notifications "only".</p><p>4. Click on the "Filter" button.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events706Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-13T09:57:53-05:002023-02-13T09:57:53-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Application Security System (PASS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The OCIO will perform maintenance on PASS beginning at 10:30 p.m., Thursday, February 16 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, February 17 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, PASS will be unavailable.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events754Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-13T08:25:33-05:002023-02-13T08:25:33-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Generic e-Office Action notification</span></span></p><p></p><p>Beginning February 8, 2023 until further notice, a 'Generic e-Office Action' notice will be sent in lieu of the daily e-Office Action notification. The generic e-Office Action notice will not display detailed information of the new correspondence. The purpose is to inform users that new correspondence is available for download. Each day an e-Office Action notice was not delivered, a generic notification will be sent. Once the issue is resolved, the formal e-Office Action process will resume, all delayed e-notifications will be resent, and delivery of the Generic e-Office Action will cease.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action notification temporarily suspended due to technical issues</span></span></p><p>Beginning Friday, February 3, 2023, until further notice, e-Office Action notification is temporarily suspended. Participants can continue to access new correspondence in Private PAIR using View Outgoing Correspondence / View e-Office Action Notifications or Patent Center using Workbench/View Correspondence. We advise users to check this search daily until the problem is resolved. Once resolved, all delayed e-notifications will be resent and daily e-Office Action operations will resume.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private PAIR: Access New Correspondence in View Outgoing Correspondence or View e-Office Action Notifications</span></p><p>1. From the PAIR Main Search Screen, select ‘Search by Customer Number’ then select ‘View e-Office Action Notifications’ or select "View Outgoing" Correspondence.’</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters under each defined search</p><p>3. Select the Customer Number from the "Select Customer Number" dropdown list.</p><p>4. Click on the "Search" button.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center: Access New Correspondence in Workbench/View Correspondence</span></p><p>1. From the Patent Center Home Page select "Workbench" then select "View correspondence."</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters then click "Apply".</p><p>3. To filter for e-Office Action only, select Correspondence method, then ‘e-notifications "only".</p><p>4. Click on the "Filter" button.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events753Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-13T07:38:02-05:002023-02-13T07:38:02-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events705Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-13T07:36:50-05:002023-02-13T07:36:50-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events704Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-02-10T07:34:57-05:002023-02-10T07:35:06-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Examination System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Examination System from 10 p.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 10 ET.</p><p>The following systems may incur a brief outage during the maintenance:</p><p> • Trademark Examination</p><p> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> • Trademark Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG-IDM)</p><p>No user action is required. If you do experience an issue, please try clearing your browser cache (Ctrl-Shift-Del) prior to contacting the Service Desk.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 12 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events752Current EventsServiceDesk2023-02-10T07:33:55-05:002023-02-10T07:34:04-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Generic e-Office Action notification</span></span></p><p></p><p>Beginning February 8, 2023 until further notice, a 'Generic e-Office Action' notice will be sent in lieu of the daily e-Office Action notification. The generic e-Office Action notice will not display detailed information of the new correspondence. The purpose is to inform users that new correspondence is available for download. Each day an e-Office Action notice was not delivered, a generic notification will be sent. Once the issue is resolved, the formal e-Office Action process will resume, all delayed e-notifications will be resent, and delivery of the Generic e-Office Action will cease.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action notification temporarily suspended due to technical issues</span></span></p><p>Beginning Friday, February 3, 2023, until further notice, e-Office Action notification is temporarily suspended. Participants can continue to access new correspondence in Private PAIR using View Outgoing Correspondence / View e-Office Action Notifications or Patent Center using Workbench/View Correspondence. We advise users to check this search daily until the problem is resolved. Once resolved, all delayed e-notifications will be resent and daily e-Office Action operations will resume.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private PAIR: Access New Correspondence in View Outgoing Correspondence or View e-Office Action Notifications</span></p><p>1. From the PAIR Main Search Screen, select ‘Search by Customer Number’ then select ‘View e-Office Action Notifications’ or select "View Outgoing" Correspondence.’</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters under each defined search</p><p>3. Select the Customer Number from the "Select Customer Number" dropdown list.</p><p>4. Click on the "Search" button.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center: Access New Correspondence in Workbench/View Correspondence</span></p><p>1. From the Patent Center Home Page select "Workbench" then select "View correspondence."</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters then click "Apply".</p><p>3. To filter for e-Office Action only, select Correspondence method, then ‘e-notifications "only".</p><p>4. Click on the "Filter" button.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events703Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-09T08:07:01-05:002023-02-09T11:18:15-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">seqdata.uspto.gov Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on seqdata.uspo.gov beginning at 12 a.m., Thursday, February 9 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, February 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, seqdata.uspo.gov will be unavailable during that time period.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM-IDaaS) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a maintenance affecting multiple systems configured through ICAM-IDaaS from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Thursday, February 16 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the following systems may be affected:</p><p> • Admin Op</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • Big Data Reservoir Trademark Quality Review (BDR- TQR)</p><p> • Central Enterprise Data Repository (CEDR)</p><p> • COMET/DART (APEX)</p><p> • Core Financial System – Momentum</p><p> • Enterprise Budget Tools</p><p> • EFS-Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Processing</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • MyUSPTO (Account)</p><p> • OEMS NG AKA Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center Support Patent Service for Time and Routing (P-STAR)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)</p><p> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC)</p><p> • PE2E Bio-Sequence</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • TMNG Document Management Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p> • Trademark- e0G (TM- eOG)</p><p> • Trademark- Exam (TM Exam)</p><p> • Trademark-ID Manual (TM- IDM)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>There is no outage expected for any of the above applications, but it is possible.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Examination System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Examination System from 10 p.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 10 ET.</p><p>The following systems may incur a brief outage during the maintenance:</p><p> • Trademark Examination</p><p> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> • Trademark Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG-IDM)</p><p>No user action is required. If you do experience an issue, please try clearing your browser cache (Ctrl-Shift-Del) prior to contacting the Service Desk.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 12 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events751Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-09T08:05:55-05:002023-02-09T08:05:55-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Generic e-Office Action notification</span></span></p><p></p><p>Beginning February 8, 2023 until further notice, a 'Generic e-Office Action' notice will be sent in lieu of the daily e-Office Action notification. The generic e-Office Action notice will not display detailed information of the new correspondence. The purpose is to inform users that new correspondence is available for download. Each day an e-Office Action notice was not delivered, a generic notification will be sent. Once the issue is resolved, the formal e-Office Action process will resume, all delayed e-notifications will be resent, and delivery of the Generic e-Office Action will cease.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action notification temporarily suspended due to technical issues</span></span></p><p>Beginning Friday, February 3, 2023, until further notice, e-Office Action notification is temporarily suspended. Participants can continue to access new correspondence in Private PAIR using View Outgoing Correspondence / View e-Office Action Notifications or Patent Center using Workbench/View Correspondence. We advise users to check this search daily until the problem is resolved. Once resolved, all delayed e-notifications will be resent and daily e-Office Action operations will resume.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private PAIR: Access New Correspondence in View Outgoing Correspondence or View e-Office Action Notifications</span></p><p>1. From the PAIR Main Search Screen, select ‘Search by Customer Number’ then select ‘View e-Office Action Notifications’ or select "View Outgoing" Correspondence.’</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters under each defined search</p><p>3. Select the Customer Number from the "Select Customer Number" dropdown list.</p><p>4. Click on the "Search" button.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center: Access New Correspondence in Workbench/View Correspondence</span></p><p>1. From the Patent Center Home Page select "Workbench" then select "View correspondence."</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters then click "Apply".</p><p>3. To filter for e-Office Action only, select Correspondence method, then ‘e-notifications "only".</p><p>4. Click on the "Filter" button.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events702Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-08T14:59:04-05:002023-02-08T14:59:04-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Manuals Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting multiple manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 9 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be momentarily unavailable between 12:01 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. : </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">seqdata.uspto.gov Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on seqdata.uspo.gov beginning at 12 a.m., Thursday, February 9 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, February 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, seqdata.uspo.gov will be unavailable during that time period.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM-IDaaS) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a maintenance affecting multiple systems configured through ICAM-IDaaS from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Friday, February 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the following systems may be affected:</p><p> • Admin Op</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • Big Data Reservoir Trademark Quality Review (BDR- TQR)</p><p> • Central Enterprise Data Repository (CEDR)</p><p> • COMET/DART (APEX)</p><p> • Core Financial System – Momentum</p><p> • Enterprise Budget Tools</p><p> • EFS-Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Processing</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • MyUSPTO (Account)</p><p> • OEMS NG AKA Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center Support Patent Service for Time and Routing (P-STAR)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)</p><p> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC)</p><p> • PE2E Bio-Sequence</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • TMNG Document Management Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p> • Trademark- e0G (TM- eOG)</p><p> • Trademark- Exam (TM Exam)</p><p> • Trademark-ID Manual (TM- IDM)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>There is no outage expected for any of the above applications, but it is possible.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Examination System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Examination System from 10 p.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 10 ET.</p><p>The following systems may incur a brief outage during the maintenance:</p><p> • Trademark Examination</p><p> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> • Trademark Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG-IDM)</p><p> • TTAB EFOIA</p><p>No user action is required. If you do experience an issue, please try clearing your browser cache (Ctrl-Shift-Del) prior to contacting the Service Desk.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events750Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-08T14:55:41-05:002023-02-08T14:55:41-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Generic e-Office Action notification</b></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Beginning February 8, 2023 until further notice, a 'Generic e-Office Action' notice will be sent in lieu of the daily e-Office Action notification. The generic e-Office Action notice will not display detailed information of the new correspondence. The purpose is to inform users that new correspondence is available for download. Each day an e-Office Action notice was not delivered, a generic notification will be sent. Once the issue is resolved, the formal e-Office Action process will resume, all delayed e-notifications will be resent, and delivery of the Generic e-Office Action will cease.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action notification temporarily suspended due to technical issues</span></span></p><p>Beginning Friday, February 3, 2023, until further notice, e-Office Action notification is temporarily suspended. Participants can continue to access new correspondence in Private PAIR using View Outgoing Correspondence / View e-Office Action Notifications or Patent Center using Workbench/View Correspondence. We advise users to check this search daily until the problem is resolved. Once resolved, all delayed e-notifications will be resent and daily e-Office Action operations will resume.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private PAIR: Access New Correspondence in View Outgoing Correspondence or View e-Office Action Notifications</span></p><p>1. From the PAIR Main Search Screen, select ‘Search by Customer Number’ then select ‘View e-Office Action Notifications’ or select ‘View Outgoing Correspondence.’</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters under each defined search</p><p>3. Select the Customer Number from the ‘Select Customer Number’ dropdown list.</p><p>4. Click on the ‘Search’ button.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center: Access New Correspondence in Workbench/View Correspondence</span></p><p>1. From the Patent Center Home Page select ‘Workbench’ then select ‘View correspondence.’ </p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters then click ‘Apply’</p><p>3. To filter for e-Office Action only, select Correspondence method, then ‘e-notifications only’ </p><p>4. Click on the ‘Filter’ button</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events749Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-08T09:07:43-05:002023-02-08T09:28:30-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">e-Office Action notification temporarily suspended due to technical issues</span></b></p><p>Beginning Friday, February 3, 2023, until further notice, e-Office Action notification is temporarily suspended. Participants can continue to access new correspondence in Private PAIR using View Outgoing Correspondence / View e-Office Action Notifications or Patent Center using Workbench/View Correspondence. We advise users to check this search daily until the problem is resolved. Once resolved, all delayed e-notifications will be resent and daily e-Office Action operations will resume.</p><p><b>Private PAIR: Access New Correspondence in View Outgoing Correspondence or View e-Office Action Notifications</b></p><p>1. From the PAIR Main Search Screen, select ‘Search by Customer Number’ then select ‘View e-Office Action Notifications’ or select ‘View Outgoing Correspondence.’</p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters under each defined search</p><p>3. Select the Customer Number from the ‘Select Customer Number’ dropdown list.</p><p>4. Click on the ‘Search’ button.</p><p><b>Patent Center: Access New Correspondence in Workbench/View Correspondence</b></p><p>1. From the Patent Center Home Page select ‘Workbench’ then select ‘View correspondence.’ </p><p>2. Select the desired search parameters then click ‘Apply’</p><p>3. To filter for e-Office Action only, select Correspondence method, then ‘e-notifications only’ </p><p>4. Click on the ‘Filter’ button</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events748Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-08T07:30:19-05:002023-02-08T07:30:19-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Updated: Private PAIR e-Office Action delay</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">e-Office Action notifications from Friday February 3, 2023, to Tuesday, February 7, 2023, are delayed. USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the issue.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events701Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-08T00:00:00-05:002023-02-08T11:22:36-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">seqdata.uspto.gov Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on seqdata.uspo.gov beginning at 12 a.m., Thursday, February 9 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, February 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, seqdata.uspo.gov will be unavailable during that time period.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM-IDaaS) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a maintenance affecting multiple systems configured through ICAM-IDaaS from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Friday, February 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the following systems may be affected:</p><p> • Admin Op</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • Big Data Reservoir Trademark Quality Review (BDR- TQR)</p><p> • Central Enterprise Data Repository (CEDR)</p><p> • COMET/DART (APEX)</p><p> • Core Financial System – Momentum</p><p> • Enterprise Budget Tools</p><p> • EFS-Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Processing</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • MyUSPTO (Account)</p><p> • OEMS NG AKA Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center Support Patent Service for Time and Routing (P-STAR)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)</p><p> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC)</p><p> • PE2E Bio-Sequence</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • TMNG Document Management Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p> • Trademark- e0G (TM- eOG)</p><p> • Trademark- Exam (TM Exam)</p><p> • Trademark-ID Manual (TM- IDM)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>There is no outage expected for any of the above applications, but it is possible.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Examination System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Examination System from 10 p.m. until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 10 ET.</p><p>The following systems may incur a brief outage during the maintenance:</p><p> • Trademark Examination</p><p> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</p><p> • Trademark Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG-IDM)</p><p> • TTAB EFOIA</p><p>No user action is required. If you do experience an issue, please try clearing your browser cache (Ctrl-Shift-Del) prior to contacting the Service Desk.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events747Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-07T08:49:32-05:002023-02-07T08:49:32-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Updated: Private PAIR
e-Office Action delay</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">e-Office Action notifications from Friday February 3, 2023, to Tuesday, February 7, 2023, are delayed. USPTO Technical Teams are
working to resolve the issue.<o:p></o:p></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events700Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-07T07:45:08-05:002023-02-07T07:45:08-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM-IDaaS) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a maintenance affecting multiple systems configured through ICAM-IDaaS from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Friday, February 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the following systems may be affected:</p><p> • Admin Op</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • Big Data Reservoir Trademark Quality Review (BDR- TQR)</p><p> • Central Enterprise Data Repository (CEDR)</p><p> • COMET/DART (APEX)</p><p> • Core Financial System – Momentum</p><p> • Enterprise Budget Tools</p><p> • EFS-Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Processing</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • MyUSPTO (Account)</p><p> • OEMS NG AKA Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center Support Patent Service for Time and Routing (P-STAR)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)</p><p> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC)</p><p> • PE2E Bio-Sequence</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • TMNG Document Management Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p> • Trademark- e0G (TM- eOG)</p><p> • Trademark- Exam (TM Exam)</p><p> • Trademark-ID Manual (TM- IDM)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>There is no outage expected for any of the above applications, but it is possible.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events746Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-07T07:44:27-05:002023-02-07T07:44:27-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private PAIR e-Office Action delay</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">e-Office Action notifications from Friday, February 3 and Monday, February 6, 2023, are delayed. USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the issue.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events744Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-06T08:36:56-05:002023-02-06T08:36:56-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private PAIR e-Office Action delay</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">e-Office Action notifications from Friday, February 3 and
Monday, February 6, 2023 are delayed. USPTO Technical Teams are working to
resolve the issue.<o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events699Planned Events Service Desk Branch2023-02-06T08:30:43-05:002023-02-06T08:30:52-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM-IDaaS) Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a maintenance affecting multiple systems configured through ICAM-IDaaS from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Friday, February 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the following systems may be affected:</p><p> • Admin Op</p><p> • API Key Manager</p><p> • Big Data Reservoir Trademark Quality Review (BDR- TQR)</p><p> • Central Enterprise Data Repository (CEDR)</p><p> • COMET/DART (APEX)</p><p> • Core Financial System – Momentum</p><p> • Enterprise Budget Tools</p><p> • EFS-Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p> • Fee Processing</p><p> • MyUSPTO</p><p> • MyUSPTO (Account)</p><p> • OEMS NG AKA Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p> • Patent Center Support Patent Service for Time and Routing (P-STAR)</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)</p><p> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC)</p><p> • PE2E Bio-Sequence</p><p> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p> • TMNG Document Management Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> •Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p> • Trademark- e0G (TM- eOG)</p><p> • Trademark- Exam (TM Exam)</p><p> • Trademark-ID Manual (TM- IDM)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p>There is no outage expected for any of the above applications, but it is possible.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events743Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-06T08:28:52-05:002023-02-06T08:29:02-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">There are no current
events at this time. </span><o:p></o:p></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events745Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-04T08:35:27-05:002023-02-04T08:36:40-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">The
USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. on </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Saturday, February 4 ET.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">During
the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events742Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-03T07:31:48-05:002023-02-03T07:31:48-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events698Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-03T07:30:26-05:002023-02-03T18:16:40-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:3"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#201F1E">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)
Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the maintenance period, P-TACTS (internal
& external) will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E">alternate filing method</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Questions?
Contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#323130">.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on
Wednesday, February 1 ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">During
the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private
PAIR and Patent Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Users
should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30
a.m. on Wednesday, February 1 ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">During
the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Users
should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until
5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">During
this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new
applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Patent Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12:01 until 1 a.m. on
Thursday, February 2 ET. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only
external users will be affected by this maintenance. External users will
not be able to access any GW/Okta protected endpoints.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">During
the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
API Key Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
MyUSPTO<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Patent Center (eMOD)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> •
Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patent Customers:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new
applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371,
via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">PTAB Customers:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trademark Customers:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">TTAB Customers: </span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">The
USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. on </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Saturday, February 4 ET.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">During
the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#222222">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">The USPTO will be
performing maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Saturday, February
4 ET. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only
external users will be affected by this maintenance. External users will
not be able to access any Okta protected endpoints.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">During
this time, the following systems will be unavailable:</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">API Key Manager</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">EFS Web (Electronic Filing
System-Web)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">MyUSPTO</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Office of Enrollment and
Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</span><span style="font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Patent Center (eMOD)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Private PAIR (Patent
Application Information Retrieval )</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Patent Trial and Appeal Case
Tracking System (PTACTS)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trademark Electronic
Application System - (TEASi)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trademark Electronic
Application System (TEAS)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trademark Electronic
Application System (TEAS-Media)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trademark Status Document
Retrieval (TSDR) API</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trademark ID Manual
(TM- IDM)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:top"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Action Required:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patent
Customers:</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">During
the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for
National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank" title="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">alternative filing method</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">
</p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:top;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">TTAB Customers: Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a>
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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events697Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-02-02T07:30:29-05:002023-02-02T07:30:37-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark System Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited capability</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><font color="#222222">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on </font><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Saturday, February 4 ET.</span><font color="#222222"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET.</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on AOTW from 9 a.m. until to 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance, AOTW will not be available.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, TDA will be unavailable.</font></p><h3 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></span><o:p></o:p></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">800-786-9199 (toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">571-272-1000 (local)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">800-877-8339 (TTY) <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers: </span>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 Case Tracking System,(P-TACTS) you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) system from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, GD-PAD and OPD application may be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p><div><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><br></font></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events741Current EventsServiceDesk2023-02-02T07:29:03-05:002023-02-02T07:29:13-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events740Current EventsServiceDesk2023-02-02T07:28:56-05:002023-02-02T07:29:05-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events696Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-01T13:45:00-05:002023-02-01T13:50:24-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12:01 until 1 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Only external users will be affected by this maintenance. External users will not be able to access any GW/Okta protected endpoints.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • API Key Manager</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • MyUSPTO</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">PTAB Customers:</span></b><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><font color="#222222"> 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 </font><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">P-TACTS</span><font color="#222222"> system, you may use an alternative filing
method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: </font></span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 118, 163); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</span></b></a><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><font color="#222222"> and see A2 for
information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or
document filing using </font><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">P-TACTS</span><font color="#222222"> 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 </font></span><a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 118, 163); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Trials@uspto.gov</span></b></a><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark
Customers: </span></b>Please
try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact
the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/" style="">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited capability</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><font color="#222222">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on </font><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Saturday, February 4 ET.</span><font color="#222222"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET.</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The beginning night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">• The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on AOTW from 9 a.m. until to 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 ET. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance, AOTW will not be available.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trilateral Dossier Access (TDA) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TDA systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, TDA will be unavailable.</font></p><h3><strong><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Fee Processing Next
Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will
not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, February 4
ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts
will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Office
of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Certified
Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these
payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity
has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are
available:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents
during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management
system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone
numbers: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">800-786-9199
(toll-free) <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">571-272-1000
(local)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">800-877-8339
(TTY) <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and
USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>PTAB Customers: </b>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 Case Tracking System,(P-TACTS) you may use an
alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and
see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB
Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style="">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) system from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, GD-PAD and OPD application may be unavailable.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 5 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><br></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events739Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-02-01T07:36:38-05:002023-02-01T07:36:38-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events695Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-31T07:59:58-05:002023-01-31T07:59:58-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12:01 until 1 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Only external users will be affected by this maintenance. External users will not be able to access any GW/Okta protected endpoints.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • API Key Manager</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • MyUSPTO</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Friday, February 3 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available but with limited capability</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><font color="#222222">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on </font><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Saturday, February 4 ET.</span><font color="#222222"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events738Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-31T07:54:41-05:002023-01-31T07:54:41-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events694Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-30T11:55:36-05:002023-01-30T12:01:22-05:00<h3 style="margin: auto; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance</span></strong></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">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.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, P-TACTS (internal & external) will be unavailable.<br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E" style="">alternate filing method</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Questions? Contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" style="">Trials@uspto.gov</a><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems from 12:01 until 1 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Only external users will be affected by this maintenance. External users will not be able to access any GW/Okta protected endpoints.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • API Key Manager</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • MyUSPTO</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center (eMOD)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web Unregistered.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">alternative filing method</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>TTAB Customers: </b>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><font color="#222222">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on </font><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Saturday, February 4 ET.</span><font color="#222222"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events737Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-30T07:38:16-05:002023-01-30T07:38:16-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; font-size: 18px;">Delays in Submission Availability in Patent Center, EFS Web and IFW</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Submissions filed via EFS Web and Patent Center are currently experiencing a delay in processing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Users should allow 24 hours for their submissions to become available.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events736Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-27T07:32:40-05:002023-01-27T07:32:40-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; font-size: 18px;">Delays in Submission Availability in Patent Center, EFS Web and IFW</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Submissions filed via EFS Web and Patent Center are currently experiencing a delay in processing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Users should allow 24 hours for their submissions to become available.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events693Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-27T00:00:00-05:002023-01-27T07:41:26-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the ESTTA system from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Saturday, January 28 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ESTTA will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform an upgrade on the EPAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on January 28 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, the EPAS product will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR) and Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR and EFS-Web from 1 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, January 28 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR and EFS-Web will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 29 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 2 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><font color="#222222">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on </font><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Saturday, February 4 ET.</span><font color="#222222"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events735Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-26T14:40:51-05:002023-01-26T14:42:50-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; font-size: 18px;">Delays
in Submission Availability in Patent Center, EFS Web and IFW</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Submissions filed via EFS Web and Patent Center are currently
experiencing a delay in processing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Users should allow 24 hours for their submissions to become
available.<font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events692Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-26T07:28:19-05:002023-01-26T16:22:42-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Due to system maintenance of the USPTO network, fee payment processing will experience an outage from 12:45 a.m. until 1:45 a.m. on Friday, January 27 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">571-272-1000 (local)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p class="MsoNormal">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the ESTTA system from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Saturday, January 28 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ESTTA will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform an upgrade on the EPAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on January 28 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, the EPAS product will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR) and Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR and EFS-Web from 1 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, January 28 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR and EFS-Web will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 29 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#222222;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application
System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><font color="#222222">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on </font><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Saturday,
February 4 ET.</span><font color="#222222"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
color:#222222">During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be
unavailable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events734Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-25T07:40:13-05:002023-01-25T07:40:13-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events691Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-25T00:00:00-05:002023-01-25T11:59:52-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment processing Maintenance</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to system maintenance of the USPTO network, fee payment processing will experience an outage from 12:45 a.m. until 1:45 a.m. on Friday, January 27 ET. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage. </a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">571-272-1000 (local)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span><span style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at </span><a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>TTAB Customers: </b>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 28 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the ESTTA system from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Saturday, January 28 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ESTTA will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will perform an upgrade on the EPAS system from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on January 28 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, the EPAS product will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 29 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events690Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-24T07:40:14-05:002023-01-24T07:40:14-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 28 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events733Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-24T07:38:30-05:002023-01-24T07:38:30-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events689Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-23T07:40:41-05:002023-01-23T07:40:41-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 28 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events732Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-23T07:39:35-05:002023-01-23T07:39:35-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events688Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-20T07:54:23-05:002023-01-20T07:54:23-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two consecutive nights:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">PTONet Network Switch Code Upgrade </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a perimeter network switch code upgrade in the ITE data center from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following component services will not be available:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following component services will not be available:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ODEIS - Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, services will not be available for the following systems:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">X-Search</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System TM-TESS Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 28 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.</p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events731Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-20T07:47:28-05:002023-01-20T07:47:28-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events687Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-19T11:55:00-05:002023-01-19T12:17:53-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two consecutive nights:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">PTONet Network Switch Code Upgrade </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a perimeter network switch code upgrade in the ITE data center from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following component services will not be available:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following component services will not be available:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ODEIS - Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, services will not be available for the following systems:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">X-Search</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System TM-TESS Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application
System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform
maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,
January 28 ET.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During the maintenance period,
TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events730Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-19T07:35:39-05:002023-01-19T07:35:39-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events686Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-01-18T07:32:11-05:002023-01-18T07:46:35-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket Application Viewer (DAV) Migration</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas in two parts:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Part 3A</span> beginning at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 17 and ending at 3 p.m., Tuesday, January 17 ET</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: DAV will be available during the migration window</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Part 4</span> beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, January 21 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window. During the migration, OC users will not be able to post for credit, approve, return, or submit office actions.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two consecutive nights:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">PTONet Network Switch Code Upgrade </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a perimeter network switch code upgrade in the ITE data center from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following component services will not be available:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following component services will not be available:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals </li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">ODEIS - Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, services will not be available for the following systems:</p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">X-Search</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System TM-TESS Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events729Current EventsServiceDesk2023-01-18T07:30:50-05:002023-01-18T07:30:59-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events685Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-17T07:59:15-05:002023-01-17T09:01:09-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket Application Viewer (DAV) Migration</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas in two parts:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Part 3A</span> beginning at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 17 and ending at 3 p.m., Tuesday, January 17 ET</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: DAV will be available during the migration window</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Part 4</span> beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, January 21 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window. During the migration, OC users will not be able to post for credit, approve, return, or submit office actions.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Tuesday, January 17 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, users should not experience any disruption of service.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Public browser users will be required to refresh their browsers to to get the latest changes in PEDS user interface.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two consecutive nights:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The first night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • The final night of maintenance will be from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance impacting several manuals from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 12 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">PTONet Network Switch Code Upgrade </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a perimeter network switch code upgrade in the ITE data center from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Patent Center</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events728Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-17T07:57:58-05:002023-01-17T07:57:58-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events684Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-13T07:59:52-05:002023-01-13T07:59:52-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 14 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 15 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket Application Viewer (DAV) Migration</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas in two parts:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Part 3A</span> beginning at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 17 and ending at 3 p.m., Tuesday, January 17 ET</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: DAV will be available during the migration window</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Part 4</span> beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, January 21 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window. During the migration, OC users will not be able to post for credit, approve, return, or submit office actions.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Tuesday, January 17 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, users should not experience any disruption of service.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Public browser users will be required to refresh their browsers to to get the latest changes in PEDS user interface.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events727Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-13T07:55:51-05:002023-01-13T07:55:51-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events726Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-12T07:39:29-05:002023-01-12T07:39:29-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events682Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-12T07:38:52-05:002023-01-12T07:41:54-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment processing Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Due to system maintenance of the USPTO network, fee payment processing will experience an outage from 12a.m. until 2 a.m. on Friday, January 13 ET. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Patent Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"> : For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</span></span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">571-272-1000 (local)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">800-877-8339 (TTY) <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">P-TACTS Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions </span></span></a>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br>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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">Trials@uspto.gov</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark Customers: </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></span></a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">TTAB Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);"> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</span></span></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</span></span></a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 14 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 15 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket Application Viewer (DAV) Migration</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas in two parts:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <b>Part 3A</b> beginning at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 17 and ending at 3 p.m., Tuesday, January 17 ET</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: DAV will be available during the migration window</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <b>Part 4</b> beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, January 21 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window. During the migration, OC users will not be able to post for credit, approve, return, or submit office actions.</p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events683Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-12T00:00:00-05:002023-01-12T13:18:11-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment processing Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to system maintenance of the USPTO network, fee payment processing will experience an outage from 12a.m. until 2 a.m. on Friday, January 13 ET. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Patent Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> : For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151); font-size: 14px;">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">571-272-1000 (local)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">P-TACTS Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> 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: </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151); font-size: 14px;">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 </span><a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151); font-size: 14px;">Trials@uspto.gov</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 14px;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark Customers: </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at </span><a href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151); font-size: 14px;">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> .</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">TTAB Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page:</span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151); font-size: 14px;"> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> 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 </span><a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151); font-size: 14px;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Patent Global Dossier Cloud </span></b><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Deployment</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will deploy changes to SDWP microservice on Global Dossier (GD) from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, January 13 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the deployment period, </span></font><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Global Dossier (GD)</span><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"> will be unavailable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 14 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 15 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket Application Viewer (DAV) Migration</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas in two parts:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Part 3A</span> beginning at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 17 and ending at 3 p.m., Tuesday, January 17 ET</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: DAV will be available during the migration window</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Part 4</span> beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, January 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, January 21 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window. During the migration, OC users will not be able to post for credit, approve, return, or submit office actions.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events681Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-01-11T10:10:17-05:002023-01-11T14:28:34-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment processing Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Due to system maintenance of the USPTO network, fee payment processing will experience an outage from 12a.m. until 2 a.m. on Friday, January 13 ET. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Patent Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"> : For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</span></span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">571-272-1000 (local)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">800-877-8339 (TTY) <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">P-TACTS Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions </span></span></a>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br>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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">Trials@uspto.gov</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Trademark Customers: </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></span></a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">TTAB Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);"> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</span></span></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</span></span></a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 14 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent
Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO will perform
maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January
15 ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During this maintenance
period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be
generated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Applicants may file
submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those
documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent
Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events725Current EventsServiceDesk2023-01-11T07:59:28-05:002023-01-11T07:59:38-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events680Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-10T13:30:00-05:002023-01-10T13:31:23-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Fee
Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment processing Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">Due to system maintenance of
the USPTO network, fee payment processing will experience an outage from 12a.m.
until 2 a.m. on Friday, January 13 ET. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">During the maintenance period,
the following storefronts will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Electronic
Filing System (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Patent
Center<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Patent
Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Patent
Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Trademark
Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Office
of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Electronic
Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Certified
Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">If you are unable to wait
until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative
options are available:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">Patent Customers:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"> :
For more information about filing documents during an outage, please
visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><b><span style="color:#004C97">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</span></b></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">If you require assistance with
the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact
Center via the following telephone numbers: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">800-786-9199
(toll-free) <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">571-272-1000
(local)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">800-877-8339
(TTY) <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">Support for the online fee
payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through
Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">P-TACTS Customers:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><b><span style="color:#004C97">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions </span></b></a>and
see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br>
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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><b><span style="color:#004C97">Trials@uspto.gov</span></b></a><b>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">Trademark Customers: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">Please
try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact
the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://uspto.gov/"><b><span style="color:#004C97">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></b></a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">TTAB Customers:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"> Please
visit the TTAB Outage Page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><b><span style="color:#004C97"> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</span></b></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><b><span style="color:#004C97">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</span></b></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events724Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-10T07:42:38-05:002023-01-10T07:42:38-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events679Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-09T07:37:40-05:002023-01-09T07:37:40-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events723Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-09T07:35:32-05:002023-01-09T07:35:32-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events678Planned EventsServiceDesk2023-01-06T07:51:28-05:002023-01-06T09:07:49-05:00<div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS beginning at 8 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday, January 6 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</div><div><br></div><div> • Patent Practitioner Search</div><div> • Registered Practitioner Portal</div><div> • Exam Applicant Portal</div><div><br></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, January 7 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">571-272-1000 (local)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<font color="#323130" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 7 and ending at 9 a.m. Saturday, January 7 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </div><div><br></div><div> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</div><div><br></div><div>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></div><div><br></div><div>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 8 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</div><div><br></div><div>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated.<br></div><div>Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Maintenance </span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PPUBS from 10 p.m. until 11 p.m. on Sunday, January 8 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this deployment period, PPUBs will be unavailable.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Monday, January 9 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be impacted:</div><div><br></div><ul><li><b>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</b> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette</a> webpage. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </li><li><b>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM) </b>will not be available.</li><li><b>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </b>initial application forms will not be available.</li><li><b>TTAB Reading Room</b> will not be available.</li><li><b>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</b> will be unavailable. </li></ul><div>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</div><div><br></div><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li></ul></div></div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events722Current EventsServiceDesk2023-01-06T07:48:33-05:002023-01-06T07:48:42-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Unavailability</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance, P-TACTS will be unavailable for a few hours. <br class="Apple-interchange-newline">We are expecting P-TACTS to be available by 12 p.m., Thursday, January 5 ET.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events677Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-05T13:12:54-05:002023-01-05T13:12:54-05:00<div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS beginning at 8 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday, January 6 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</div><div><br></div><div> • Patent Practitioner Search</div><div> • Registered Practitioner Portal</div><div> • Exam Applicant Portal</div><div><br></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, January 7 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">571-272-1000 (local)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<font color="#323130" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 7 and ending at 9 a.m. Saturday, January 7 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </div><div><br></div><div> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</div><div><br></div><div>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></div><div><br></div><div>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 8 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</div><div><br></div><div>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated.<br></div><div>Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Maintenance </span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PPUBS from 10 p.m. until 11 p.m. on Sunday, January 8 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this deployment period, PPUBs will be unavailable.</div></div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events721Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-05T10:55:38-05:002023-01-05T10:57:12-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent
Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Unavailability</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Due to system maintenance,
P-TACTS will be unavailable for a few hours. <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">We are expecting P-TACTS to be available by 12 p.m., Thursday, January 5 ET.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events676Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-05T07:48:57-05:002023-01-05T07:48:57-05:00<div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS beginning at 8 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday, January 6 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</div><div><br></div><div> • Patent Practitioner Search</div><div> • Registered Practitioner Portal</div><div> • Exam Applicant Portal</div><div><br></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><p class="MsoNormal">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, January 7 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">571-272-1000 (local)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTACTS Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<font color="#323130" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 7 and ending at 9 a.m. Saturday, January 7 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </div><div><br></div><div> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</div><div><br></div><div>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></div><div><br></div><div>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 8 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</div><div><br></div><div>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated.<br></div><div>Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events675Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-04T15:05:40-05:002023-01-04T15:06:42-05:00<div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 5 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be impacted:</div><div><br></div><div> •<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</span> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</span> will not be available.</div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span> initial application forms will not be available.</div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Reading Room</span> will not be available.</div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span> will be unavailable. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</div><div><br></div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS beginning at 8 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday, January 6 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</div><div><br></div><div> • Patent Practitioner Search</div><div> • Registered Practitioner Portal</div><div> • Exam Applicant Portal</div><div><br></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee
Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal">Due
to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be
accepted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, January 7 ET. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During
the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to
accept credit/debit card payments:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web
Contingency)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International
(TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface
(OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">Customers
with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer
(EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during
the maintenance window.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If
you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay
a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents
during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment
management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following
telephone numbers: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">571-272-1000 (local)</span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and
USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
ET (except federal holidays).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PTACTS
Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Trademark
Customers:</b> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>TTAB
Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style="">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a>
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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<font color="#323130" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 7 and ending at 9 a.m. Saturday, January 7 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </div><div><br></div><div> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</div><div><br></div><div>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></div><div><br></div><div>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 8 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</div><div><br></div><div>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated.<br></div><div>Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br></div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events720Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-04T07:36:28-05:002023-01-04T07:36:28-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events674Planned EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-03T08:00:03-05:002023-01-03T08:00:03-05:00<div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 5 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be impacted:</div><div><br></div><div> •<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</span> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</span> will not be available.</div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span> initial application forms will not be available.</div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Reading Room</span> will not be available.</div><div> • <span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span> will be available, but all documents may not be viewable. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</div><div><br></div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS beginning at 8 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday, January 6 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</div><div><br></div><div> • Patent Practitioner Search</div><div> • Registered Practitioner Portal</div><div> • Exam Applicant Portal</div></div><div><br></div></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 7 and ending at 9 a.m. Saturday, January 7 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </div><div><br></div><div> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</div><div><br></div><div>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></div><div><br></div><div>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events719Current EventsService Desk Branch2023-01-03T07:51:38-05:002023-01-03T07:51:38-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events718Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-30T07:47:22-05:002022-12-30T07:47:22-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events673Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-30T07:46:48-05:002022-12-30T07:57:16-05:00<div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><div>The TEAS System will be unavailable due to system maintenance from midnight until 1 a.m. on Sunday, January 1 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>Updates will be made to the ID manual to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-updates-and-announcements/nice-agreement-current-edition-version-general-remarks" target="_blank">Nice Agreement Eleventh Edition</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Identifications of goods and services may be outdated on January 1. Please file saved and e-signature initial application forms by 11:59 p.m., Saturday, December 31 ET.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 5 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be impacted:</div><div><br></div><div> •<b> Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</b> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </div><div> • <b>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</b> will not be available.</div><div> • <b>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</b> initial application forms will not be available.</div><div> • <b>TTAB Reading Room</b> will not be available.</div><div> • <b>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</b> will be available, but all documents may not be viewable. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</div><div><br></div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div><br></div></div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 7 and ending at 9 a.m. Saturday, January 7 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </div><div><br></div><div> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</div><div><br></div><div>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers: </span></div><div><br></div><div>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></div><div><br></div><div>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events672Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-29T08:15:24-05:002022-12-29T13:53:16-05:00<div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><div>The TEAS System will be unavailable due to system maintenance from midnight until 1 a.m. on Sunday, January 1 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>Updates will be made to the ID manual to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-updates-and-announcements/nice-agreement-current-edition-version-general-remarks" target="_blank">Nice Agreement Eleventh Edition</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Identifications of goods and services may be outdated on January 1. Please file saved and e-signature initial application forms by 11:59 p.m., Saturday, December 31 ET.</div><div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Systems Maintenance </span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, January 7 and ending at 9 a.m. Saturday, January 7 ET. </div><div>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </div><div><br></div><div> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</div><div> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</div><div><br></div><div>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Patent Customers: </b></div><div><br></div><div>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov. </div><div><br></div><div><b>P-TACTS Customers</b></div><div><br></div><div>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email atTrials@uspto.gov.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Trademark Customers:</b></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><b>TTAB Customers:</b></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div></div></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events717Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-29T08:13:48-05:002022-12-29T08:13:48-05:00<p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Updated: Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The previously reported issue for Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab has been resolved.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">For Private PAIR, the previously reported Image File Wrapper tab issue has been resolved for Chrome and Edge browsers. Private PAIR customers using Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari browsers can use either Patent Center or Chrome/Edge browsers as alternatives while the USPTO continues to resolve the issue. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events671Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-28T07:40:20-05:002022-12-28T07:40:20-05:00<div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><div>The TEAS System will be unavailable due to system maintenance from midnight until 1 a.m. on Sunday, January 1 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>Updates will be made to the ID manual to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-updates-and-announcements/nice-agreement-current-edition-version-general-remarks" target="_blank">Nice Agreement Eleventh Edition</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Identifications of goods and services may be outdated on January 1. Please file saved and e-signature initial application forms by 11:59 p.m., Saturday, December 31 ET.</div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events716Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-28T07:39:32-05:002022-12-28T07:39:32-05:00<p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Updated: Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The previously reported issue for Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab has been resolved.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">For Private PAIR, the previously reported Image File Wrapper tab issue has been resolved for Chrome and Edge browsers. Private PAIR customers using Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari browsers can use either Patent Center or Chrome/Edge browsers as alternatives while the USPTO continues to resolve the issue. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events715Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-27T11:23:57-05:002022-12-27T11:23:57-05:00<p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Updated: Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The previously reported issue for Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab has been resolved.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">For Private PAIR, the previously reported Image File Wrapper tab issue has been resolved for Chrome and Edge browsers. Private PAIR customers using Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari browsers can use either Patent Center or Chrome/Edge browsers as alternatives while the USPTO continues to resolve the issue. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events670Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-27T07:36:21-05:002022-12-27T07:36:22-05:00<div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><div>The TEAS System will be unavailable due to system maintenance from midnight until 1 a.m. on Sunday, January 1 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>Updates will be made to the ID manual to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-updates-and-announcements/nice-agreement-current-edition-version-general-remarks" target="_blank">Nice Agreement Eleventh Edition</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Identifications of goods and services may be outdated on January 1. Please file saved and e-signature initial application forms by 11:59 p.m., Saturday, December 31 ET.</div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events713Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-27T07:35:34-05:002022-12-27T07:35:34-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span></span></p><p>Patent Center and Private-PAIR are currently experiencing technical difficulties which is preventing users from accessing their documents in Private-PAIR’s Image File Wrapper or Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions link. The USPTO is aware of these issues and is working diligently to resolve it. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events714Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-27T00:00:00-05:002022-12-27T11:07:49-05:00<p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Updated: Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The previously reported issue for Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions tab has been resolved.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">For Private PAIR, the previously reported Image File Wrapper tab issue has been resolved for Chrome and Edge browsers. Private PAIR customers using Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari browsers can use either Patent Center or Chrome/Edge browsers as alternatives while the USPTO continues to resolve the issue. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events712Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-23T15:25:46-05:002022-12-23T15:25:46-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span></span></p><p>Patent Center and Private-PAIR are currently experiencing technical difficulties which is preventing users from accessing their documents in Private-PAIR’s Image File Wrapper or Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions link. The USPTO is aware of these issues and is working diligently to resolve it. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events711Current EventsServiceDesk2022-12-23T13:35:49-05:002022-12-23T13:35:59-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span></span></p><p>Patent Center and Private-PAIR are currently experiencing technical difficulties which is preventing users from accessing their documents in Private-PAIR’s Image File Wrapper or Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions link. The USPTO is aware of these issues and is working diligently to resolve it. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events710Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-23T08:13:10-05:002022-12-23T08:13:10-05:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span></b></p><p>Patent Center and Private-PAIR are currently experiencing technical difficulties which is preventing users from accessing their documents in Private-PAIR’s Image File Wrapper or Patent Center’s Documents and Transactions link. The USPTO is aware of these issues and is working diligently to resolve it. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events669Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-23T07:48:07-05:002022-12-23T07:48:07-05:00<p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Saturday, December 24 ET.</span></font></p><p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></font></p><p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</span></font></p><div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><div>The TEAS System will be unavailable due to system maintenance from midnight until 1 a.m. on Sunday, January 1 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>Updates will be made to the ID manual to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-updates-and-announcements/nice-agreement-current-edition-version-general-remarks" target="_blank">Nice Agreement Eleventh Edition</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Identifications of goods and services may be outdated on January 1. Please file saved and e-signature initial application forms by 11:59 p.m., Saturday, December 31 ET.</div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events709Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-23T07:44:12-05:002022-12-23T07:44:12-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events708Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-22T09:50:30-05:002022-12-22T17:38:43-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">There are no current events at this time.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events668Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-22T07:46:55-05:002022-12-22T07:46:55-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday, December 22 ET.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">During the maintenance period, users may not experience any disruption of service. However, the public browser users will be required to refresh their browsers to get the latest changes in PEDS user interface.</span></p><p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></font></p><p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Saturday, December 24 ET.</span></font></p><p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></font></p><p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</span></font></p><div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><div>The TEAS System will be unavailable due to system maintenance from midnight until 1 a.m. on Sunday, January 1 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>Updates will be made to the ID manual to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-updates-and-announcements/nice-agreement-current-edition-version-general-remarks" target="_blank">Nice Agreement Eleventh Edition</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Identifications of goods and services may be outdated on January 1. Please file saved and e-signature initial application forms by 11:59 p.m., Saturday, December 31 ET.</div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events707Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-22T07:45:35-05:002022-12-22T07:45:35-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events706Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-21T14:11:25-05:002022-12-21T14:11:25-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events667Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-21T12:10:28-05:002022-12-21T13:42:37-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday, December 22 ET.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">During the maintenance period, users may not experience any disruption of service. However, the public browser users will be required to refresh their browsers to get the latest changes in PEDS user interface.</span></p><p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 12:01 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Saturday, December 24 ET.</span></font></p><p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></font></p><p><font face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</span></font></p><div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</b></span></div><div><div>The TEAS System will be unavailable due to system maintenance from midnight until 1 a.m. on Sunday, January 1 ET. </div><div><br></div><div>Updates will be made to the ID manual to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-updates-and-announcements/nice-agreement-current-edition-version-general-remarks" target="_blank">Nice Agreement Eleventh Edition</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>Identifications of goods and services may be outdated on January 1. Please file saved and e-signature initial application forms by 11:59 p.m., Saturday, December 31 ET.</div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events705Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-21T11:15:18-05:002022-12-21T11:17:33-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) issues</b></span></p><p>The Patent Center and Private-PAIR are currently experiencing technical difficulties which is causing slowness.</p><p>Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for an alternative filing method. 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<a href="http://ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank"> ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events704Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-20T07:29:36-05:002022-12-20T07:29:36-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events666Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-20T07:28:44-05:002022-12-20T15:39:36-05:00<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Patent
Global Dossier (GD) Maintenance</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
color:#323130"><span style="font-size: 14px;">T</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">he USPTO will perform maintenance on the </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Global Dossier</span><span style="color:#323130"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> system beginning at 10 p.m., Tuesday, December 20 and
ending at 2 a.m., Wednesday, December 21 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style="font-size: 14px;">
</span><p><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">During the maintenance period, P-GD-PAD and One Portal
Dossier (OPD) users may experience temporary disruption of service.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 21 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</span></p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><br>Multiple Systems
Maintenance</span></strong><p></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The USPTO will be performing maintenance from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Wednesday,
December 21 ET. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">External users will not be
able to access any Okta protected endpoints.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">During this
time, the following systems will be unavailable:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">API Key Manager<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS -
CI)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Patent Center (eMOD)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval )<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Patent
Customers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">During the
maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National
Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank" title="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered">EFS-Web Unregistered</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">If you need
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submission to an existing application during the maintenance period, please use
the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">alternative filing method</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">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
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System, you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ
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maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by
email at <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
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Customers: Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a>
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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Patent Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday, December 22 ET.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">During the maintenance period, users may not experience any disruption of service. However, the public browser users will be required to refresh their browsers to get the latest changes in PEDS user interface.</span></p></span>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events665Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-19T14:27:58-05:002022-12-19T14:28:26-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Public Search (PPUBs) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will deploy improvements to PPUBs from 10 p.m. until 11 p.m. on Monday, December 19 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this deployment period, PPUBs will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Application Security System (PASS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PASS beginning at 10 p.m., Monday, December 19 and ending at 5 a.m., Tuesday, December 20 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, PASS will be unavailable.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 21 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Patent
Examination Data System (PEDS) Maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">The
USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Thursday, December 22 ET.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">During the maintenance period, users may not
experience any disruption of service. However, the public browser users will be
required to refresh their browsers to get the latest changes in PEDS user
interface.</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events703Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-19T07:41:39-05:002022-12-19T07:41:39-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events702Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-16T15:50:00-05:002022-12-16T17:52:41-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Resolved: Patent Center, Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web), and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The previously reported issue which impacted Patent Center, EFS-Web and Private-PAIR has been resolved. If you are still experiencing the issue or 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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Fee Payment Processing Outage- RESOLVED (as of 1:55pm ET, Dec 16)</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO intermittent network slowness/latency which was causing overall system slowness for fees.uspto.gov has been resolved as of 1:55pm, Friday, December 16th ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-eOG) and Trademark ID Manual (IDM)</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO is experiencing some intermittent network slowness/latency which is causing overall system slowness for TM-eOG and IDM as of 9:15 am., Friday, December 16 ET. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The issue has been resolved as of 1:45 ET, and our staff continues to monitor. </span><b> </b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Public Facing Systems Impact</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">The USPTO is currently experiencing significantly degraded performance in a critical component used for public filings and fee payments. This issue affects all public access to USPTO public-facing systems. Technical teams are assessing the outage and will provide additional information as warranted.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Below Public facing Systems are currently impacted:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MyUSPTO</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MyUSPTO Account</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS-CI)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Center</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Private PAIR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application Systems (TEAS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application Systems International (TEASi)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark- e0G (TM-EOG)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark-ID Manual (TM-IDM)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR-API)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi Issues </span></span><br></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with TEAS and TEASi, you may be unable to submit forms or pay fees. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><p>If your deadline is today and this technical issue is preventing you from filing your documents using TEAS or TEASi, you should fax your documents to the Petitions Office using the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Coversheet-Fax-to-Request-Acceptance-of-a-Paper-Submission.pdf" target="_blank"> fax coversheet</a> at 571-273-8950. </p><p><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage#fax" target="_blank">Detailed instructions on faxing documents</a> are available on our outages page. Send any questions to <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events700Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-16T13:11:05-05:002022-12-16T13:13:13-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent
Center, Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web), and Private Patent Application
Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties
which are causing overall system slowness and access issues for Patent Center,
EFS-Web and Private-PAIR. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Please refer to our <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="color:#0066CC">Filing Documents during an Outage page</span></a></span>
for an alternative filing method. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi Issues </span></b><br></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with TEAS and TEASi, you may be unable to submit forms or pay fees. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><p>If your deadline is today and this technical issue is preventing you from filing your documents using TEAS or TEASi, you should fax your documents to the Petitions Office using the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Coversheet-Fax-to-Request-Acceptance-of-a-Paper-Submission.pdf" target="_blank"> fax coversheet</a> at 571-273-8950. </p><p><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage#fax" target="_blank">Detailed instructions on faxing documents</a> are available on our outages page. Send any questions to <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Fee Payment Processing Issues </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO is experiencing some intermittent network slowness/latency which is causing overall system slowness for fees.uspto.gov as of 9:15 am., Friday, December 16 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>For Patent Customers:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">800-786-9199 (toll-free) </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">571-272-1000 (local)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">800-877-8339 (TTY) </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</span></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><b> For PTAB Customers:</b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">
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
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System, you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ
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see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><b>For Trademark Customers:<br></b>
If your deadline is today and this technical issue is preventing you from
filing your documents using TEAS or TEASi, you should fax your documents to the
Petitions Office using the<span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Coversheet-Fax-to-Request-Acceptance-of-a-Paper-Submission.pdf" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Coversheet-Fax-to-Request-Acceptance-of-a-Paper-Submission.pdf"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">fax cover sheet</span></a><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> </span>at
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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
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information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative
filing methods.<o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center
during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events664Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-16T07:40:25-05:002022-12-16T16:44:45-05:00<p><span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 17 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">• Private PAIR</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the ESTTA system from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 17 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ESTTA will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TTABVUE from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Saturday, December 17 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, TTABVUE will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Deployment </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will deploy improvements to PPUBS beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, December 16 and ending at 1 a.m., Saturday, December 17 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the deployment period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Development Hub - Assignment System (DH-AS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on DH-AS from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 17 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, DH-AS will not available.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, December 18 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Application Security System (PASS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PASS beginning at 10 p.m., Monday, December 19 and ending at 5 a.m., Tuesday, December 20 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, PASS will be unavailable.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 21 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</span></p><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><br><b></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">EMERGENCY: Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></b></p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will be performing maintenance from 12:01 until 2 a.m. on Friday, December 16 ET. <br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Only external users will be affected by this maintenance. External users will not be able to access any Okta protected endpoints.<br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, "segoe ui", system-ui, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui web", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">During this time, the following systems will be unavailable:</span></p><ul style="clear: left; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, "segoe ui", system-ui, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui web", sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-left: 36px;"><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">API Key Manager</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">MyUSPTO</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Patent Center (eMOD)</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval )</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"></span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)</li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API</span></li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)</li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</li><li style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)<br><br></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, "segoe ui", system-ui, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui web", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, "segoe ui", system-ui, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui web", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via </span><a aria-label="Link EFS-Web Unregistered" title="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" class="fui-Link ___m14voj0 f3rmtva f1ern45e f1deefiw f1n71otn f1q5o8ev f1h8hb77 f1vxd6vx f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f9n3di6 f1ids18y fygtlnl f1deo86v f12x56k7 f1iescvh ftqa4ok f50u1b5 fs3pq8b f1hghxdh f1tymzes f1x7u7e9 f1cmlufx f10aw75t fsle3fq" style="color: rgb(79, 82, 178); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-bottom-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; border-style: none; display: inline; overflow: inherit; text-overflow: inherit; font-size: inherit; outline-style: none;">EFS-Web Unregistered</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, "segoe ui", system-ui, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui web", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">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 </span><a aria-label="Link alternative filing method" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" class="fui-Link ___m14voj0 f3rmtva f1ern45e f1deefiw f1n71otn f1q5o8ev f1h8hb77 f1vxd6vx f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f9n3di6 f1ids18y fygtlnl f1deo86v f12x56k7 f1iescvh ftqa4ok f50u1b5 fs3pq8b f1hghxdh f1tymzes f1x7u7e9 f1cmlufx f10aw75t fsle3fq" style="color: rgb(79, 82, 178); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-bottom-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; border-style: none; display: inline; overflow: inherit; text-overflow: inherit; font-size: inherit; outline-style: none;">alternative filing method</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, "segoe ui", system-ui, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui web", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;">PTAB Customers:</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> 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: </span><a aria-label="Link https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" class="fui-Link ___m14voj0 f3rmtva f1ern45e f1deefiw f1n71otn f1q5o8ev f1h8hb77 f1vxd6vx f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f9n3di6 f1ids18y fygtlnl f1deo86v f12x56k7 f1iescvh ftqa4ok f50u1b5 fs3pq8b f1hghxdh f1tymzes f1x7u7e9 f1cmlufx f10aw75t fsle3fq" style="color: rgb(79, 82, 178); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-bottom-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; border-style: none; display: inline; overflow: inherit; text-overflow: inherit; font-size: inherit; outline-style: none;">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> 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 </span><a aria-label="Link Trials@uspto.gov" title="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" class="fui-Link ___m14voj0 f3rmtva f1ern45e f1deefiw f1n71otn f1q5o8ev f1h8hb77 f1vxd6vx f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f9n3di6 f1ids18y fygtlnl f1deo86v f12x56k7 f1iescvh ftqa4ok f50u1b5 fs3pq8b f1hghxdh f1tymzes f1x7u7e9 f1cmlufx f10aw75t fsle3fq" style="color: rgb(79, 82, 178); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-bottom-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; border-style: none; display: inline; overflow: inherit; text-overflow: inherit; font-size: inherit; outline-style: none;">Trials@uspto.gov</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, "segoe ui", system-ui, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui web", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;">Trademark Customers:</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> 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 </span><a aria-label="Link TEAS@uspto.gov" title="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" class="fui-Link ___m14voj0 f3rmtva f1ern45e f1deefiw f1n71otn f1q5o8ev f1h8hb77 f1vxd6vx f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f9n3di6 f1ids18y fygtlnl f1deo86v f12x56k7 f1iescvh ftqa4ok f50u1b5 fs3pq8b f1hghxdh f1tymzes f1x7u7e9 f1cmlufx f10aw75t fsle3fq" style="color: rgb(79, 82, 178); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-bottom-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; border-style: none; display: inline; overflow: inherit; text-overflow: inherit; font-size: inherit; outline-style: none;">TEAS@uspto.gov</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, "segoe ui", system-ui, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui web", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;">TTAB Customers:</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: </span><a aria-label="Link https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" title="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" class="fui-Link ___m14voj0 f3rmtva f1ern45e f1deefiw f1n71otn f1q5o8ev f1h8hb77 f1vxd6vx f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f9n3di6 f1ids18y fygtlnl f1deo86v f12x56k7 f1iescvh ftqa4ok f50u1b5 fs3pq8b f1hghxdh f1tymzes f1x7u7e9 f1cmlufx f10aw75t fsle3fq" style="color: rgb(79, 82, 178); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-bottom-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; border-style: none; display: inline; overflow: inherit; text-overflow: inherit; font-size: inherit; outline-style: none;">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> 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 </span><a aria-label="Link TTABInfo@uspto.gov" title="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" class="fui-Link ___m14voj0 f3rmtva f1ern45e f1deefiw f1n71otn f1q5o8ev f1h8hb77 f1vxd6vx f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f9n3di6 f1ids18y fygtlnl f1deo86v f12x56k7 f1iescvh ftqa4ok f50u1b5 fs3pq8b f1hghxdh f1tymzes f1x7u7e9 f1cmlufx f10aw75t fsle3fq" style="color: rgb(79, 82, 178); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-bottom-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; border-style: none; display: inline; overflow: inherit; text-overflow: inherit; font-size: inherit; outline-style: none;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><br style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events699Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-16T07:32:45-05:002022-12-16T07:32:45-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events701Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-16T00:00:00-05:002022-12-16T13:47:07-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Public Facing Systems Impact</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">The USPTO is currently experiencing significantly degraded performance in a critical component used for public filings and fee payments. This issue affects all public access to USPTO public-facing systems. Technical teams are assessing the outage and will provide additional information as warranted.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Below Public facing Systems are currently impacted:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-Web)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>MyUSPTO</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>MyUSPTO Account</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS-CI)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Center</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Private PAIR</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application Systems (TEAS)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Electronic Application Systems International (TEASi)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark- e0G (TM-EOG)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark-ID Manual (TM-IDM)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR-API)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center, Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web), and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties which are causing overall system slowness and access issues for Patent Center, EFS-Web and Private-PAIR.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Please refer to our <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Filing Documents during an Outage page</span></a></span> for an alternative filing method. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi Issues </span></span><br></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with TEAS and TEASi, you may be unable to submit forms or pay fees. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don’t know when services will be fully restored but additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><p>If your deadline is today and this technical issue is preventing you from filing your documents using TEAS or TEASi, you should fax your documents to the Petitions Office using the<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Coversheet-Fax-to-Request-Acceptance-of-a-Paper-Submission.pdf" target="_blank"> fax coversheet</a> at 571-273-8950. </p><p><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage#fax" target="_blank">Detailed instructions on faxing documents</a> are available on our outages page. Send any questions to <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Fee Payment Processing Issues </span></span></p><p>The USPTO is experiencing some intermittent network slowness/latency which is causing overall system slowness for fees.uspto.gov as of 9:15 am., Friday, December 16 ET. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">For Patent Customers:</span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: </p><ul><li>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </li><li>571-272-1000 (local)</li><li>800-877-8339 (TTY) </li></ul><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> For PTAB Customers:</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">For Trademark Customers:<br></span>If your deadline is today and this technical issue is preventing you from filing your documents using TEAS or TEASi, you should fax your documents to the Petitions Office using the<span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Coversheet-Fax-to-Request-Acceptance-of-a-Paper-Submission.pdf" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Coversheet-Fax-to-Request-Acceptance-of-a-Paper-Submission.pdf">fax cover sheet</a><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> </span>at 571-273-8950<span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">. </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage#fax" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage#fax">Detailed instructions on faxing documents</a><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> </span>are available on our outages page. Send any questions to<span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> </span><a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">For TTAB Customers:<br></span>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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;">If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events663Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-15T07:34:29-05:002022-12-15T12:19:13-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 17 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">• Private PAIR</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the ESTTA system from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 17 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ESTTA will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TTABVUE from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Saturday, December17 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, TTABVUE will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Deployment </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will deploy improvements to PPUBS beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, December 16 and ending at 1 a.m., Saturday, December 17 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Development Hub - Assignment System (DH-AS) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on DH-AS from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 17 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, DH-AS will not available.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, December 18 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Application Security System (PASS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PASS beginning at 10 p.m., Monday, December 19 and ending at 5 a.m., Tuesday, December 20 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, PASS will be unavailable.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</span></p><div><br></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events698Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-15T07:30:24-05:002022-12-15T07:30:24-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events662Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-14T07:19:54-05:002022-12-14T07:44:49-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" data-cke-saved-href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-weight: 700;">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 17 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">• EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">• Private PAIR</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other alternative filing method.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the ESTTA system from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 17 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">ESTTA will be unavailable during the maintenance period.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TTABVUE from 12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. on Saturday, December17 ET.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, TTABVUE will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, December 18 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Application Security System (PASS) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PASS beginning at 10 p.m., Monday, December 19 and ending at 5 a.m., Tuesday, December 20 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">During the maintenance period, PASS will be unavailable.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</span></p><p><br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events697Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-14T07:19:16-05:002022-12-14T07:19:16-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events661Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-13T07:48:37-05:002022-12-13T07:48:37-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" data-cke-saved-href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-weight: 700;">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events696Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-13T07:47:53-05:002022-12-13T07:47:53-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events695Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-12T08:09:16-05:002022-12-12T08:09:16-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events660Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-12T08:08:20-05:002022-12-12T08:08:20-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" data-cke-saved-href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-weight: 700;">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events659Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-09T07:47:31-05:002022-12-09T12:12:35-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 ET.</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a software deployment on TTABVUE from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, December 11 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" data-cke-saved-href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-weight: 700;">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events694Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-09T07:46:39-05:002022-12-09T07:46:39-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events658Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-08T07:52:56-05:002022-12-08T07:52:56-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Upgrade</span></span></p><p>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. </p><p>PSIPS (<a href="https://sequencedata.uspto.gov/" target="_blank">https://sequencedata.uspto.gov/</a>) will be unavailable during the upgrade.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 ET.</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" data-cke-saved-href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-weight: 700;">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a software deployment on TTABVUE from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events693Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-08T07:50:30-05:002022-12-08T07:50:30-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events657Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-07T16:00:00-05:002022-12-07T17:54:37-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p>Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 8 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</li><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Financial Manager System </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p>Patent Customers: For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. </p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <br></p><ul><li>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </li><li>571-272-1000 (local)</li><li>800-877-8339 (TTY) </li></ul><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"> PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p>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 <a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://TEAS@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> .</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="http://TTABInfo@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 8 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available but submissions will not be successful.</div><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Upgrade</span></span></p><p>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. </p><p>PSIPS (<a href="https://sequencedata.uspto.gov/" target="_blank">https://sequencedata.uspto.gov/</a>) will be unavailable during the upgrade.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on UCCMS from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 ET.</p><p>Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" data-cke-saved-href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><strong>ebc@uspto.gov</strong></a></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a software deployment on TTABVUE from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events692Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-07T08:18:30-05:002022-12-07T08:18:30-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events656Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-06T07:45:57-05:002022-12-06T14:07:31-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span></span></p><p>Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 8 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</li><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Financial Manager System </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p>Patent Customers: For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. </p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <br></p><ul><li>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </li><li>571-272-1000 (local)</li><li>800-877-8339 (TTY) </li></ul><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers:</span> 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:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"> PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p>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 <a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://TEAS@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> .</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers: </span>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="http://TTABInfo@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS) Upgrade</span></b></p><p>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. </p><p>PSIPS (<a href="https://sequencedata.uspto.gov/" target="_blank">https://sequencedata.uspto.gov/</a>) will be unavailable during the upgrade.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events691Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-06T07:44:05-05:002022-12-06T07:44:05-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events655Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-12-05T12:26:16-05:002022-12-05T12:30:21-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. Tuesday, December 6 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p>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.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</b></span></p><p>Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments from 12 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 8 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)</li><li>Patent Center</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</li><li>Financial Manager System </li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</li><li>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li></ul><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p>Patent Customers: For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. </p><p>If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the USPTO Contact Center via the following telephone numbers: <br></p><ul><li>800-786-9199 (toll-free) </li><li>571-272-1000 (local)</li><li>800-877-8339 (TTY) </li></ul><p>Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"> PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.</p><p>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 <a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers: </b>Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at <a href="http://TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> .</p><p><b>TTAB Customers: </b>Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"></a> 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 <a href="http://TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events690Current EventsServiceDesk2022-12-05T08:55:24-05:002022-12-05T08:55:34-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events689Current EventsServiceDesk2022-12-05T08:55:18-05:002022-12-05T08:55:27-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events654Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-12-02T08:48:08-05:002022-12-02T08:48:18-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi system maintenance</span></span></p><p>The Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and TEAS International (TEASi) will be unavailable on Saturday, December 3, from 12:01-8 a.m. ET. We’re updating the forms to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/2020-modernization-act/new-response-deadline-applications" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">new deadline to respond to office actions for applications</font></u></a>.</p><p>You will not be able to file TEAS or TEASi forms during the maintenance. File all saved forms and e-signature forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 2. If you don’t file these forms by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m., until 6 a.m. Saturday, December 3 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, December 4 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. Tuesday, December 6 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p>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.</p><div><br></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events688Current EventsServiceDesk2022-12-02T08:47:11-05:002022-12-02T08:47:20-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events653Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-01T08:03:58-05:002022-12-01T08:03:58-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Friday, December 2 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting PTAB Interference starting at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Friday, December 2 ET.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi system maintenance</span></span></p><p>The Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and TEAS International (TEASi) will be unavailable on Saturday, December 3, from 12:01-8 a.m. ET. We’re updating the forms to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/2020-modernization-act/new-response-deadline-applications" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">new deadline to respond to office actions for applications</font></u></a>.</p><p>You will not be able to file TEAS or TEASi forms during the maintenance. File all saved forms and e-signature forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 2. If you don’t file these forms by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m., until 6 a.m. Saturday, December 3 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, December 4 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. Tuesday, December 6 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</p><p>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.</p><div><br></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events687Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-12-01T07:52:02-05:002022-12-01T07:52:02-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events686Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-30T07:42:38-05:002022-11-30T07:42:38-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events652Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-30T00:00:00-05:002022-11-30T07:39:29-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Open Data Portal Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will performance maintenance on the Open Data Portal beginning at 11:59 a.m., Wednesday, November, 30 and ending at 2 a.m., Thursday, December, 1 ET. </p><p></p><p>Users might experience a momentary outage during the maintenance window.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Friday, December 2 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting PTAB Interference starting at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Friday, December 2 ET.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi system maintenance</span></span></p><p>The Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and TEAS International (TEASi) will be unavailable on Saturday, December 3, from 12:01-8 a.m. ET. We’re updating the forms to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/2020-modernization-act/new-response-deadline-applications" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">new deadline to respond to office actions for applications</font></u></a>.</p><p>You will not be able to file TEAS or TEASi forms during the maintenance. File all saved forms and e-signature forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 2. If you don’t file these forms by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from 12:01 a.m., until 6 a.m. Saturday, December 3 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, December 4 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events651Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-29T07:39:03-05:002022-11-29T07:39:03-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Open Data Portal Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will performance maintenance on the Open Data Portal beginning at 11:59 a.m., Wednesday, November, 30 and ending at 2 a.m., Thursday, December, 1 ET. </p><p></p><p>Users might experience a momentary outage during the maintenance window.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Friday, December 2 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi system maintenance</span></span></p><p>The Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and TEAS International (TEASi) will be unavailable on Saturday, December 3, from 12:01-8 a.m. ET. We’re updating the forms to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/2020-modernization-act/new-response-deadline-applications" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">new deadline to respond to office actions for applications</font></u></a>.</p><p>You will not be able to file TEAS or TEASi forms during the maintenance. File all saved forms and e-signature forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 2. If you don’t file these forms by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events685Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-29T07:36:13-05:002022-11-29T07:36:13-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events650Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-28T15:29:00-05:002022-11-28T15:29:00-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Open Data Portal Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will performance maintenance on the Open Data Portal beginning at 11:59 a.m., Wednesday, November, 30 and ending at 2 a.m., Thursday, December, 1 ET. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Users might experience a momentary outage during the maintenance window.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi system maintenance</span></span></p><p>The Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and TEAS International (TEASi) will be unavailable on Saturday, December 3, from 12:01-8 a.m. ET. We’re updating the forms to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/2020-modernization-act/new-response-deadline-applications" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">new deadline to respond to office actions for applications</font></u></a>.</p><p>You will not be able to file TEAS or TEASi forms during the maintenance. File all saved forms and e-signature forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 2. If you don’t file these forms by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events684Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-28T07:48:26-05:002022-11-28T07:48:26-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events649Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-28T07:47:23-05:002022-11-28T07:47:23-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi system maintenance</span></span></p><p>The Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and TEAS International (TEASi) will be unavailable on Saturday, December 3, from 12:01-8 a.m. ET. We’re updating the forms to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/2020-modernization-act/new-response-deadline-applications" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">new deadline to respond to office actions for applications</font></u></a>.</p><p>You will not be able to file TEAS or TEASi forms during the maintenance. File all saved forms and e-signature forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 2. If you don’t file these forms by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events648Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-11-25T08:06:48-05:002022-11-25T08:06:56-05:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi system maintenance</span></span></p><p>The Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and TEAS International (TEASi) will be unavailable on Saturday, December 3, from 12:01-8 a.m. ET. We’re updating the forms to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/2020-modernization-act/new-response-deadline-applications" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">new deadline to respond to office actions for applications</font></u></a>.</p><p>You will not be able to file TEAS or TEASi forms during the maintenance. File all saved forms and e-signature forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 2. If you don’t file these forms by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 27 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events683Current EventsServiceDesk2022-11-25T08:06:02-05:002022-11-25T08:06:11-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events682Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-23T07:51:26-05:002022-11-23T07:51:26-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events647Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-23T07:33:31-05:002022-11-23T07:33:31-05:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi system maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and TEAS International (TEASi) will be unavailable on Saturday, December 3, from 12:01-8 a.m. ET. We’re updating the forms to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/2020-modernization-act/new-response-deadline-applications" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">new deadline to respond to office actions for applications</font></u></a>.</p><p>You will not be able to file TEAS or TEASi forms during the maintenance. File all saved forms and e-signature forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 2. If you don’t file these forms by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 27 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events646Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-22T13:14:48-05:002022-11-22T13:14:48-05:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">TEAS and TEASi system maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and TEAS International (TEASi) will be unavailable on Saturday, December 3, from 12:01-8 a.m. ET. We’re updating the forms to comply with the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/2020-modernization-act/new-response-deadline-applications" target="_blank">new deadline to respond to office actions for applications</a>.</p><p>You will not be able to file TEAS or TEASi forms during the maintenance. File all saved forms and e-signature forms by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 2. If you don’t file these forms by that time, you will have to start the process again with new forms. We apologize for the inconvenience.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events645Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-22T08:11:27-05:002022-11-22T08:11:27-05:00<p>There are no planned events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events681Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-22T08:08:57-05:002022-11-22T08:08:57-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events680Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-21T08:07:25-05:002022-11-21T08:07:25-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events644Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-21T08:07:10-05:002022-11-21T08:07:10-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency <br> • Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events679Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-18T08:17:03-05:002022-11-18T08:17:03-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events643Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-18T07:45:58-05:002022-11-18T07:45:58-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services- Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on S-DWP beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, November 18 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, November 19 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center, Private PAIR, Global Dossier (GD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Migration</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on Private-PAIR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., on Saturday, November 19 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, fee payments will not be accepted between Midnight-1am on Saturday, November 19 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept fee payments:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<br> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">USPTO Contact Center</font></u></a> via the following telephone numbers:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) <br> • 571-272-1000 (local)<br> • 800-877-8339 (TTY)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Trial and Appeal Customers:</strong> 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 :<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Trademark Customers</strong>: 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments cannot be accepted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday, November 19 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<br> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<br>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">USPTO Contact Center</font></u></a> via the following telephone numbers:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) <br> • 571-272-1000 (local)<br> • 800-877-8339 (TTY)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Trial and Appeal Customers:</strong> 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 :<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Trademark Customers</strong>: 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Migration</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on TESS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., on Sunday, November 20 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the migration period, TESS will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 20 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency <br> • Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events678Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-18T07:42:41-05:002022-11-18T07:42:41-05:00<p><u><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">eOffice Action Notifications Delays</span></b></u></p><p>The eOffice Action Notifications for Thursday, November 17 are currently delayed. The USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the delays.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events677Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-17T10:46:57-05:002022-11-17T10:48:32-05:00<p><u><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">eOffice Action Notifications Delays</span></b></u></p><p>The eOffice Action Notifications for Thursday, November 17 are currently delayed. The USPTO Technical Teams are working to resolve the delays.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events642Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-17T07:27:51-05:002022-11-17T07:27:51-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services- Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on S-DWP beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, November 18 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, November 19 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center, Private PAIR, Global Dossier (GD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Migration</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on Private-PAIR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., on Saturday, November 19 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, fee payments will not be accepted between Midnight-1am on Saturday, November 19 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept fee payments:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<br> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">USPTO Contact Center</font></u></a> via the following telephone numbers:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) <br> • 571-272-1000 (local)<br> • 800-877-8339 (TTY)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Trial and Appeal Customers:</strong> 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 :<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Trademark Customers</strong>: 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments cannot be accepted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday, November 19 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<br> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<br>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">USPTO Contact Center</font></u></a> via the following telephone numbers:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) <br> • 571-272-1000 (local)<br> • 800-877-8339 (TTY)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Trial and Appeal Customers:</strong> 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 :<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Trademark Customers</strong>: 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Migration</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on TESS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., on Sunday, November 20 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the migration period, TESS will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 20 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency <br> • Private PAIR</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center will be available as an alternative to electronically file and retrieve patent applications. Please refer to our Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing method.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events641Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-16T14:32:30-05:002022-11-16T15:24:58-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services- Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on S-DWP beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, November 18 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, November 19 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center, Private PAIR, Global Dossier (GD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Migration</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on Private-PAIR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., on Saturday, November 19 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, fee payments will not be accepted between Midnight-1am on Saturday, November 19 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept fee payments:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<br> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">USPTO Contact Center</font></u></a> via the following telephone numbers:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) <br> • 571-272-1000 (local)<br> • 800-877-8339 (TTY)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Trial and Appeal Customers:</strong> 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 :<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Trademark Customers</strong>: 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments cannot be accepted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday, November 19 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<br> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.<br>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. If you require assistance with the online fee payment management system, please contact the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/uspto-contact-center-ucc" target="_blank">USPTO Contact Center</a> via the following telephone numbers:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • 800-786-9199 (toll-free) <br> • 571-272-1000 (local)<br> • 800-877-8339 (TTY)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Support for the online fee payment management system, and USPTO.gov accounts, is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET (except federal holidays).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Patent Trial and Appeal Customers:</strong> 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 :<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>Trademark Customers</strong>: 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Migration</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on TESS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., on Sunday, November 20 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the migration period, TESS will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 20 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events640Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-16T07:51:23-05:002022-11-16T09:34:50-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services- Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on S-DWP beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, November 18 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, November 19 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center, Private PAIR, Global Dossier (GD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Migration</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on Private-PAIR from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., on Saturday, November 19 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Migration</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on TESS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m., on Sunday, November 20 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the migration period, TESS will be unavailable. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 20 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em><br></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em></em><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events676Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-16T07:46:20-05:002022-11-16T07:46:20-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events639Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-15T08:09:11-05:002022-11-15T08:09:11-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket and Application Viewer (DAV) Migration</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas in two final parts.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Part 3 will take place from 12:05 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em>Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window</em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Part 4 will take place from 12:05 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em>Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window. During the deployment, OC users will not be able to post for credit, approve, return, or submit office actions.</em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Services- Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on S-DWP beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, November 18 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, November 19 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">S-DWP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Patent Center, Private PAIR, Global Dossier (GD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em><br></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em><br></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em><br></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events675Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-15T08:04:14-05:002022-11-15T08:04:14-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events674Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-14T07:54:17-05:002022-11-14T07:54:17-05:00<p>There are no current events at this time.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events638Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-14T07:53:31-05:002022-11-14T07:53:31-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket and Application Viewer (DAV) Migration</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas in two final parts.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Part 3 will take place from 12:05 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em>Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window</em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Part 4 will take place from 12:05 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em>Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window. During the deployment, OC users will not be able to post for credit, approve, return, or submit office actions.</em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span id="ms-rterangecursor-start"></span><span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The OCIO will perform maintenance on <span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Supplemental Complex Repository for Examiners (</span>SCORE) which will affect multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. Tuesday, November 15<sup><font size="2"> </font></sup>ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>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 <a><strong><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></strong></a>.<br></p><p><br> <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events673Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-10T07:58:04-05:002022-11-10T07:58:04-05:00<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>TEAS and TEASi Two-Step Authentication Issue</b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Some TEAS and TEASi customers are currently receiving an error message when attempting to use the USPTO.gov login system, stating that the two-step authentication is unavailable. Customers receiving the message have selected email as the default method for receipt of the code. We recommend the workaround of switching the two-step authentication method. The USPTO is working to resolve the issue. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Impacted domains include:</span></font></p><ul><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Outlook.com</span></font></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">hotmail.com (hotmail.co.uk, msn.com, hotmlail.fr, etc.)</span></font></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">live</span></font></li></ul><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events637Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-10T07:55:45-05:002022-11-10T12:52:55-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS) Maintenance</strong></span></span></span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday, November 10 ET.</span></span></span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">During the maintenance period, users may experience temporary disruption of service.<br></span></span></span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Mu</span><span style="font-size: 18px;">ltiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Patent Center<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• The beginning night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Friday, November 11 ET.<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Saturday, November 12 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment processing Maintenance</span></b><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance of the USPTO network, fee payment processing may experience an intermittent outage beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, November 11 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, November 12 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: Friday, November 11 is a federal holiday (Veterans Day). <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"> Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><u><font color="#0066cc">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions </font></u></a>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> Filing deadlines that fall on a holiday 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc"> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-GD-PAD and OPD systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 12 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, both applications may be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12:01 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 12 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the migration period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG): You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</font></u></a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">archived editions page</font></u></a>. <br> • Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be available during the migration period, but with limited functionality:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS): Initial application forms will be unavailable. Links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images. <br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi): Links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR): All documents may not be viewable</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">User will need to wait until maintenance is complete for full functionality of affected systems to return.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 13 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Docket and Application Viewer (DAV) Migration</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas in two final parts.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Part 3 will take place from 12:05 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15 ET. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em>Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window</em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Part 4 will take place from 12:05 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em>Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window. During the deployment, OC users will not be able to post for credit, approve, return, or submit office actions.</em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span id="ms-rterangecursor-start"></span><span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The OCIO will perform maintenance on <span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Supplemental Complex Repository for Examiners (</span>SCORE) which will affect multiple systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. Tuesday, November 15<sup><font size="2"> </font></sup>ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>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 <a><strong><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></strong></a>.<br></p><p><br> <span id="ms-rterangecursor-end"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><em><br></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events672Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-09T07:35:11-05:002022-11-09T07:35:11-05:00<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>TEAS and TEASi Two-Step Authentication Issue</b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Some TEAS and TEASi customers are currently receiving an error message when attempting to use the USPTO.gov login system, stating that the two-step authentication is unavailable. Customers receiving the message have selected email as the default method for receipt of the code. We recommend the workaround of switching the two-step authentication method. The USPTO is working to resolve the issue. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Impacted domains include:</span></font></p><ul><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Outlook.com</span></font></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">hotmail.com (hotmail.co.uk, msn.com, hotmlail.fr, etc.)</span></font></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">live</span></font></li></ul><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events636Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-09T07:34:22-05:002022-11-09T13:58:34-05:00<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS) Maintenance</strong></span></span></span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday, November 10 ET.</span></span></span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">During the maintenance period, users may experience temporary disruption of service.<br></span></span></span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Mu</span><span style="font-size: 18px;">ltiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Patent Center<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• The beginning night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Friday, November 11 ET.<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Saturday, November 12 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px;'>Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment processing Maintenance</span></b><span style='color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance of the USPTO network, fee payment processing may experience an intermittent outage beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, November 11 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, November 12 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Note: Friday, November 11 is a federal holiday (Veterans Day). <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"> Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><u><font color="#0066cc">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions </font></u></a>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> Filing deadlines that fall on a holiday 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc"> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the P-GD-PAD and OPD systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 12 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, both applications may be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from 12:01 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 12 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the migration period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG): You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. <br> • Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The following systems will be available during the migration period, but with limited functionality:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS): Initial application forms will be unavailable. Links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images. <br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi): Links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR): All documents may not be viewable</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">User will need to wait until maintenance is complete for full functionality of affected systems to return.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></span></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events635Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-08T13:39:35-05:002022-11-08T13:39:30-05:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></strong><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS) Maintenance</strong></span></span></span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday, November 10 ET.</span></span></span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">During the maintenance period, users may experience temporary disruption of service.<br></span></span></span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Mu</span><span style="font-size: 18px;">ltiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Patent Center<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Systems Maintenance</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems configured through Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM-IDaaS) from 12:01 a.m. until 3 a.m. on Thursday, November 10 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption:</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• API Key Manager<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Fee Processing<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• MyUSPTO<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Certified Copy Center (CCC)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Patent Center<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Patent Center Support<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• TM Document Management<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark – eOG (TM- eOG)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark - Exam (TM Exam)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark - Exam/Content<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) – API</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for two consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• The beginning night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Friday, November 11 ET.<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Saturday, November 12 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center users should retry if an operation is interrupted or does not appear to have been completed.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Fee
Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment processing Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Due to system maintenance of
the USPTO network, fee payment processing may experience an intermittent outage
beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, November 11 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, November
12 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Note: Friday, November 11 is a
federal holiday (Veterans Day). <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During the maintenance period,
the following storefronts will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Filing System (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Office
of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""> Electronic
Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Certified
Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">If you are unable to wait
until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative
options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For
more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b>P-TACTS Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions </a>and
see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br>
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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b>Trademark Customers:</b> Filing
deadlines that fall on a holiday 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please
visit the TTAB Outage Page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p>
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events671Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-08T07:29:31-05:002022-11-08T13:32:32-05:00<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>TEAS and TEASi Two-Step Authentication Issue</b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Some TEAS and TEASi customers are currently receiving an error message when attempting to use the USPTO.gov login system, stating that the two-step authentication is unavailable. Customers receiving the message have selected email as the default method for receipt of the code. We recommend the workaround of switching the two-step authentication method. The USPTO is working to resolve the issue. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Impacted domains include:</span></font></p><ul><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Outlook.com</span></font></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">hotmail.com (hotmail.co.uk, msn.com, hotmlail.fr, etc.)</span></font></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">live</span></font></li></ul><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events670Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-07T12:27:03-05:002022-11-07T12:36:39-05:00<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>TEAS and TEASi Two-Step Authentication Issue</b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Some TEAS and TEASi customers are currently receiving an error message when attempting to use the USPTO.gov login system, stating that the two-step authentication is unavailable. Customers receiving the message have selected email as the default method for receipt of the code. We recommend the workaround of switching the two-step authentication method. The USPTO is working to resolve the issue. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Impacted domains include:</span></font></p><ul><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Outlook.com</span></font></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">hotmail.com (hotmail.co.uk, msn.com, hotmlail.fr, etc.)</span></font></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">live</span></font></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><p><span></span><b><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Outage- RESOLVED (as of 4:50 p.m. ET)</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The Fee Payment Processing outage which occurred beginning mid-morning on November 4 has been resolved and customers may resume making fee payments as normal.</span><br><br></p></span>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events634Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-07T05:20:35-05:002022-11-07T17:23:50-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);">Reference Document
Management Services (RDMS) Manual Maintenance</span></b><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">The USPTO
will perform maintenance impacting multiple manuals from 12:01
a.m. until 4:59 a.m. on Tuesday, November 8 ET.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During the maintenance period
the following manuals will be unavailable from 12 a.m. until 1:30
a.m. on Tuesday, November 8 ET.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Manual
of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></strong><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.<br></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Mu</span><span style="font-size: 18px;">ltiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Patent Center<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events633Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-04T09:10:41-04:002022-11-05T09:16:12-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi from 12:01 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 5 ET. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users will be unable to file Trademark documents and the following systems will be unavailable: </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Assignments on the Web (AOTW) <br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) <br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trials and Appeals Board – Reading Room (TTAB-RR)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademarks Trial and Appeal Database Software Upgrade</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform an upgrade beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, November 6 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday November 6 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</span></span></p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 6 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</span></span><br></p></span><p></p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Systems Maintenance</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems systems from 12:01 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, November 8 ET.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Patent Center<br></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the IQS systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML systems from 12:01 a.m. until 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.<br></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.</span></span><br></p><p><br></p><p></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events669Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-04T01:30:20-04:002022-11-06T09:27:44-05:00<p class="MsoNormal"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;'><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;'><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 18px;'><strong>TEAS and TEASi Two-Step Authentication Issue</strong></span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;'>Some TEAS and TEASi customers are currently receiving an error message when they attempt to use the USPTO.gov login system stating that two-step authentication is unavailable. Customers receiving the message have selected email as the default method for receipt of the code. We recommend <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/account-faqs#type-browse-faqs_191708" target="_blank">the workaround of switching the two-step authentication method.<span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;'><br></span></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;'>USPTO is working to resolve the issue. <span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;'><br></span></span></p><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;'><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span><b><span style='color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px;'>Fee Payment Processing Outage- RESOLVED (as of 4:50 p.m. ET)</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;'>The Fee Payment Processing outage which occurred beginning mid-morning on November 4 has been resolved and customers may resume making fee payments as normal.</span><br><br></p></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events632Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-03T08:05:14-04:002022-11-03T08:05:14-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 6 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi from 12:01 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 5 ET. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users will be unable to file Trademark documents and the following systems will be unavailable: </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Assignments on the Web (AOTW) <br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) <br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trials and Appeals Board – Reading Room (TTAB-RR)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademarks Trial and Appeal Database Software Upgrade</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform an upgrade beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, November 6 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday November 6 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.</span></span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events668Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-03T08:04:08-04:002022-11-03T08:04:08-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events667Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-02T08:06:18-04:002022-11-02T08:06:18-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events631Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-02T07:40:41-04:002022-11-02T08:55:14-04:00<p><strong><font size="4">Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) Maintenance</font></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting PTAB Interference beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, November 3 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, November 3 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with PTAB.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 6 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi from 12:01 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 5 ET. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users will be unable to file Trademark documents and the following systems will be unavailable: </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Assignments on the Web (AOTW) <br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) <br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trials and Appeals Board – Reading Room (TTAB-RR)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademarks Trial and Appeal Database Software Upgrade</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform an upgrade beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, November 6 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday November 6 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.<br></span></span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events630Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-01T07:48:56-04:002022-11-01T07:48:56-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) Maintenance</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting PTAB Interference beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, November 3 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, November 3 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with PTAB.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi from 12:01 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 5 ET. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users will be unable to file Trademark documents and the following systems will be unavailable: </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Assignments on the Web (AOTW) <br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) <br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trials and Appeals Board – Reading Room (TTAB-RR)<br></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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.<br><br></span></span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events666Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-11-01T07:45:11-04:002022-11-01T07:45:11-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events629Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-31T07:47:07-04:002022-10-31T07:47:07-04:00<div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Production Data Center Migration</b></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on product components from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas beginning at 10 a.m., Monday, October 31 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, November 12 ET.</div><p></p><ul></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The OIEO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">There will be no application and configuration changes needed. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The migration start times for various product components are listed below. Each migration is estimated to be 4-5 hours.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><u>Monday, October 31 </u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark-DB-4 – 10 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: This is for TM standby database only – there will be no outage or impact to customers</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><u><b>Saturday, November 5</b></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application Submission (TEAS) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application Submission International (TEASi) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: This is for TEAS/TEASi primary databases (dsb-tm-db-1, tm-databridge-db-1). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following system will be unavailable during the migration window:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignment Historical Database (AHD)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (FAST1/2)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Form Paragraph Editor Program (FPEP)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Madrid</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Content Management System (TM-CMS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABIS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trials and Appeals Board – Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><u>Saturday, November 12</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Content Management System Database (TM-CMS-DB-3) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</span></p><ul><li>Abstraction Layer (TM-AL)</li><li>Trademark Exam</li><li>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark ID Manual (IDM)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Automated Specimen Analysis Product (ASAP)</span></span></li></ul><p></p><ul></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be available during the maintenance period, but links to the Case Content Viewer and ID Checker will be unavailable:</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">TRADEUPS</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">First Action System for Trademarks (FAST1)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">First Action System for Trademarks 2 (FAST2)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Madrid Certification and Review Program (MCRP)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">X-Search (XS)</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) Maintenance</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting PTAB Interference beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, November 3 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, November 3 ET.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with PTAB.<br><br></span></span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events665Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-31T07:36:39-04:002022-10-31T07:36:39-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events628Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-28T08:00:07-04:002022-10-28T08:00:07-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span><br></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems on the following days.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">The first day of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, October 27 and end at 3 a.m., Thursday, October 27 ET.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">The second day of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and end at 3 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption for the following systems:</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Patents Customers:</b></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span></b></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">The USPTO will perform a migration on product components from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 28 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">During the migration window, product components will be unavailable. </p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">The OIEO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. </p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">There will be no application and configuration changes needed. </p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">The migration start times for various product components are listed below. Each migration is estimated to be 4-5 hours.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;"><b><u>Friday, October 28</u></b></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">Docket Application Viewer Part 1 (DAV) – 12:05 a.m. ET (Patent Product Line)</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">NOTE: During the deployment, OCR functionality, Relevant Prior Art (RPA) functionality, and eDRS messaging functionality will be unavailable.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">Docket Application Viewer Part 2 (DAV) – 10 p.m. ET (Patent Product Line)</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">Official Correspondence (OC) – 10 p.m. ET (Patent Product Line)</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">Note: OC will be unavailable during the migration window.</p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;"></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px;">Users should save their work and exit these product components before the migration period begins.</p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two consecutive nights:</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">• </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The first night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the RDMS systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, RDMS will be unavailable.</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance on multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, below component services will be unavailable.</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals <br> </span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE<br> </span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and ending at 8 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the below component services will not be available:</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></span></span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></p><p style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);'><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0) and X-Search will not be available.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 28 and ending at 11 p.m., Friday, October 28 ET.</font></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.</font></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 30 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</font></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p><p></p><p></p><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Production Data Center Migration</b></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on product components from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas beginning at 10 a.m., Monday, October 31 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, November 12 ET.</div><p></p><ul></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The OIEO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">There will be no application and configuration changes needed. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The migration start times for various product components are listed below. Each migration is estimated to be 4-5 hours.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><u>Monday, October 31 </u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark-DB-4 – 10 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: This is for TM standby database only – there will be no outage or impact to customers</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><u><b>Saturday, November 5</b></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application Submission (TEAS) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application Submission International (TEASi) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: This is for TEAS/TEASi primary databases (dsb-tm-db-1, tm-databridge-db-1). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following system will be unavailable during the migration window:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignment Historical Database (AHD)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (FAST1/2)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Form Paragraph Editor Program (FPEP)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Madrid</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Content Management System (TM-CMS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABIS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trials and Appeals Board – Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><u>Saturday, November 12</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Content Management System Database (TM-CMS-DB-3) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</span></p><ul><li>Abstraction Layer (TM-AL)</li><li>Trademark Exam</li><li>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark ID Manual (IDM)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Automated Specimen Analysis Product (ASAP)</span></span></li></ul><p></p><ul></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be available during the maintenance period, but links to the Case Content Viewer and ID Checker will be unavailable:</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">TRADEUPS</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">First Action System for Trademarks (FAST1)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">First Action System for Trademarks 2 (FAST2)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Madrid Certification and Review Program (MCRP)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">X-Search (XS)</span></span><br></li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events664Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-28T07:58:30-04:002022-10-28T07:58:30-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events663Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-27T07:31:20-04:002022-10-27T07:31:20-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events627Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-27T02:30:00-04:002022-10-27T14:47:10-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems on the following days.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The first day of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, October 27 and end at 3 a.m., Thursday, October 27 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The second day of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and end at 3 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption for the following systems:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>Patents Customers:</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="http://ebc@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>Trademark Customers:</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank" style="">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Production Data Center Migration</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The USPTO will perform a migration on product components from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 28 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">During the migration window, product components will be unavailable. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The OIEO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">There will be no application and configuration changes needed. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">The migration start times for various product components are listed below. Each migration is estimated to be 4-5 hours.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><u>Friday, October 28</u></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Docket Application Viewer Part 1 (DAV) – 12:05 a.m. ET (Patent Product Line)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">NOTE: During the deployment, OCR functionality, Relevant Prior Art (RPA) functionality, and eDRS messaging functionality will be unavailable.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Docket Application Viewer Part 2 (DAV) – 10 p.m. ET (Patent Product Line)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Note: DAV will be unavailable during the migration window.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Official Correspondence (OC) – 10 p.m. ET (Patent Product Line)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Note: OC will be unavailable during the migration window.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Users should save their work and exit these product components before the migration period begins.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two consecutive nights:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">• </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The first night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the RDMS systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, RDMS will be unavailable.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance on multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, below component services will be unavailable.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals <br> </span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE<br> </span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and ending at 8 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the below component services will not be available:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0) and X-Search will not be available.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 28 and ending at 11 p.m., Friday, October 28 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 30 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</font></p><p></p><p></p><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Production Data Center Migration</b></span></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on product components from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas beginning at 10 a.m., Monday, October 31 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, November 12 ET.</div><p></p><ul></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The OIEO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">There will be no application and configuration changes needed. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The migration start times for various product components are listed below. Each migration is estimated to be 4-5 hours.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><u>Monday, October 31 </u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark-DB-4 – 10 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: This is for TM standby database only – there will be no outage or impact to customers</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><u><b>Saturday, November 5</b></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application Submission (TEAS) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application Submission International (TEASi) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: This is for TEAS/TEASi primary databases (dsb-tm-db-1, tm-databridge-db-1). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following system will be unavailable during the migration window:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignment Historical Database (AHD)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (FAST1/2)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Form Paragraph Editor Program (FPEP)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Madrid</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Content Management System (TM-CMS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABIS)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trials and Appeals Board – Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><u>Saturday, November 12</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Content Management System Database (TM-CMS-DB-3) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</span></p><ul><li>Abstraction Layer (TM-AL)</li><li>Trademark Exam</li><li>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark ID Manual (IDM)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Automated Specimen Analysis Product (ASAP)</span></span></li></ul><p></p><ul></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be available during the maintenance period, but links to the Case Content Viewer and ID Checker will be unavailable:</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">TRADEUPS</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">First Action System for Trademarks (FAST1)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">First Action System for Trademarks 2 (FAST2)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Madrid Certification and Review Program (MCRP)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">X-Search (XS)</span></span></li></ul>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events626Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-26T08:17:48-04:002022-10-26T10:04:49-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Docket and Application Viewer (DAV) Migration</span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas on two consecutive days:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • The first day of maintenance will begin at 12:05 a.m., Thursday, October 27 and end at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, October 27 ET.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: During the deployment, OCR functionality, Relevant Prior Art (RPA) functionality, and eDRS messaging functionality will be unavailable</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • The second day of maintenance will begin at 10 p.m., Friday, October 28 and end at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: DAV will also be unavailable during the migration window.</span></div><div><br></div><div><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems on the following days.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The first day of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, October 27 and end at 3 a.m., Thursday, October 27 ET.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The second day of maintenance will begin at </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and end at 3 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption for the following systems:</span></p><ul style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">API Key Manager</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Processing</span><br></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center (eMOD)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center Support</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">TM Document Management</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark - eOG(TM- eOG)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark - Exam (TM Exam)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark - Exam/Content</span><br></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) – API</span></li></ul><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patents Customers:</span></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email </span><a href="http://ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 14px;">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">PTAB Customers:</span></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at </span><a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trials@uspto.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Customers:</span></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the Trademark Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email </span><a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 14px;">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">TTAB Customers:</span></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email </span><a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 14px;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on TSDR application on two consecutive nights:</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">• </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The first night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the RDMS systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, RDMS will be unavailable.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Systems Maintenance</strong></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance on multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 29 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, below component services will be unavailable.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals <br> </span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE<br> </span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</strong></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and ending at 8 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the below component services will not be available:</span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Systems Maintenance</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform system maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, October 30 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, October 30 ET.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0) and X-Search will not be available.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span><br><br></span></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></p><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> <br></p></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events662Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-26T07:50:32-04:002022-10-26T07:50:32-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events625Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-25T08:19:06-04:002022-10-25T16:49:17-04:00<div><div><span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Docket and Application Viewer (DAV) Migration</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br></span></span></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas on two consecutive days:</div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div> • The first day of maintenance will begin at 12:05 a.m., Thursday, October 27 and end at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, October 27 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>Note: During the deployment, OCR functionality, Relevant Prior Art (RPA) functionality, and eDRS messaging functionality will be unavailable</div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div> • The second day of maintenance will begin at 10 p.m., Friday, October 28 and end at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET. </div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div>Note: DAV will also be unavailable during the migration window.</div></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems configured through RBAC beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, October 27 and ending at 3 a.m., Thursday, October 27 ET.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption for the following systems:</p><ul style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><li>API Key Manager</li><li>EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</li><li>Fee Processing<br></li><li>MyUSPTO</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</li><li>Patent Center (eMOD)</li><li>Patent Center Support</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)</li><li>PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</li><li>TM Document Management</li><li>Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</li><li>Trademark - eOG(TM- eOG)</li><li>Trademark - Exam (TM Exam)</li><li>Trademark - Exam/Content<br></li><li>Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) – API</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">Patents Customers:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email ebc@uspto.gov.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">PTAB Customers:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the PTAB-E2E FAQ Page and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at Trials@uspto.gov.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">Trademark Customers:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. 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.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">TTAB Customers:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov.</p></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events661Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-25T08:07:41-04:002022-10-25T08:07:41-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events624Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-24T08:12:13-04:002022-10-24T08:12:13-04:00<div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Central Enterprise Data Repository-Infrastructure (CEDR-Infra) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on CEDR-Infra from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, October 25 and ending at 8 a.m., Tuesday, October 25 ET</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</div><div><br></div><div> • Patent Center</div><div> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers</div><div> • Private PAIR</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be available during the maintenance period for filing new applications only:</div><div><br></div><div> • EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers</div><div> • EFS-Web Contingency</div><div><br></div><div>Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other available alternative filing methods.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Docket and Application Viewer (DAV) Migration</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform a migration on DAV from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas on two consecutive days:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• The first day of maintenance will begin at 12:05 a.m., Thursday, October 27 and end at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, October 27 ET.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: During the deployment, OCR functionality, Relevant Prior Art (RPA) functionality, and eDRS messaging functionality will be unavailable</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div> <span style="font-size: 14px;">• The second day of maintenance will begin at 10 p.m., Friday, October 28 and end at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 29 ET. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Note: DAV will also be unavailable during the migration window.</span></div></div><div><br></div><div><p><br></p></div></div></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events660Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-24T07:57:38-04:002022-10-24T07:57:38-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events621Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-21T08:49:24-04:002022-10-21T08:49:24-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on TESS beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, October 21 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted:</p><p> • Trademark Design Search Codes Manual(TDSCM)</p><p> • PCTRAM (Mark image not available)</p><p> • First Action System for Trademarks (FAST1)/ Form Paragraph Editor Program (FPEP) (Link to TESS unavailable)</p><p> • Trademark Examination TM-Exam) (Link to TESS unavailable)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Content Management (TM-CMS) and Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) Migration</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM-CMS and TM-AL from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 6 a.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</div><div><br></div><div> •Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> •Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div> •Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Databases Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Production databases beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be impacted:</div><div><br></div><div> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </div><div> • Trademarks ID Manual (IDM) will not be available.</div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) initial application forms will not be available. </div><div> • TTAB Reading Room will not be available.</div><div> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available, but all documents may not be viewable. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</div><div><br></div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) Upgrade</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO and Certified Copy and Assignments Product team will perform an upgrade on AOTW beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this upgrade period, the AOTW product will not be available. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) products will be available however; the connect to AOTW will not be available.</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Central Enterprise Data Repository-Infrastructure (CEDR-Infra) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on CEDR-Infra from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, October 25 and ending at 8 a.m., Tuesday, October 25 ET</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</div><div><br></div><div> • Patent Center</div><div> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers</div><div> • Private PAIR</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be available during the maintenance period for filing new applications only:</div><div><br></div><div> • EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers</div><div> • EFS-Web Contingency</div><div><br></div><div>Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other available alternative filing methods.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 23 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 23 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</div><div><br></div><div>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</div><div><br></div><div><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Services-Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the S-DWP beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, October 22 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.</p><p>The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</p><table width="100%" class="ms-rteTable-default" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(200, 198, 196); color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><tbody><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); width: 305.3px; vertical-align: top;"><ul><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></li></ul></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); width: 305.3px; vertical-align: top;">Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customers should check back on Monday, October 24 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); vertical-align: top;"><ul><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">Global Dossier (GD)</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">One Portal Dossier (OPD)</span></li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.6;"> <br></p></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); vertical-align: top;">All documents will not be viewable, downloadable during the outage.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events659Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-21T08:47:54-04:002022-10-21T08:47:54-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events623Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-20T08:56:59-04:002022-10-20T08:56:59-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, October 21 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable. </p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) </p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) </p><p> • USPTO TM Status mobile app</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on TESS beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, October 21 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted:</p><p> • Trademark Design Search Codes Manual(TDSCM)</p><p> • PCTRAM (Mark image not available)</p><p> • First Action System for Trademarks (FAST1)/ Form Paragraph Editor Program (FPEP) (Link to TESS unavailable)</p><p> • Trademark Examination TM-Exam) (Link to TESS unavailable)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Content Management (TM-CMS) and Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) Migration</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM-CMS and TM-AL from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 6 a.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</div><div><br></div><div> •Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> •Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div> •Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Databases Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Production databases beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be impacted:</div><div><br></div><div> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </div><div> • Trademarks ID Manual (IDM) will not be available.</div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) initial application forms will not be available. </div><div> • TTAB Reading Room will not be available.</div><div> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available, but all documents may not be viewable. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</div><div><br></div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) Upgrade</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO and Certified Copy and Assignments Product team will perform an upgrade on AOTW beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this upgrade period, the AOTW product will not be available. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) products will be available however; the connect to AOTW will not be available.</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Central Enterprise Data Repository-Infrastructure (CEDR-Infra) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on CEDR-Infra from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, October 25 and ending at 8 a.m., Tuesday, October 25 ET</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</div><div><br></div><div> • Patent Center</div><div> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers</div><div> • Private PAIR</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be available during the maintenance period for filing new applications only:</div><div><br></div><div> • EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers</div><div> • EFS-Web Contingency</div><div><br></div><div>Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other available alternative filing methods.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 23 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 23 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</div><div><br></div><div>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</div><div><br></div><div><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Services-Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the S-DWP beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, October 22 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.</p><p>The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</p><table width="100%" class="ms-rteTable-default" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(200, 198, 196); color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><tbody><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); width: 305.3px; vertical-align: top;"><ul><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></li></ul></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); width: 305.3px; vertical-align: top;">Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customers should check back on Monday, October 24 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); vertical-align: top;"><ul><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">Global Dossier (GD)</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">One Portal Dossier (OPD)</span></li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.6;"> <br></p></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); vertical-align: top;">All documents will not be viewable, downloadable during the outage.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events622Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-20T07:48:49-04:002022-10-20T08:56:25-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, October 21 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable. </p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) </p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) </p><p> • USPTO TM Status mobile app</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on TESS beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, October 21 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted:</p><p> • Trademark Design Search Codes Manual(TDSCM)</p><p> • PCTRAM (Mark image not available)</p><p> • First Action System for Trademarks (FAST1)/ Form Paragraph Editor Program (FPEP) (Link to TESS unavailable)</p><p> • Trademark Examination TM-Exam) (Link to TESS unavailable)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Content Management (TM-CMS) and Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) Migration</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM-CMS and TM-AL from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 6 a.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</div><div><br></div><div> •Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> •Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div> •Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Databases Maintenance</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Production databases beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be impacted:</div><div><br></div><div> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </div><div> • Trademarks ID Manual (IDM) will not be available.</div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) initial application forms will not be available. </div><div> • TTAB Reading Room will not be available.</div><div> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available, but all documents may not be viewable. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</div><div><br></div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) Upgrade</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO and Certified Copy and Assignments Product team will perform an upgrade on AOTW beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this upgrade period, the AOTW product will not be available. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) products will be available however; the connect to AOTW will not be available.</div><div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Central Enterprise Data Repository-Infrastructure (CEDR-Infra) Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on CEDR-Infra from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, October 25 and ending at 8 a.m., Tuesday, October 25 ET</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</div><div><br></div><div> • Patent Center</div><div> • EFS-Web for Registered eFilers</div><div> • Private PAIR</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be available during the maintenance period for filing new applications only:</div><div><br></div><div> • EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers</div><div> • EFS-Web Contingency</div><div><br></div><div>Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage page</a> for other available alternative filing methods.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 23 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 23 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</div><div><br></div><div>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</div><div><br></div><div><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Services-Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the S-DWP beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, October 22 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, CMS will be unavailable.</p><p>The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</p><table width="100%" class="ms-rteTable-default" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(200, 198, 196); color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><tbody><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); width: 305.3px; vertical-align: top;"><ul><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></li></ul></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); width: 305.3px; vertical-align: top;">Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customers should check back on Monday, October 24 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); vertical-align: top;"><ul><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">Global Dossier (GD)</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: 700;">One Portal Dossier (OPD)</span></li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.6;"> <br></p></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); vertical-align: top;">All documents will not be viewable, downloadable during the outage.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events658Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-20T07:47:46-04:002022-10-20T07:47:46-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events657Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-19T07:58:16-04:002022-10-19T07:58:16-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events620Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-19T00:00:00-04:002022-10-19T08:23:17-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, October 21 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable. </p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) </p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) </p><p> • USPTO TM Status mobile app</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on TESS beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, October 21 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted:</p><p> • Trademark Design Search Codes Manual(TDSCM)</p><p> • PCTRAM (Mark image not available)</p><p> • First Action System for Trademarks (FAST1)/ Form Paragraph Editor Program (FPEP) (Link to TESS unavailable)</p><p> • Trademark Examination TM-Exam) (Link to TESS unavailable)</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Content Management (TM-CMS) and Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) Migration</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform a migration on TM-CMS and TM-AL from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 6 a.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</div><div><br></div><div> •Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> •Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div> •Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</div><div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Databases Maintenance</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Production databases beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will be impacted:</div><div><br></div><div> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. </div><div> • Trademarks ID Manual (IDM) will not be available.</div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) initial application forms will not be available. </div><div> • TTAB Reading Room will not be available.</div><div> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will be available, but all documents may not be viewable. </div><div><br></div><div>The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</div><div><br></div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</div><div> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</div><div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) Upgrade</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>The USPTO and Certified Copy and Assignments Product team will perform an upgrade on AOTW beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 22 and ending at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, October 22 ET.</div><div><br></div><div>During this upgrade period, the AOTW product will not be available. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) and Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) products will be available however; the connect to AOTW will not be available.</div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events656Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-18T07:50:54-04:002022-10-18T07:50:54-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events619Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-18T00:00:00-04:002022-10-18T09:55:52-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, October 21 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable. </p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) </p><p> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG) </p><p> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE) </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) </p><p> • USPTO TM Status mobile app</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on TESS beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, October 21 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be impacted:</p><p> • Trademark Design Search Codes Manual(TDSCM)</p><p> • PCTRAM (Mark image not available)</p><p> • First Action System for Trademarks (FAST1)/ Form Paragraph Editor Program (FPEP) (Link to TESS unavailable)</p><p> • Trademark Examination TM-Exam) (Link to TESS unavailable)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Friday, October 21 and ending at 10 p.m., Friday, October 21 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events618Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-17T07:58:48-04:002022-10-17T07:58:48-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events655Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-17T07:56:54-04:002022-10-17T07:56:54-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events617Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-10-14T07:48:40-04:002022-10-14T07:48:48-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, October 14 and ending at 3 p.m., Friday, October 14 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 14 and ending at 11 p.m., Friday, October 14 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<br> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<br> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<br> • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)<br> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<br> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a><br>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov">atTrials@uspto.gov</a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance </span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on P-OA2XML from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 3 a.m., Sunday, October 16 ET. </p><p>This migration will temporarily delay the availability of new Office Action DOCX and XML data downloads in Private PAIR and Patent Center [and other consuming systems (i.e. BDR)].</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Global Dossier (GD), One Portal Dossier (OPD), Patent Examination Data System (PEDS), Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS), and PALM Reporting System (PALM-PRS) beginning at 12 a.m., Sunday, October 16 and ending at 5 a.m., Sunday, October 16 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, GD, OPD, PEDS, PSIPS, and PALM-PRS will be unavailable.<br></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 16 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 16 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events654Current EventsServiceDesk2022-10-14T07:47:58-04:002022-10-14T07:48:07-04:00<div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Center Filing Delays</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br></span></span></div><div>Currently, new utility applications filed via Patent Center from Friday, October 7 through Monday, October 10 are experiencing longer than expected delays in becoming available. The USPTO is aware of this issue and is working diligently to resolve it.</div><div><br></div><div>Users should check back on Friday, October 21 to see if the application is viewable in Private-PAIR or Patent Center.</div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events616Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-13T12:56:55-04:002022-10-13T15:48:21-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, October 14 and ending at 3 p.m., Friday, October 14 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, October 14 and ending at 11 p.m., Friday, October 14 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<br> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<br> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<br> • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)<br> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<br> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a><br>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov">atTrials@uspto.gov</a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a style="outline: 0px; color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline;" href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance </span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on P-OA2XML from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 3 a.m., Sunday, October 16 ET. </p><p>This migration will temporarily delay the availability of new Office Action DOCX and XML data downloads in Private PAIR and Patent Center [and other consuming systems (i.e. BDR)].</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Global Dossier (GD), One Portal Dossier (OPD), Patent Examination Data System (PEDS), Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS), and PALM Reporting System (PALM-PRS) beginning at 12 a.m., Sunday, October 16 and ending at 5 a.m., Sunday, October 16 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, GD, OPD, PEDS, PSIPS, and PALM-PRS will be unavailable.<br></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 16 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 16 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events653Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-13T10:57:08-04:002022-10-13T11:03:04-04:00<div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Center Filing Delays</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><br></b></span></div><div>Currently, new utility applications filed via Patent Center from Friday, October 7 through Monday, October 10 are experiencing longer than expected delays in becoming available. The USPTO is aware of this issue and is working diligently to resolve it.</div><div><br></div><div>Users should check back on Friday, October 21 to see if the application is viewable in Private-PAIR or Patent Center.</div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events615Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-13T08:02:18-04:002022-10-13T08:02:18-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, October 14 and ending at 3 p.m., Friday, October 14 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<br> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<br> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<br> • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)<br> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<br> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a><br>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov">atTrials@uspto.gov</a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></span></p><p>Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted beginning at 6 p.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 10 p.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</p><p> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)</p><p> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p><br></p><p>Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</p><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a> If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on P-OA2XML from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 3 a.m., Sunday, October 16 ET. </p><p>This migration will temporarily delay the availability of new Office Action DOCX and XML data downloads in Private PAIR and Patent Center [and other consuming systems (i.e. BDR)]. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events652Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-12T11:53:32-04:002022-10-12T15:39:07-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events651Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-12T07:54:30-04:002022-10-12T07:54:30-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events614Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-12T07:53:50-04:002022-10-12T08:03:08-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Wednesday, October 12 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Thursday, October 13 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, October 14 and ending at 3 p.m., Friday, October 14 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<br> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<br> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<br> • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)<br> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<br> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a><br>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov">atTrials@uspto.gov</a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></span></p><p>Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted beginning at 6 p.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 10 p.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</p><p> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)</p><p> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p><br></p><p>Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</p><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a> If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers: </span>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance </span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on P-OA2XML from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas, beginning at 10 p.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 3 a.m., Sunday, October 16 ET. </p><p>This migration will temporarily delay the availability of new Office Action DOCX and XML data downloads in Private PAIR and Patent Center [and other consuming systems (i.e. BDR)]. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events613Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-11T12:51:47-04:002022-10-11T12:51:47-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Wednesday, October 12 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Thursday, October 13 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, October 14 and ending at 3 p.m., Friday, October 14 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<br> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<br> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<br> • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)<br> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<br> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a><br>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov">atTrials@uspto.gov</a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></b></p><p>Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted beginning at 6 p.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 10 p.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</p><p> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</p><p> • Patent Center</p><p> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)</p><p> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</p><p> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</p><p> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</p><p> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p><br></p><p>Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</p><p>If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage.</a> If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET.</p><p><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers: </b>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events650Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-11T07:35:55-04:002022-10-11T07:35:55-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events612Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-11T07:31:35-04:002022-10-11T07:31:35-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Wednesday, October 12 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Thursday, October 13 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, October 14 and ending at 3 p.m., Friday, October 14 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<br> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<br> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<br> • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)<br> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<br> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a><br>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov">atTrials@uspto.gov</a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events611Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-07T13:48:58-04:002022-10-07T13:48:58-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be perform an upgrade on AOTW beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 8 and ending at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, October 8 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, there will be a complete outage for AOTW.</p><p>TTABVUE and TSDR are up but the assignment website will unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><br></div><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE), and TTAB Reading-Room (TTAB-RR) beginning at 12 a.m., Saturday, October 8 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, October 8 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA, TTABVUE, and TTAB-RR will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 9 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 9 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Online ID Verification Scheduled Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the online identity verification system beginning at 11:59 p.m., October 8 and ending at 12:30 a.m., Sunday, October 9 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, online ID verification for Trademark filers will be unavailable.</p><p>Customers are advised not to begin the online Trademarks identity verification process during this 30-minute maintenance window. The TEAS and TEASi filing systems will be available for already-verified customers during the scheduled maintenance.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E) Maintenance</span></span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be perform maintenance on the P-TACTS beginning at 5 p.m., Sunday, October 9 and ending at 11 p.m., Monday, October 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the PTAB-E2E system will be unavailable.</p><p>Please note, October 10 is a federal holiday and the USPTO offices are closed.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Wednesday, October 12 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Thursday, October 13 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<br> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<br> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<br> • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)<br> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<br> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a><br>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov">atTrials@uspto.gov</a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events610Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-07T07:49:08-04:002022-10-07T07:49:08-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) Maintenance </span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be perform an upgrade on AOTW beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 8 and ending at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, October 8 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, there will be a complete outage for AOTW.</p><p>TTABVUE and TSDR are up but the assignment website will unavailable during the maintenance period.</p><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><br></div><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE), and TTAB Reading-Room (TTAB-RR) beginning at 12 a.m., Saturday, October 8 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, October 8 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA, TTABVUE, and TTAB-RR will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 9 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 9 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Online ID Verification Scheduled Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the online identity verification system beginning at 11:59 p.m., October 8 and ending at 12:30 a.m., Sunday, October 9 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, online ID verification for Trademark filers will be unavailable.</p><p>Customers are advised not to begin the online Trademarks identity verification process during this 30-minute maintenance window. The TEAS and TEASi filing systems will be available for already-verified customers during the scheduled maintenance.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E) Maintenance</span></span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be perform maintenance on the P-TACTS beginning at 5 p.m., Sunday, October 9 and ending at 11 p.m., Monday, October 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the PTAB-E2E system will be unavailable.</p><p>Please note, October 10 is a federal holiday and the USPTO offices are closed.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<br> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<br> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<br> • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)<br> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<br> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a><br>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">P-TACTS Customers</span></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov">atTrials@uspto.gov</a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers</span></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(35, 82, 124); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events649Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-07T07:47:38-04:002022-10-07T07:47:38-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events609Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-06T09:48:18-04:002022-10-06T09:51:41-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Content Management (TM-CMS) and Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) systems on the following dates:</p><p> • The maintenance for TM-CMS will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 7 and end at 5:30 a.m., Friday, October 7 ET.<br> • The maintenance for TM-AL will begin at 1:30 a.m., Friday, October 7 and end at 2:30 a.m., Friday, October 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 7 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, October 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable.</p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) <br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • USPTO TM Status mobile app </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Assignments on the Web (AOTW) Maintenance </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will be perform an upgrade on AOTW beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 8 and ending at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, October 8 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, there will be a complete outage for AOTW.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">TTABVUE and TSDR are up but the assignment website will unavailable during the maintenance period.</span></p><div><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><br></div><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE), and TTAB Reading-Room (TTAB-RR) beginning at 12 a.m., Saturday, October 8 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, October 8 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA, TTABVUE, and TTAB-RR will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 9 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 9 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trademark Online ID Verification Scheduled Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the online identity verification system beginning at 11:59 p.m., October 8 and ending at 12:30 a.m., Sunday, October 9 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, online ID verification for Trademark filers will be unavailable.</p><p>Customers are advised not to begin the online Trademarks identity verification process during this 30-minute maintenance window. The TEAS and TEASi filing systems will be available for already-verified customers during the scheduled maintenance.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif; font-size: 18px; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><strong>Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E) Maintenance</strong></span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be perform maintenance on the P-TACTS beginning at 5 p.m., Sunday, October 9 and ending at 11 p.m., Monday, October 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the PTAB-E2E system will be unavailable.</p><p>Please note, October 10 is a federal holiday and the USPTO offices are closed.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, October 15 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, October 15 ET.</p><p>The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)<br> • Patent Center and Sponsorship tool<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)<br> • Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<br> • Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)<br> • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)<br> • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</p><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><strong>Patent Customers:</strong></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a><br>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><strong>P-TACTS Customers</strong></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email <a href="mailto:atTrials@uspto.gov">atTrials@uspto.gov</a></p><p><strong>Trademark Customers</strong></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><strong>TTAB Customers</strong></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/appealing-trademark-decisions/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<br><br><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events648Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-06T07:55:55-04:002022-10-06T07:55:55-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events647Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-06T07:51:27-04:002022-10-06T07:54:46-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events608Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-05T15:40:13-04:002022-10-05T17:14:22-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, October 6 and ending at 2 a.m., Thursday, October 6 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>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: <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>. </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Content Management (TM-CMS) and Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) systems on the following dates:</p><p> • The maintenance for TM-CMS will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 7 and end at 5:30 a.m., Friday, October 7 ET.<br> • The maintenance for TM-AL will begin at 1:30 a.m., Friday, October 7 and end at 2:30 a.m., Friday, October 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 7 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, October 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable.</p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) <br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • USPTO TM Status mobile app </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Assignments on the Web (AOTW) Maintenance </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will be perform an upgrade on AOTW beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 8 and ending at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, October 8 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, there will be a complete outage for AOTW.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">TTABVUE and TSDR are up but the assignment website will unavailable during the maintenance period.</span></p><div><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><br></div><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE), and TTAB Reading-Room (TTAB-RR) beginning at 12 a.m., Saturday, October 8 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, October 8 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA, TTABVUE, and TTAB-RR will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 9 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 9 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif; font-size: 18px; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><strong>Patent
Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E) Maintenance</strong></span></span></p><p>The USPTO will be perform maintenance on the P-TACTS beginning at 5 p.m., Sunday, October 9 and ending at 11 p.m., Monday, October 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, the PTAB-E2E system will be unavailable.</p><p>Please note, October 10 is a federal holiday and the USPTO offices are closed.</p><p><br><br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events646Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-05T07:53:28-04:002022-10-05T07:53:28-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events645Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-04T08:22:42-04:002022-10-04T08:22:42-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events607Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-10-04T08:11:14-04:002022-10-04T09:31:58-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">MyUSPTO System Update</span></span></p><p>As part of the current MyUSPTO deployment to address user experience issues reported by customers, a database schema change is needed. </p><p>Given the high volume of users at any point of time in the system, the USPTO will need to take the system down to make the schema change and avoid any potential problems.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Applications Retirement</span></span></p><p>After September 30, the following systems will no longer be available:</p><p> • Patent Full Text on the Web (PATFT)<br> • Application Full Text (APPFT)<br> • Public Examiner's Automated Search Tool (Public EAST)<br> • Public Web-Based Examiner's Search Tool (Public WEST)</p><p>Please use <a href="http://patent%20public%20search/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/</font></u></a>) to conduct searches of U.S. patents and published applications. Visit the <a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html</font></u></a>) website for additional resources. For questions regarding Patent Public Search, please contact the Public Search Facility at <a href="mailto:psf@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">psf@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, October 6 and ending at 2 a.m., Thursday, October 6 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>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: <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>. </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark Content Management (TM-CMS) and Abstraction Layer (TM-AL) systems on the following dates:</p><p> • The maintenance for TM-CMS will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 7 and end at 5:30 a.m., Friday, October 7 ET.<br> • The maintenance for TM-AL will begin at 1:30 a.m., Friday, October 7 and end at 2:30 a.m., Friday, October 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, October 7 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, October 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable.</p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) <br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • USPTO TM Status mobile app </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW) Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p>The USPTO will be perform an upgrade on AOTW beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 8 and ending at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, October 8 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, there will be a complete outage for AOTW.<br><br><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events606Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-10-03T07:34:08-04:002022-10-03T07:39:03-04:00<p><span></span><span></span><span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">MyUSPTO System Update</span></span></p><p>As part of the current MyUSPTO deployment to address user experience issues reported by customers, a database schema change is needed. </p><p>Given the high volume of users at any point of time in the system, the USPTO will need to take the system down to make the schema change and avoid any potential problems.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Applications Retirement</span></span></p><p>After September 30, the following systems will no longer be available:</p><p> • Patent Full Text on the Web (PATFT)<br> • Application Full Text (APPFT)<br> • Public Examiner's Automated Search Tool (Public EAST)<br> • Public Web-Based Examiner's Search Tool (Public WEST)</p><p>Please use <a href="http://patent%20public%20search/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/</font></u></a>) to conduct searches of U.S. patents and published applications. Visit the <a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html</font></u></a>) website for additional resources. For questions regarding Patent Public Search, please contact the Public Search Facility at <a href="mailto:psf@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">psf@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, October 6 and ending at 2 a.m., Thursday, October 6 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>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: <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events644Current EventsServiceDesk2022-10-03T07:33:15-04:002022-10-03T07:33:23-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events605Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-09-30T08:00:57-04:002022-09-30T08:01:05-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">MyUSPTO System Update</span></span></p><p>As part of the current MyUSPTO deployment to address user experience issues reported by customers, a database schema change is needed. </p><p>Given the high volume of users at any point of time in the system, the USPTO will need to take the system down to make the schema change and avoid any potential problems.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Applications Retirement</span></span></p><p>After September 30, the following systems will no longer be available:</p><p> • Patent Full Text on the Web (PATFT)<br> • Application Full Text (APPFT)<br> • Public Examiner's Automated Search Tool (Public EAST)<br> • Public Web-Based Examiner's Search Tool (Public WEST)</p><p>Please use <a href="http://patent%20public%20search/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/</font></u></a>) to conduct searches of U.S. patents and published applications. Visit the <a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html</font></u></a>) website for additional resources. For questions regarding Patent Public Search, please contact the Public Search Facility at <a href="mailto:psf@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">psf@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, September 30 and ending at 11 p.m., Friday, September 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 2 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 2 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events643Current EventsServiceDesk2022-09-30T07:58:57-04:002022-09-30T07:59:05-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events642Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-29T07:47:16-04:002022-09-29T07:47:16-04:00<p><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif">There ar</font><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">e</span><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> no current events at this time.</font><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events604Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-29T07:45:50-04:002022-09-29T07:45:50-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 24px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">MyUSPTO System Update</span></span></p><p>As part of the current MyUSPTO deployment to address user experience issues reported by customers, a database schema change is needed. </p><p>Given the high volume of users at any point of time in the system, the USPTO will need to take the system down to make the schema change and avoid any potential problems.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, September 30 and ending at 3 a.m., Friday, September 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption:</p><p> • API Key Manager<br> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<br> • FPNG<br> • MyUSPTO<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)<br> • Patent Center (eMOD)<br> • Patent Center Support<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)<br> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence<br> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)<br> • TM Document Management<br> • Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)<br> • Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)<br> • Trademark- Exam (TM-Exam)<br> • Trademark- Exam/Content<br> • Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)<br> • TSDR – API</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.<br>If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">PTAB-E2E FAQ Page </font></u></a>and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trademark Outage Page</font></u></a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTAB Outage Page</font></u></a> 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Applications Retirement</span></span></p><p>After September 30, the following systems will no longer be available:</p><p> • Patent Full Text on the Web (PATFT)<br> • Application Full Text (APPFT)<br> • Public Examiner's Automated Search Tool (Public EAST)<br> • Public Web-Based Examiner's Search Tool (Public WEST)</p><p>Please use <a href="http://patent%20public%20search/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/</font></u></a>) to conduct searches of U.S. patents and published applications. Visit the <a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html</font></u></a>) website for additional resources. For questions regarding Patent Public Search, please contact the Public Search Facility at <a href="mailto:psf@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">psf@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, September 30 and ending at 11 p.m., Friday, September 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 2 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 2 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events603Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-28T13:10:41-04:002022-09-28T13:10:41-04:00<p><span></span><span style="font-size: 24px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">MyUSPTO System Update</span></span></p><p>As part of the current MyUSPTO deployment to address user experience issues reported by customers, a database schema change is needed. </p><p>Given the high volume of users at any point of time in the system, the USPTO will need to take the system down to make the schema change and avoid any potential problems.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, September 30 and ending at 3 a.m., Friday, September 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption:</p><p> • API Key Manager<br> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<br> • FPNG<br> • MyUSPTO<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)<br> • Patent Center (eMOD)<br> • Patent Center Support<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)<br> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence<br> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)<br> • TM Document Management<br> • Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)<br> • Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)<br> • Trademark- Exam (TM-Exam)<br> • Trademark- Exam/Content<br> • Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)<br> • TSDR – API</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.<br>If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">PTAB-E2E FAQ Page </font></u></a>and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trademark Outage Page</font></u></a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">TTAB Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTAB Outage Page</font></u></a> 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Applications Retirement</span></span></p><p>After September 30, the following systems will no longer be available:</p><p> • Patent Full Text on the Web (PATFT)<br> • Application Full Text (APPFT)<br> • Public Examiner's Automated Search Tool (Public EAST)<br> • Public Web-Based Examiner's Search Tool (Public WEST)</p><p>Please use <a href="http://patent%20public%20search/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/</font></u></a>) to conduct searches of U.S. patents and published applications. Visit the <a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html</font></u></a>) website for additional resources. For questions regarding Patent Public Search, please contact the Public Search Facility at <a href="mailto:psf@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">psf@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 2 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 2 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Migration </span></b><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on OEDIS from the Production Data Center in Alexandria to a new Data Center in Manassas beginning at 11 p.m., Wednesday, September 28 and ending at 5 a.m., Thursday, September 29 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable: </p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Patent Practitioner Search</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Registered Practitioner Portal</p><p> •<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Exam Applicant Portal</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events641Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-28T07:36:01-04:002022-09-28T07:36:01-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">There ar</span></font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">e</span><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> no current events at this time.</span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events602Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-28T07:34:53-04:002022-09-28T08:51:43-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>MyUSPTO System Update</strong></span></p><p>As part of the current MyUSPTO deployment to address user experience issues reported by customers, a database schema change is needed. </p><p>Given the high volume of users at any point of time in the system, the USPTO will need to take the system down to make the schema change and avoid any potential problems.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, September 30 and ending at 3 a.m., Friday, September 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption:</p><p> • API Key Manager<br> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<br> • FPNG<br> • MyUSPTO<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)<br> • Patent Center (eMOD)<br> • Patent Center Support<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)<br> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence<br> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)<br> • TM Document Management<br> • Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)<br> • Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)<br> • Trademark- Exam (TM-Exam)<br> • Trademark- Exam/Content<br> • Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)<br> • TSDR – API</p><p><strong>Patent Customers:</strong></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.<br>If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>. </p><p><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">PTAB-E2E FAQ Page </font></u></a>and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>. </p><p><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trademark Outage Page</font></u></a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>. </p><p><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTAB Outage Page</font></u></a> 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Applications Retirement</strong></span></p><p>After September 30, the following systems will no longer be available:</p><p> • Patent Full Text on the Web (PATFT)<br> • Application Full Text (APPFT) <br> • Public Examiner's Automated Search Tool (Public EAST)<br> • Public Web-Based Examiner's Search Tool (Public WEST)</p><p>Please use <a href="http://patent%20public%20search/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/</font></u></a>) to conduct searches of U.S. patents and published applications. Visit the <a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Patent Public Search </font></u></a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html</font></u></a>) website for additional resources. For questions regarding Patent Public Search, please contact the Public Search Facility at <a href="mailto:psf@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">psf@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, October 2 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, October 2 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br><br><br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events601Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-27T08:15:09-04:002022-09-27T08:26:17-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><b><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO System Update</span></b></p><p>As part of the current MyUSPTO deployment to address user experience issues reported by customers, a database schema change is needed. </p><p>Given the high volume of users at any point of time in the system, the USPTO will need to take the system down to make the schema change and avoid any potential problems.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, September 30 and ending at 3 a.m., Friday, September 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption:</p><p> • API Key Manager<br> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<br> • FPNG<br> • MyUSPTO<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)<br> • Patent Center (eMOD)<br> • Patent Center Support<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)<br> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence<br> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)<br> • TM Document Management<br> • Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)<br> • Trademark- eOG(TM- eOG)<br> • Trademark- Exam (TM-Exam)<br> • Trademark- Exam/Content<br> • Trademark ID Manual (TM- IDM)<br> • TSDR – API</p><p><strong>Patent Customers:</strong></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers or EFS-Web Contingency. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an alternative filing or payment method.<br>If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB-E2E FAQ Page </a>and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">TTAB Outage Page</a> 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Applications Retirement</strong></span></p><p>After September 30, the following systems will no longer be available:</p><p> • Patent Full Text on the Web (PATFT)<br> • Application Full Text (APPFT) <br> • Public Examiner's Automated Search Tool (Public EAST)<br> • Public Web-Based Examiner's Search Tool (Public WEST)</p><p>Please use <a href="http://Patent Public Search" target="_blank">Patent Public Search </a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/</a>) to conduct searches of U.S. patents and published applications. Visit the <a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html" target="_blank">Patent Public Search </a>(<a href="https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html">https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/landing.html</a>) website for additional resources. For questions regarding Patent Public Search, please contact the Public Search Facility at <a href="mailto:psf@uspto.gov">psf@uspto.gov</a>.<br><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events640Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-27T07:56:54-04:002022-09-27T07:56:54-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">There ar</span></font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">e</span><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> no current events at this time.</span></font><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events639Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-26T14:00:09-04:002022-09-26T16:10:57-04:00<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">There ar</span></font><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">e</span><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> no current events at this time.</span></font></p><span style="font-size: 14px;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events600Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-26T07:30:57-04:002022-09-26T07:30:57-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><b><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO System Update</span></b></p><p>As part of the current MyUSPTO deployment to address user experience issues reported by customers, a database schema change is needed. </p><p>Given the high volume of users at any point of time in the system, the USPTO will need to take the system down to make the schema change and avoid any potential problems.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events599Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-23T07:56:59-04:002022-09-23T09:42:02-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><b><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO System Update</span></b></p><p>As part of the current MyUSPTO deployment to address user experience issues reported by customers, a database schema change is needed. </p><p>Given the high volume of users at any point of time in the system, the USPTO will need to take the system down to make the schema change and avoid any potential problems.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 1 a.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, assignment data will be unavailable at the Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR).</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 24 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EPAS beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 1 a.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, EPAS will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 1 a.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.</p><p>Users should save their work and exit ETAS before the migration period begins.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, September 25 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events638Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-23T07:56:14-04:002022-09-23T07:56:14-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events598Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-22T16:20:25-04:002022-09-22T16:27:50-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on PPUBS beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, September 23 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, September 23 ET.</p><p>Users need to be prepared for interruptions, including outages, limited access and reduced performance to the Patent Public Search, during this scheduled activity.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 1 a.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, assignment data will be unavailable at the Patent Center and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR).</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 24 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EPAS beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 1 a.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, EPAS will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 1 a.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.</p><p>Users should save their work and exit ETAS before the migration period begins.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, September 25 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events637Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-22T08:00:37-04:002022-09-22T08:00:37-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events597Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-21T02:57:04-04:002022-09-21T04:15:20-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Public Search (PPUBS) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on PPUBS beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, September 23 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, September 23 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Users need to be prepared for interruptions, including outages, limited access and reduced performance to the Patent Public Search, during this scheduled activity.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 24 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EPAS beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 1 a.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, EPAS will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and ending at 1 a.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Users should save their work and exit ETAS before the migration period begins.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, September 25 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, September 25 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br><br><br><br><br></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events636Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-21T02:54:41-04:002022-09-21T02:54:41-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events635Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-20T04:18:44-04:002022-09-20T04:18:44-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events596Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-20T04:03:21-04:002022-09-20T04:03:21-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system beginning at 10 a.m., Tuesday, September 20 and ending at 5 p.m., Tuesday, September 20 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, users will be unable to access the system.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events595Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-19T04:07:26-04:002022-09-19T04:07:26-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system beginning at 10 a.m., Tuesday, September 20 and ending at 5 p.m., Tuesday, September 20 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, users will be unable to access the system.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events634Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-19T04:03:33-04:002022-09-19T04:03:33-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events633Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-16T03:14:22-04:002022-09-16T03:14:22-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events594Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-16T03:13:49-04:002022-09-16T03:13:49-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, September 16 and ending at 5 p.m., Friday, September 16 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the MyUSPTO application on two consecutive nights:</p><p> • The first night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 17 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 17 ET.<br> • The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, September 18 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, September 18 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, MyUSPTO will be available, but users might experience delayed response times.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, September 18 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, September 18 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated. Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system beginning at 10 a.m., Tuesday, September 20 and ending at 5 p.m., Tuesday, September 20 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, users will be unable to access the system.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events593Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-15T08:20:44-04:002022-09-15T08:20:44-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, September 16 and ending at 5 p.m., Friday, September 16 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the MyUSPTO application on two consecutive nights:</p><p> • The first night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 17 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 17 ET.<br> • The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, September 18 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, September 18 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, MyUSPTO will be available, but users might experience delayed response times.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, September 18 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, September 18 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated. Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the PEDS system beginning at 10 a.m., Tuesday, September 20 and ending at 5 p.m., Tuesday, September 20 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, users will be unable to access the system.<br><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events592Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-15T03:42:06-04:002022-09-15T03:42:06-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, September 16 and ending at 5 p.m., Friday, September 16 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the MyUSPTO application on two consecutive nights:</p><p> • The first night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 17 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 17 ET.<br> • The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, September 18 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, September 18 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, MyUSPTO will be available, but users might experience delayed response times.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, September 18 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, September 18 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated. Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events631Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-15T03:41:15-04:002022-09-15T03:41:15-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events591Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-14T03:58:20-04:002022-09-14T04:03:56-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, September 15 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, September 15 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, September 16 and ending at 5 p.m., Friday, September 16 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">MyUSPTO Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the MyUSPTO application on two consecutive nights:</p><p> • The first night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 17 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 17 ET.<br> • The final night of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, September 18 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, September 18 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, MyUSPTO will be available, but users might experience delayed response times.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, September 18 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, September 18 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated. Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events632Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-14T03:56:53-04:002022-09-14T03:57:03-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events590Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-13T03:54:07-04:002022-09-13T03:54:07-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, September 15 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, September 15 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, September 16 and ending at 5 p.m., Friday, September 16 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, BDSS will be unavailable.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events630Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-13T03:50:00-04:002022-09-13T03:50:00-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events589Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-12T03:45:53-04:002022-09-12T03:45:53-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the OEDIS beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, September 15 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, September 15 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, OEDIS will be unavailable.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events629Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-12T03:43:47-04:002022-09-12T03:43:47-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events588Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-09T11:40:30-04:002022-09-09T11:47:32-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, September 9 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, September 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable.</p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • USPTO TM Status mobile app</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 10 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 12 a.m., Saturday, September 10 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, September 10 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"> Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"> Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">In addition, access to Financial Manager services will be unavailable as well as fee history query lookups.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m., to midnight ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><u><font color="#0066cc">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions </font></u></a>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Trademark Customers: </b>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc"> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, September 11 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, September 11 ET.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated. Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events628Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-09T03:55:56-04:002022-09-09T03:55:56-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events627Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-08T04:03:21-04:002022-09-08T04:03:21-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events587Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-08T04:02:21-04:002022-09-08T04:02:21-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, September 9 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, September ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable.</p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • USPTO TM Status mobile app</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 10 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Payment Processing Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 12 a.m., Saturday, September 10 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, September 10 ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Center<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"> Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"> Certified Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">In addition, access to Financial Manager services will be unavailable as well as fee history query lookups.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m., to midnight ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><u><font color="#0066cc">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions </font></u></a>and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>Trademark Customers: </b>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc"> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events626Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-07T03:47:45-04:002022-09-07T03:47:45-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events586Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-07T00:45:05-04:002022-09-07T12:49:48-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, September 9 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, September ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable.</p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • USPTO TM Status mobile app</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, September 10 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee
Payment Processing Maintenance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">Due to system maintenance on
USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at
12 a.m., Saturday, September 10 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, September 10
ET. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">During the maintenance period,
the following storefronts will be impacted:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Electronic
Filing System (EFS-Web)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Center<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Patent
Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Trademark
Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Office
of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""> Electronic
Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""> Certified
Copy Center (CCC)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">In addition, access to
Financial Manager services will be unavailable as well as fee history query
lookups.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt">If you are unable to wait
until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative
options are available:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b>Patent Customers:</b> For
more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.
If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center
(EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m., to midnight ET.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions </a>and
see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition
filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br>
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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b>Trademark Customers: </b>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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please
visit the TTAB Outage Page:<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style=""> https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov" style="">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<font color="#323130" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events585Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-06T05:28:13-04:002022-09-06T05:28:13-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, September 9 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, September ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be unavailable.</p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • USPTO TM Status mobile app<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events584Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-06T03:47:57-04:002022-09-06T03:47:57-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events625Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-06T03:45:58-04:002022-09-06T03:45:58-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events624Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-02T03:28:47-04:002022-09-02T03:28:47-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events583Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-02T03:28:13-04:002022-09-02T03:28:13-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Migration</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on the ESTTA server and database from the Alexandria Data Center to a new Data Center beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 3 and ending at 12 p.m., Saturday, September 3 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, September 4 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, September 4 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated. Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events623Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-01T03:40:27-04:002022-09-01T03:40:27-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events582Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-09-01T03:39:08-04:002022-09-01T03:46:19-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance on USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, September 2 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, September 2 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, UCCMS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Migration</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on the ESTTA server and database from the Alexandria Data Center to a new Data Center beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 3 and ending at 12 p.m., Saturday, September 3 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Reading Room (TTAB-RR)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, September 4 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, September 4 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated. Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events622Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-31T05:33:18-04:002022-08-31T05:33:18-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events581Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-31T03:53:14-04:002022-08-31T10:44:26-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trademark Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, August 31 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, September 1 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be impacted:</p><p> • <strong>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG</strong>) will be unavailable. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</font></u></a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">archived editions page</font></u></a>. <br> • <strong>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</strong> will be unavailable.<br> • <strong>TTAB Reading Room</strong> will be unavailable.<br> • <strong>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</strong> will be available, but all documents may not be viewable. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance on USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, September 2 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, September 2 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, UCCMS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) Migration</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform a migration on the ESTTA server and database from the Alexandria Data Center to a new Data Center beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, September 3 and ending at 12 p.m., Saturday, September 3 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Reading Room (TTAB-RR)<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events619Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-31T03:52:24-04:002022-08-31T03:52:24-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Resolved: Patent Center, Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web), and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span></span></p><p>The previously reported access issue for Patent Center, EFS-Web and Private-PAIR has been resolved. If you are still experiencing the issue or 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></a>.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events580Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-30T03:52:32-04:002022-08-30T03:52:32-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trademark Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, August 31 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, September 1 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be impacted:</p><p> • <strong>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG</strong>) will be unavailable. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</font></u></a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">archived editions page</font></u></a>. <br> • <strong>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</strong> will be unavailable.<br> • <strong>TTAB Reading Room</strong> will be unavailable.<br> • <strong>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</strong> will be available, but all documents may not be viewable. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance on USPTO Customer Contact Management System (UCCMS) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, September 2 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, September 2 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, UCCMS will be unavailable.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events621Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-29T23:09:00-04:002022-08-30T11:23:44-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Resolved: Patent Center, Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web), and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</span></span></p><p>The previously reported access issue for Patent Center, EFS-Web and Private-PAIR has been resolved. If you are still experiencing the issue or 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 <a href="http://ebc@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events620Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-29T23:08:57-04:002022-08-30T11:17:03-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Resolved: Patent Center, Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web), and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Issues</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The previously reported access issue for Patent Center, EFS-Web and Private-PAIR has been resolved. If you are still experiencing the issue or 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 <a href="http://ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</span></p><div><br></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events579Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-29T06:53:49-04:002022-08-29T06:59:24-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available but submissions will not be successful.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment Processing Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 12 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR. If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m., to midnight ET.</p><p><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</font></u></a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br>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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong> Please visit the TEAS Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> for information concerning Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the Trademark Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 800-786-9199 (press 1) or Email <a href="mailto:TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Trademark Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, August 31 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, September 1 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will be impacted:</p><p> • <strong>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG</strong>) will be unavailable. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. <br> • <strong>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</strong> will be unavailable.<br> • <strong>TTAB Reading Room</strong> will be unavailable.<br> • <strong>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</strong> will be available, but all documents may not be viewable. </p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images.</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events618Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-29T04:04:05-04:002022-08-29T04:04:05-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events578Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-26T03:42:17-04:002022-08-26T06:09:29-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 4 a.m., Saturday, August 27 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) and TTAB Reading-Room (TTAB-RR) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, August 27 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA, TTABVUE and TTAB-RR will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, August 27 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.<br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, August 28 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, August 28 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 7:30 a.m., Saturday. August 27 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) <br> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-GD-PAD beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 28 and ending at 5 a.m., Sunday, August 28 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period P-GD-PAD will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available but submissions will not be successful.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment Processing Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 12 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR. If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m., to midnight ET.</p><p><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</font></u></a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br>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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong> Please visit the TEAS Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> for information concerning Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the Trademark Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 800-786-9199 (press 1) or Email <a href="mailto:TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p><p><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events617Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-26T03:41:20-04:002022-08-26T03:41:20-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><u>The USPTO System Availability Issue</u></b></span></p><p>The MyUSPTO and other systems are currently impacted by an email relay issue. Users are not receiving any emails that are relayed through prem mailboxes.</p><p>Users are currently unable to reset passwords or receive activation emails.</p><p>Users are recommended to contact USPTO Customer Contact (UCC) to receive assistance. Technical teams are investigating and working on a fix for the issue. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events577Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-25T04:09:13-04:002022-08-25T06:50:00-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 4 a.m., Saturday, August 27 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) and TTAB Reading-Room (TTAB-RR) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, August 27 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA, TTABVUE and TTAB-RR will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEAS and TEASi systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, August 27 ET. </p><p>During the maintenance period, TEAS and TEASi will be unavailable.<br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, August 28 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, August 28 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 7:30 a.m., Saturday. August 27 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) <br> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-GD-PAD beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 28 and ending at 5 a.m., Sunday, August 28 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period P-GD-PAD will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available but submissions will not be successful.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) and Payment Processing Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>Due to system maintenance on USPTO financial systems, we will be unable to accept fee payments beginning at 12 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following storefronts will be impacted:</p><p> • Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ESTTA)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</p><p>In addition, several online financial services will be unavailable, including Patent Maintenance fee bulk uploads and retrieval of Maintenance Fee statements, access to Financial Manager reports and transaction searches, and fee history lookups through Private PAIR. If you are unable to wait until the maintenance has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</p><p><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m., to midnight ET.</p><p><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB E2E frequently asked questions</a> and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using PTAB-E2E alternative filing methods.<br>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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong> Please visit the TEAS Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage</a> for information concerning Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the Trademark Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 800-786-9199 (press 1) or Email <a href="mailto:TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov">TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events616Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-25T04:08:24-04:002022-08-25T04:08:24-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><u>The USPTO System Availability Issue</u></b></span></p><p>The MyUSPTO and other systems are currently impacted by an email relay issue. Users are not receiving any emails that are relayed through prem mailboxes.</p><p>Users are currently unable to reset passwords or receive activation emails.</p><p>Users are recommended to contact USPTO Customer Contact (UCC) to receive assistance. Technical teams are investigating and working on a fix for the issue. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events615Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-24T03:47:17-04:002022-08-24T03:47:17-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><u>The USPTO System Availability Issue</u></b></span></p><p>The MyUSPTO and other systems are currently impacted by an email relay issue. Users are not receiving any emails that are relayed through prem mailboxes.</p><p>Users are currently unable to reset passwords or receive activation emails.</p><p>Users are recommended to contact USPTO Customer Contact (UCC) to receive assistance. Technical teams are investigating and working on a fix for the issue. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events576Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-24T03:46:38-04:002022-08-24T05:54:00-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 4 a.m., Saturday, August 27 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) and TTAB Reading-Room (TTAB-RR) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 3 a.m., Saturday, August 27 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ESTTA, TTABVUE and TTAB-RR will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, August 28 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, August 28 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 7:30 a.m., Saturday. August 27 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable: </p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) <br> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-GD-PAD beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 28 and ending at 5 a.m., Sunday, August 28 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period P-GD-PAD will be unavailable.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events575Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-23T03:57:00-04:002022-08-23T04:34:44-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 27 and ending at 4 a.m., Saturday, August 27 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private-PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events614Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-23T03:50:37-04:002022-08-23T03:50:37-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><u>The USPTO System Availability Issue</u></b></span></p><p>The MyUSPTO and other systems are currently impacted by an email relay issue. Users are not receiving any emails that are relayed through prem mailboxes.</p><p>Users are currently unable to reset passwords or receive activation emails.</p><p>Users are recommended to contact USPTO Customer Contact (UCC) to receive assistance. Technical teams are investigating and working on a fix for the issue. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events613Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-22T13:15:08-04:002022-08-22T13:15:28-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><u>The USPTO System Availability Issue</u></b></span></p><p>The MyUSPTO and other systems are currently impacted by an email relay issue. Users are not receiving any emails that are relayed through prem mailboxes.</p><p>Users are currently unable to reset passwords or receive activation emails.</p><p>Users are recommended to contact USPTO Customer Contact (UCC) to receive assistance. Technical teams are investigating and working on a fix for the issue. </p><div><br></div><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u>TEAS and TEASi Email Service Outage </u></span></b></p><p>The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with the email service used by TEAS and TEASi, and email messages from the USPTO may be delayed. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. At this time, we don't know when email services will be fully restored. Additional information will be posted as soon as it's available. </p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"> <strong>If your deadline is today</strong> and
you are unable to file your document using TEAS or TEASi, we recommend you fax
your documents to the Petitions Office at 571-273-8950. Please make sure
your faxed submissions include the signed <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Coversheet-Fax-to-Request-Acceptance-of-a-Paper-Submission.pdf"><span style="color:#004C97">fax cover sheet</span></a>, a <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/PTO-2038.pdf"><span style="color:#004C97">credit card authorization form</span></a> or <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/fees-and-payment/deposit-account-rules-and-information"><span style="color:#004C97">USPTO deposit account information</span></a> (if
fees are required), and your <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/forms-submit-only-if-teas-online-forms-are-unavailable"><span style="color:#004C97">complete filing document</span></a> to ensure you
meet your deadline. Contact the TEAS team with any questions at our
email <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><span style="color:#004C97">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events574Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-22T03:43:24-04:002022-08-22T03:43:24-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 12px;">There are no planned events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events612Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-20T05:26:55-04:002022-08-20T05:26:55-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Updated: Automated Information System (AIS) Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO is performing maintenance on AIS that began at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 20 and is set to end at <strong>10 a.m.,</strong> Saturday, August 20 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following systems may be impacted:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Official Correspondence (OC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">One Patent Service Gateway (OPSG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Pre-Examination System (PALM-PreExam)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Enterprise Access Integration - Trilateral Dossier Access (PEAI-TDA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Infrastructure (PALM-Infra)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Service Gateway (PALM-SG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PAIR User Resource Manager (PURM)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Pair<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeals Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Data Export<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM File Ordering Subsystem (PALM-FOS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Reporting System (PALM-PRS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Examination and Post-Examination (PALM-EXPO)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Reed Technology and Information Services (RTIS-PDD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM PatentCooperation Treaty Operations (PALM-PCT-OPS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Enterprise Application Integration HUB (EAI-HUB)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments Historical Database (AHD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Adjudicated Case Tracking System (ACTS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">C</span></font><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">lassification Data System (CDS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Central Enterprise Data Repository Infrastructure (CEDR-INFRA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-WEB)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">One Portal Dossier (OPD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Transfer Inquiry (PTI)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Freedom of Information Act (E-FOIA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Business Center Imaging System (EBCIS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">File Inspection Utility (FIU)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">File Tracking System (FTS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Notice of Suit Processing System (NOSPS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PLUS-Patent Linguistic Utility Search<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Application Routing Tool (ART) and Automated Classification Evaluator (ART-ACE)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Warehouse File Tracking System (WFTS)</span></font><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events611Current EventsServiceDesk2022-08-19T03:36:34-04:002022-08-19T06:06:07-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;'>Two-Factor Authentication Error</span></b><span style='color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Problem</span></b><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>: The MyUSPTO two-factor email One-Time PIN (OTP) codes are reporting incorrect or expired.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Solutions</span></b><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>: You may try either one of the solutions below, starting with #1 which will be faster:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><ol type="1" start="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Switch to authenticator App instead of Email, (conducted via the MyUSPTO Account page).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Switch to receiving OTP by Phone Text instead of by Email (conducted via the MyUSPTO Account page).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Switch to receiving OTP by Voice instead of Email (conducted via the MyUSPTO Account page).<o:p></o:p></span><br></li></ol>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events573Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-08-19T03:35:41-04:002022-08-19T03:35:49-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) and The Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS and EPAS beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, August 21 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, ETAS and EPAS will be unavailable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademark System Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, August 19 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be impacted:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</strong> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</font></u></a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">archived editions page</font></u></a>. <br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</strong> will not be available.<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</strong> initial application forms will not be available.<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>TTAB Reading Room</strong> will not be available<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</strong> will be available, but all documents may not be viewable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 1 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Public Search Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform a maintenance on the Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, August 19, 2022 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Systems Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 20 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Automated Information System (AIS) Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the following AIS beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Official Correspondence (OC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">One Patent Service Gateway (OPSG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Pre-Examination System (PALM-PreExam)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Enterprise Access Integration - Trilateral Dossier Access (PEAI-TDA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Infrastructure (PALM-Infra)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Service Gateway (PALM-SG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PAIR User Resource Manager (PURM)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Pair<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeals Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Data Export<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM File Ordering Subsystem (PALM-FOS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Reporting System (PALM-PRS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Examination and Post-Examination (PALM-EXPO)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Reed Technology and Information Services (RTIS-PDD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM PatentCooperation Treaty Operations (PALM-PCT-OPS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Enterprise Application Integration HUB (EAI-HUB)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments Historical Database (AHD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Adjudicated Case Tracking System (ACTS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">C</span></font><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">lassification Data System (CDS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Central Enterprise Data Repository Infrastructure (CEDR-INFRA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-WEB)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">One Portal Dossier (OPD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Transfer Inquiry (PTI)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Freedom of Information Act (E-FOIA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Business Center Imaging System (EBCIS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">File Inspection Utility (FIU)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">File Tracking System (FTS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Notice of Suit Processing System (NOSPS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PLUS-Patent Linguistic Utility Search<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Application Routing Tool (ART) and Automated Classification Evaluator (ART-ACE)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Warehouse File Tracking System (WFTS)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Due to Patent system maintenance, customers will be unable to access any of the services available on the Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront between 12 a.m., and 8 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, the following services will be unavailable.</font></p><ul><li><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Patent Number lookups</font></li><li><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Maintenance Fee Payments</font></li><li><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Bulk File Maintenance Fee Submissions</font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><br></strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday, August 20 ET. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<br> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, August 21 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, August 21 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br></span></font><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events572Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-18T04:00:54-04:002022-08-18T07:20:40-04:00<p><strong><font size="4">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</font></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEASi system beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, August 19 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period TEASi may be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) and The Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS and EPAS beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, August 21 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, ETAS and EPAS will be unavailable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademark System Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, August 19 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be impacted:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</strong> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</font></u></a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">archived editions page</font></u></a>. <br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</strong> will not be available.<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</strong> initial application forms will not be available.<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>TTAB Reading Room</strong> will not be available<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</strong> will be available, but all documents may not be viewable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 1 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Public Search Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform a maintenance on the Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, August 19, 2022 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Systems Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 20 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Automated Information System (AIS) Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the following AIS beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 20 and ending at 9 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Official Correspondence (OC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">One Patent Service Gateway (OPSG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Pre-Examination System (PALM-PreExam)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Enterprise Access Integration - Trilateral Dossier Access (PEAI-TDA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Infrastructure (PALM-Infra)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Service Gateway (PALM-SG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PAIR User Resource Manager (PURM)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Pair<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeals Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Data Export<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM File Ordering Subsystem (PALM-FOS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Reporting System (PALM-PRS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Examination and Post-Examination (PALM-EXPO)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Reed Technology and Information Services (RTIS-PDD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM PatentCooperation Treaty Operations (PALM-PCT-OPS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Enterprise Application Integration HUB (EAI-HUB)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments Historical Database (AHD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Assignments on the Web (AOTW)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Adjudicated Case Tracking System (ACTS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">C</span></font><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">lassification Data System (CDS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Central Enterprise Data Repository Infrastructure (CEDR-INFRA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-WEB)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">One Portal Dossier (OPD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Transfer Inquiry (PTI)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Freedom of Information Act (E-FOIA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Business Center Imaging System (EBCIS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">File Inspection Utility (FIU)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">File Tracking System (FTS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Notice of Suit Processing System (NOSPS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PLUS-Patent Linguistic Utility Search<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Application Routing Tool (ART) and Automated Classification Evaluator (ART-ACE)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Warehouse File Tracking System (WFTS)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Due to Patent system maintenance, customers will be unable to access any of the services available on the Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront between 12 a.m., and 8 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, the following services will be unavailable.</font></p><ul><li><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Patent Number lookups</font></li><li><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Maintenance Fee Payments</font></li><li><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Bulk File Maintenance Fee Submissions</font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><br></strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday, August 20 ET. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<br> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, August 21 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, August 21 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br></span></font><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events610Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-18T03:50:42-04:002022-08-18T03:50:42-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;'>Two-Factor Authentication Error</span></b><span style='color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Problem</span></b><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>: The MyUSPTO two-factor email One-Time PIN (OTP) codes are reporting incorrect or expired.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Solutions</span></b><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>: You may try either one of the solutions below, starting with #1 which will be faster:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><ol type="1" start="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Switch to authenticator App instead of Email, (conducted via the MyUSPTO Account page).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Switch to receiving OTP by Phone Text instead of by Email (conducted via the MyUSPTO Account page).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Switch to receiving OTP by Voice instead of Email (conducted via the MyUSPTO Account page).<o:p></o:p></span><br></li></ol>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events609Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-17T12:55:05-04:002022-08-17T14:12:20-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Two-Factor
Authentication Error</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;
color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">Problem</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">:
The MyUSPTO two-factor email One-Time PIN (OTP) codes are reporting
incorrect or expired.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">Solutions</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130">: You
may try either one of the solutions below, starting with #1 which will be
faster:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><ol start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Switch
to authenticator App instead of Email, (conducted via the MyUSPTO Account
page).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Switch
to receiving OTP by Phone Text instead of by Email (conducted via the
MyUSPTO Account page).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323130;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Switch
to receiving OTP by Voice instead of Email (conducted via the MyUSPTO
Account page).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events571Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-17T07:55:04-04:002022-08-17T07:55:52-04:00<p><strong><font size="4">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</font></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEASi system beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, August 19 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period TEASi may be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) and The Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS and EPAS beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, August 21 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, ETAS and EPAS will be unavailable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademark System Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, August 19 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be impacted:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</strong> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</font></u></a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">archived editions page</font></u></a>. <br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</strong> will not be available.<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</strong> initial application forms will not be available.<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>TTAB Reading Room</strong> will not be available<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</strong> will be available, but all documents may not be viewable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 1 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Public Search Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform a maintenance on the Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, August 19, 2022 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Systems Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 20 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web for Registered eFilers, Unregistered eFilers, and EFS-Web Contingency<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Users should save all work and log off before the maintenance period begins.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Automated Information System (AIS) Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the following AIS beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 20 and ending at 10 p.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Docket and Application Viewer (DAV)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Official Correspondence (OC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">One Patent Service Gateway (OPSG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Pre-Examination System (PALM-PreExam)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Integrated Quality System (IQS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Enterprise Access Integration - Trilateral Dossier Access (PEAI-TDA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Infrastructure (PALM-Infra)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Service Gateway (PALM-SG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PAIR User Resource Manager (PURM)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Pair<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Application Services and Security (PASS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeals Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Data Export<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM File Ordering Subsystem (PALM-FOS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Reporting System (PALM-PRS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PALM Examination and Post-Examination (PALM-EXPO)<br> •</span></font> <font 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style="font-size: 14px;">Adjudicated Case Tracking System (ACTS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">C</span></font><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">lassification Data System (CDS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Central Enterprise Data Repository Infrastructure (CEDR-INFRA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Electronic Filing System – Web (EFS-WEB)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">One Portal Dossier (OPD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Transfer Inquiry (PTI)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Services - Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sequence Listing Information Control (SLIC)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Freedom of Information Act (E-FOIA)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Business Center Imaging System (EBCIS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">File Inspection Utility (FIU)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">File Tracking System (FTS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Notice of Suit Processing System (NOSPS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">PLUS-Patent Linguistic Utility Search<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Application Routing Tool (ART) and Automated Classification Evaluator (ART-ACE)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Warehouse File Tracking System (WFTS)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Due to Patent system maintenance, customers will be unable to access any of the services available on the Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront between 12 a.m., and 8 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">During the maintenance period, the following services will be unavailable.</font></p><ul><li><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Patent Number lookups</font></li><li><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Maintenance Fee Payments</font></li><li><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif">Bulk File Maintenance Fee Submissions</font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><br></strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday, August 20 ET. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">• Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)<br> • Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)<br> • Patent Center<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End-to-End (PTAB-E2E)<br> • Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)<br> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.<br><br><br></span></font><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events570Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-16T04:09:21-04:002022-08-16T06:17:32-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><b style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</b><br></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology to multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, August 17 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 17 ET. </p><p>During this maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</li><li>Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</li><li>MyUSPTO</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</li><li>Patent Center (eMOD)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval )</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</li><li>Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </li></ul><p><b>Patent Customers: </b>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.</p><p><b>PTAB Customers</b>: 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"></a> 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEASi system beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, August 19 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period TEASi may be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) and The Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS and EPAS beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, August 21 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, ETAS and EPAS will be unavailable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trademark System Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, August 19 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be impacted:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</strong> will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademark-official-gazette-tmog" target="_blank">Trademark Official Gazette webpage</a>. For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/official-gazette/trademarks/trademark-official-gazette-tmog-archived-editions" target="_blank">archived editions page</a>. <br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademarks ID Manual (IDM)</strong> will not be available.<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</strong> initial application forms will not be available.<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>TTAB Reading Room</strong> will not be available<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</strong> will be available, but all documents may not be viewable.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will remain available, but links to and images derived from TSDR will be unavailable, including mark images:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 1 a.m., Saturday, August 20 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center<br> •</span></font> <font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Public Search Maintenance</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform a maintenance on the Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Friday, August 19, 2022 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.<br><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><br></p></span><p class="MsoNormal"></p></font><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events608Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-16T03:49:52-04:002022-08-16T03:49:52-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 12px;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events569Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-15T12:19:50-04:002022-08-15T12:22:38-04:00<p><b style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple System Maintenance</b><br></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology to multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, August 17 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 17 ET. </p><p>During this maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</li><li>Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</li><li>MyUSPTO</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</li><li>Patent Center (eMOD)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval )</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</li><li>Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </li></ul><p><b>Patent Customers: </b>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.</p><p><b>PTAB Customers</b>: 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers:</b> 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 <a href="http://TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"></a> 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 <a href="http://TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>. </p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TEASi system beginning at 12 a.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, August 19 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period TEASi may be unavailable.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) and The Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS and EPAS beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, August 19 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, August 21 ET.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#201f1e" face="Segoe UI Semilight, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, ETAS and EPAS will be unavailable.</span></font></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events607Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-15T03:37:09-04:002022-08-15T03:37:09-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 12px;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events568Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-12T03:51:15-04:002022-08-12T03:51:15-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 12 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> •</span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 </span><a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="font-size: 14px;">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span><br><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, August 12 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with the following systems: </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Electronic Filing System–Web (EFS-WEB)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Central Enterprise Data Repository-Infrastructure (CEDR-INFRA)</span></li></ul><p><b style="font-size: 18px;"><br></b></p><p><b style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</b><br></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 13 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET. </p><p>During this maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</li><li>Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</li><li>MyUSPTO</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</li><li>Patent Center (eMOD)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval )</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</li><li>Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </li></ul><p><b>Patent Customers:</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via EFS-Web Unregistered.</p><p>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.</p><p><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers</b>: 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, August 14 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, August 14 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events606Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-12T03:48:51-04:002022-08-12T03:48:51-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 12px;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events567Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-11T03:35:18-04:002022-08-11T03:35:18-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, August 12 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, August 12 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:<br></p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li><li>TTAB Reading Room</li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 12 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, August 12 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with the following systems: </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Electronic Filing System–Web (EFS-WEB)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Central Enterprise Data Repository-Infrastructure (CEDR-INFRA)</span></li></ul><p><b style="font-size: 18px;"><br></b></p><p><b style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</b><br></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 13 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET. </p><p>During this maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</li><li>Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</li><li>MyUSPTO</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</li><li>Patent Center (eMOD)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval )</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</li><li>Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </li></ul><p><b>Patent Customers:</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via EFS-Web Unregistered.</p><p>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.</p><p><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers</b>: 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, August 14 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, August 14 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events605Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-11T03:34:26-04:002022-08-11T03:34:26-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 12px;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events566Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-10T10:40:33-04:002022-08-10T11:10:20-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark (TM) Systems Maintenance</span></strong><br>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, August 11 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, August 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, August 12 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, August 12 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:<br></p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li><li>TTAB Reading Room</li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 12 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed will be delayed in the following systems:</p><ul><li>Patent Center</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li></ul><p>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 <a href="http://ebc@uspto.gov/" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on multiple systems beginning at 11:59 p.m., Friday, August 12 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with the following systems: </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Electronic Filing System–Web (EFS-WEB)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Central Enterprise Data Repository-Infrastructure (CEDR-INFRA)</span></li></ul><p><b style="font-size: 18px;"><br></b></p><p><b style="font-size: 18px;">System Maintenance</b><br></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 13 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET. </p><p>During this maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</li><li>Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</li><li>MyUSPTO</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</li><li>Patent Center (eMOD)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval )</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</li><li>Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </li></ul><p><b>Patent Customers:</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via EFS-Web Unregistered.</p><p>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.</p><p><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers</b>: 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, August 14 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, August 14 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events604Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-10T03:40:36-04:002022-08-10T03:40:36-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 12px;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events603Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-09T14:45:21-04:002022-08-09T14:45:38-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 12px;">There are no current events at this time.</span><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events565Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-08-09T04:03:35-04:002022-08-09T05:14:38-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting PTAB Interference (i-filing) beginning at 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, August 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, August 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with PTAB.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark (TM) Systems Maintenance</span></strong><br>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, August 11 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, August 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, August 12 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, August 12 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:<br></p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li><li>TTAB Reading Room<br><br></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>System Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 13 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET. </p><p>During this maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</li><li>Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</li><li>MyUSPTO</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</li><li>Patent Center (eMOD)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval )</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</li><li>Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </li></ul><p><b>Patent Customers:</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via EFS-Web Unregistered.</p><p>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.</p><p><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers</b>: 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events602Current EventsServiceDesk2022-08-09T03:59:33-04:002022-08-09T04:01:46-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>TEASi Technical Problems Resolved </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The TEASi outage reported on August 8 have been resolved. Please contact the Trademark Electronic Application System mailbox at <a href="mailto:TEAS@USPTO.GOV">TEAS@USPTO.GOV</a> if you continue to experience technical difficulties with TEASi. Please include (1) your name, (2) telephone number, (3) serial number and/or registration number, and (4) a screen shot of any error message that you are receiving.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events601Current EventsServiceDesk2022-08-08T13:50:07-04:002022-08-08T13:55:07-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>TEASi Technical Problems Resolved </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The TEASi outage reported on August 8 have been resolved. Please contact the Trademark Electronic Application System mailbox at <a href="http://TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> if you continue to experience technical difficulties with TEASi. Please include (1) your name, (2) telephone number, (3) serial number and/or registration number, and (4) a screen shot of any error message that you are receiving. </span></p><div><br></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events600Current EventsServiceDesk2022-08-08T04:01:39-04:002022-08-08T04:01:47-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events564Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-08-08T00:25:08-04:002022-08-08T12:41:06-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting PTAB Interference (i-filing) beginning at 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, August 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, August 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with PTAB.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark (TM) Systems Maintenance</span></strong><br>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, August 11 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, August 11 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>System Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 13 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET. </p><p>During this maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</li><li>Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</li><li>MyUSPTO</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</li><li>Patent Center (eMOD)</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval )</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</li><li>Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </li></ul><p><b>Patent Customers:</b></p><p>During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via EFS-Web Unregistered.</p><p>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.</p><p><b>PTAB Customers:</b> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions and see A2" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions and see A2</a> 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 <a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>Trademark Customers</b>: 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 <a href="http://TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>TTAB Customers:</b> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="http://TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events599Current EventsServiceDesk2022-08-05T04:07:03-04:002022-08-05T04:07:11-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time. <br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events598Current EventsServiceDesk2022-08-05T03:28:06-04:002022-08-05T03:28:14-04:00<p style="padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>ESTTA Incomplete Performance/Intermittent outage</b></span></font></p><p style="padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">ESTTA is intermittently unavailable. The USPTO is working diligently to resolve the issue.<b> Customer impacts</b>: 1) ESTTA may be inaccessible, 2) you may be able to start a filing session, but the filing session may unexpectedly terminate, return a bogus error or return a blank page, or 3) you may not receive an ESTTA filing receipt (even if you have received an ESTTAID number) because ESTTA could not complete your submission. </span></font></p><p style="padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style='color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;'><b>Workaround</b>: As the issue is intermittent, first retry filing your submission with ESTTA. If you do not receive an ESTTA filing receipt (even if you receive an ESTTAID number) or your filing session is unexpectedly terminated, please also retry filing your submission with ESTTA. If your deadline is today and you are not able to complete your filing via ESTTA (receiving an ESTTA filing receipt), please read <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">Filing TTAB documents during an outage | USPTO</font></u></a> for alternative filing methods. </span><br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events563Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-08-04T22:00:28-04:002022-08-05T10:07:43-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Friday, August 5 and ending at 10 p.m., Friday, August 5 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated. Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><b style="font-size: 18px;">Services-Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</b><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the S-DWP beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 5 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, August 6 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, S-DWP will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</span></p><table width="100%" class="ms-rteTable-default" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); border-image: none; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); border-image: none; width: 305.3px; vertical-align: top;"><ul><li><strong>Patent Center</strong></li><li><strong>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</strong></li></ul></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); border-image: none; width: 305.3px; vertical-align: top;">Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customers should check back on Monday, August 8 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); border-image: none; vertical-align: top;"><ul><li><strong>Global Dossier (GD)</strong></li><li><strong>One Portal Dossier (OPD)</strong></li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.6;"> <br></p></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); border-image: none; vertical-align: top;">All documents will not be viewable, downloadable during the outage.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> </p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday, August 6 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<br></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>System Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 13 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET. <br></p><p>During this time, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</li><li>Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</li><li>MyUSPTO</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</li><li>Patent Center (eMOD)</li><li>Patent Center Support</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)</li><li>PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</li><li>TM Document Management</li><li>Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</li><li>Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </li></ul><div><br></div><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></strong><br></span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the RDMS systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 7 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, RDMS will be unavailable.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will
perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, August 7 and ending
at 10 p.m., Sunday, August 7 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.<br></p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events597Current EventsServiceDesk2022-08-04T08:07:39-04:002022-08-04T08:14:02-04:00<p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px currentcolor; line-height: 21px;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>ESTTA Incomplete Performance/Intermittent outage</b></span></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px currentcolor; line-height: 21px;"><font color="#222222" face="Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">ESTTA is intermittently unavailable. The USPTO is working diligently to resolve the issue.<b> Customer impacts</b>: 1) ESTTA may be inaccessible, 2) you may be able to start a filing session, but the filing session may unexpectedly terminate, return a bogus error or return a blank page, or 3) you may not receive an ESTTA filing receipt (even if you have received an ESTTAID number) because ESTTA could not complete your submission. </span></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px currentcolor; line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Workaround</b>: As the issue is intermittent, first retry filing your submission with ESTTA. If you do not receive an ESTTA filing receipt (even if you receive an ESTTAID number) or your filing session is unexpectedly terminated, please also retry filing your submission with ESTTA. If your deadline is today and you are not able to complete your filing via ESTTA (receiving an ESTTA filing receipt), please read <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Filing TTAB documents during an outage | USPTO</a> for alternative filing methods. </span><br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events562Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-08-04T06:14:21-04:002022-08-04T08:56:56-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Services-Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the S-DWP beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 5 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, August 6 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, S-DWP will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</span></p><table width="100%" class="ms-rteTable-default" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); border-image: none; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); border-image: none; width: 305.3px; vertical-align: top;"><ul><li><strong>Patent Center</strong></li><li><strong>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</strong></li></ul></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); border-image: none; width: 305.3px; vertical-align: top;">Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customers should check back on Monday, August 8 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); border-image: none; vertical-align: top;"><ul><li><strong>Global Dossier (GD)</strong></li><li><strong>One Portal Dossier (OPD)</strong></li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.6;"> <br></p></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="padding: 7px 5px 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); border-image: none; vertical-align: top;">All documents will not be viewable, downloadable during the outage.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); line-height: 1.6; font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> </p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday, August 6 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<br></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">Trials@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</font></u></a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></u></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>System Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will implement new account management technology beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 13 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 13 ET. <br></p><p>During this time, the following systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>API Key Manager</li><li>EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</li><li>Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</li><li>MyUSPTO</li><li>Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</li><li>Patent Center (eMOD)</li><li>Patent Center Support</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)</li><li>PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence</li><li>Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)</li><li>TM Document Management</li><li>Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</li><li>Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </li></ul><div><br></div><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></strong><br></span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the RDMS systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 7 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, RDMS will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, August 7 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, August 7 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events596Current EventsServiceDesk2022-08-03T03:47:48-04:002022-08-03T10:57:44-04:00<p style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px;"><b>ESTTA slow performance/intermittent outage</b></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">ESTTA is Intermittently Unavailable. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">Please retry your submission. If your deadline is today and you are not able to submit your filing via ESTTA, please screen shot </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;">any error message that you are receiving and refer </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">to <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" style="color: rgb(0, 118, 163); text-decoration-line: underline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 600;">Filing TTAB documents during an outage | USPTO</a> for alternative filing methods.</span></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events595Current EventsServiceDesk2022-08-03T03:44:59-04:002022-08-03T03:45:06-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 18px;'><strong>Multiple Systems Maintenance</strong></span><span style='color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning tonight at 8:01 p.m., Tuesday, August 2 and ending at 10 p.m., Tuesday, August 2 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style='color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications will be impacted:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-MEDIA)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">MY.USPTO.GOV</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-WEB)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (</span>ESTTA)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">(</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;">PRIVATE-PAIR)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent-Center</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">FEES.USPTO.GOV</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Next Generation Examination (TMNG-Exam)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG-IDM)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;'>Patent Customers:</span></span><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via </span><a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 14px;"><u>EFS-Web Unregistered</u></span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 14px;"><u>alternative filing method</u></span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;'>PTAB Customers:</span></span><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;"><u>PTAB-E2E FAQ Page</u></span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at </span></span><span style='color: rgb(171, 52, 137); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;"><u>Trials@uspto.gov</u></span></a></span><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;'>.</span><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;'>Trademark Customers:</span></span><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;"><u>Trademark Outage Page</u></span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email </span></span><span style='color: rgb(171, 52, 137); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;"><u>TEAS@uspto.gov</u></span></a></span><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;'>.</span><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;'>TTAB Customers:</span></span><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. Please visit the </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;"><u>TTAB Outage Page</u></span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email </span></span><span style='color: rgb(171, 52, 137); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;"><u>TTABInfo@uspto.gov</u></span></a></span><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;'>.</span><span style='font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the RDMS systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 7 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, RDMS will be unavailable.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events561Planned EventsServiceDesk2022-08-02T23:52:39-04:002022-08-03T11:54:56-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Services-Document Wrapper for Patents (S-DWP) Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on the S-DWP beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, August 5 and ending at 5 a.m., Saturday, August 6 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, S-DWP will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The following systems will be partially impacted during the maintenance:</span></p><table width="100%" class="ms-rteTable-default" cellspacing="0" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(200, 198, 196); color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"><tbody><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px 5px 6px; width: 305.306px;"><ul><li><strong>Patent Center</strong></li><li><strong>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</strong></li></ul></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px 5px 6px; width: 305.306px;">Previously submitted documents will not be available at the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab during the maintenance period. New documents submitted via Patent Center and Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) during the maintenance period will experience longer than expected delays in becoming available in the Patent Center and Private PAIR's IFW tab. Customers should check back on Monday, August 8 to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center and Private PAIR.</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px 5px 6px;"><ul><li><strong>Global Dossier (GD)</strong></li><li><strong>One Portal Dossier (OPD)</strong></li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.6;"> <br></p></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 198, 196); vertical-align: top; padding: 7px 5px 6px;">All documents will not be viewable, downloadable during the outage.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"> </p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fee Processing Next Generation (FPNG) Credit Card Payment Maintenance</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Due to USPTO maintenance activities, credit/debit card payments will not be accepted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday, August 6 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the following USPTO storefronts will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments:<br></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web Contingency (EFS-Web Contingency)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB-E2E)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront (FPNG)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASI)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Customers with an already established USPTO Deposit Account or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Account may still pay using one of these payment methods during the maintenance window.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you are unable to wait until the maintenance activity has concluded to pay a fee, the following alternative options are available:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Patent Customers:</strong> For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>. If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>PTAB Customers:</strong> 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: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a> 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 <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trademark Customers:</strong> 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 <a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov">TEAS@uspto.gov</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>TTAB Customers:</strong> Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage</a> 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 <a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>System Maintenance</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will transition to a new primary Identity Provider beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 6 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, August 6 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During this time, the following systems will be unavailable:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">API Key Manager</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fee Payment Processing (FPNG)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">MyUSPTO</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center (eMOD)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center Support</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval )</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">TM Document Management</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Status Document Retrieval (TSDR) API </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></strong><br></span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the RDMS systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 7 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, RDMS will be unavailable.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></b></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, August 7 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, August 7 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events594Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-02T13:44:19-04:002022-08-02T13:44:27-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Segoe UI Semilight", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning tonight at 8:01 p.m., Tuesday, August 2 and ending at 10 p.m., Tuesday, August 2 ET.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications will be impacted:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-MEDIA)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">MY.USPTO.GOV</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-WEB)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">(</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;">PRIVATE-PAIR)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent-Center</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">FEES.USPTO.GOV</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Next Generation Examination (TMNG-Exam)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trademark Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG-IDM)</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Patent Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via </span><a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 14px;">EFS-Web Unregistered</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 14px;">alternative filing method</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">PTAB Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;">PTAB-E2E FAQ Page</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(171, 52, 137);"><a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;">Trials@uspto.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Trademark Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;">Trademark Outage Page</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(171, 52, 137);"><a href="mailto:TEAS@uspto.gov"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;">TEAS@uspto.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">TTAB Customers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If your deadline is today and the document cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternative method of filing method. Please visit the </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage"><span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;">TTAB Outage Page</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> 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 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(171, 52, 137);"><a href="mailto:TTABInfo@uspto.gov"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size: 14px;">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the RDMS systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 7 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, RDMS will be unavailable.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events593Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-02T03:41:30-04:002022-08-02T12:22:44-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>ESTTA slow performance/intermittent outage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ESTTA is Intermittently Unavailable. </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please retry your submission. If your deadline is today and you are not able to submit your filing via ESTTA, please screen shot </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color:#222222">any error message that you are receiving and refer </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">to <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage" href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage">Filing TTAB documents during an outage | USPTO</a> for alternative filing methods.</span></p><p><b style="font-size: 18px;"><br></b></p><p><b style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</b><br></p><p style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with </span><a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc"><span style="font-size: 14px;">My.USPTO.gov</span></font></u></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> to get access to any USPTO system. </span></p><div style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events560Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-01T03:51:49-04:002022-08-01T03:51:49-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public-PAIR) Retirement</span></strong></p><p>Public PAIR will no longer be available beginning at 12:01 a.m., Monday, August 1 ET. </p><p>To access publicly available documents, users may access Patent Center. For more information, please visit Public PAIR Retirement page.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the RDMS systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, August 7 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, August 7 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, RDMS will be unavailable.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events592Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-08-01T03:48:28-04:002022-08-01T03:48:28-04:00<p><b style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</b><br></p><p style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with </span><a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc"><span style="font-size: 14px;">My.USPTO.gov</span></font></u></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> to get access to any USPTO system. </span></p><div style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events591Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-31T07:14:55-04:002022-07-31T07:16:07-04:00<p style=""><b style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</b><br></p><p style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with </span><a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc"><span style="font-size: 14px;">My.USPTO.gov</span></font></u></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> to get access to any USPTO system. </span></p><div style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span><strong></strong></div><p style="font-size: 14px;"></p><p></p><p><strong></strong><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events559Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-29T04:35:25-04:002022-07-29T05:37:20-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">The Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) and The Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS and EPAS beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, July 29 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, July 31 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ETAS and EPAS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The OCIO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, July 31 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, July 31 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Public Search Update</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform a Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Scheme update maintenance on Patent Public Search beginning at 10 p.m., Sunday, July 31 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 31 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the Patent Public Search will be unavailable.<br><br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public-PAIR) Retirement</span></strong></p><p>Public PAIR will no longer be available beginning at 12:01 a.m., Monday, August 1 ET. </p><p>To access publicly available documents, users may access Patent Center. For more information, please visit Public PAIR Retirement page.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events590Current EventsServiceDesk2022-07-28T15:24:48-04:002022-07-28T15:35:07-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>USPTO System Availability</strong></span><br>The following systems are currently unavailable due to technical difficulties: </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) for Registered eFilers</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)<br></span></li></ul><p></p><span><p>Please refer to our <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank">Filing Documents during an Outage </a>page for an alternative filing method. 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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.<br><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO System Availability</span></strong><br>The following systems are currently unavailable due to technical difficulties:</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><ul><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">MyUSPTO</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Fee Processing Systems</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Trademark Electronic Application System.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">CCC</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">OEDIS</li></ul></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Technology teams are investigating the issue to find an appropriate resolution.<br></p></span><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</span></b></p><p>Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</p><p>If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with <a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">My.USPTO.gov</font></u></a> to get access to any USPTO system. </p><div><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events589Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-28T03:36:47-04:002022-07-28T15:28:53-04:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO System Availability</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The following systems are currently unavailable due to
technical difficulties:<o:p></o:p></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
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tab-stops:list .5in">MyUSPTO</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
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tab-stops:list .5in">Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in">Certified Copy Center (CCC)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
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</p>Technology teams are investigating the issue to find an appropriate solution.<br><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</span></b></p><p>Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</p><p>If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with <a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">My.USPTO.gov</font></u></a> to get access to any USPTO system. </p><div><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events558Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-28T03:27:38-04:002022-07-28T07:49:51-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">The Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) and The Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS and EPAS beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, July 29 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, July 31 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ETAS and EPAS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The OCIO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, July 31 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, July 31 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.<br><br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public-PAIR) Retirement</span></strong></p><p>Public PAIR will no longer be available beginning at 12:01 a.m., Monday, August 1 ET. </p><p>To access publicly available documents, users may access Patent Center. For more information, please visit Public PAIR Retirement page.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events588Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-27T03:37:07-04:002022-07-27T03:37:07-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</span></b></p><p>Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</p><p>If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with <a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">My.USPTO.gov</font></u></a> to get access to any USPTO system. </p><div><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events557Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-27T03:34:11-04:002022-07-27T03:34:11-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting Global Dossier (GD), One Portal Dossier (OPD), and Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 28 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, July 28 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with GD, OPD, and PEDS.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public-PAIR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting the Public-PAIR systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 28 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, July 28 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period users may experience intermittent issues with Public-PAIR.<br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">The Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) and The Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS and EPAS beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, July 29 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, July 31 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ETAS and EPAS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public-PAIR) Retirement</span></strong></p><p>Public PAIR will no longer be available beginning at 12:01 a.m., Monday, August 1 ET. </p><p>To access publicly available documents, users may access Patent Center. For more information, please visit Public PAIR Retirement page.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events556Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-26T04:11:22-04:002022-07-26T04:11:22-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Open Data Portal Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will performance maintenance on the Open Data Portal begging at 10 p.m., Tuesday, July 26 and ending at 2 a.m., Wednesday, July 27. </p><p>User might experience a momentary outage during the maintenance window.</p><p>This maintenance will provide the end user with improved website search capabilities.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting Global Dossier (GD), One Portal Dossier (OPD), and Patent Examination Data Search (PEDS) beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 28 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, July 28 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with GD, OPD, and PEDS.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public-PAIR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting the Public-PAIR systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 28 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, July 28 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period users may experience intermittent issues with Public-PAIR.<br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">The Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) and The Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on ETAS and EPAS beginning at 11:30 p.m., Friday, July 29 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Sunday, July 31 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, ETAS and EPAS will be unavailable.<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events587Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-26T04:01:02-04:002022-07-26T04:01:02-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</span></b></p><p>Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</p><p>If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with <a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">My.USPTO.gov</font></u></a> to get access to any USPTO system. </p><div><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events586Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-25T03:38:51-04:002022-07-25T03:38:51-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</span></b></p><p>Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</p><p>If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with <a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">My.USPTO.gov</font></u></a> to get access to any USPTO system. </p><div><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events555Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-25T03:37:29-04:002022-07-25T03:37:29-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Open Data Portal Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will performance maintenance on the Open Data Portal begging at 10 p.m., Tuesday, July 26 and ending at 2 a.m., Wednesday, July 27. </p><p>User might experience a momentary outage during the maintenance window.</p><p>This maintenance will provide the end user with improved website search capabilities.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events585Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-22T03:44:08-04:002022-07-22T03:44:08-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</span></b></p><p>Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</p><p>If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with <a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">My.USPTO.gov</font></u></a> to get access to any USPTO system. </p><div><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events554Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-22T03:42:53-04:002022-07-22T07:55:30-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for three consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>first night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 21 and end at5:30 a.m., Thursday, July 21 ET.<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>second night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 22 and end at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 22 ET.<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>final night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, July 22 and ending at 3 p.m., Friday, July 22 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable. <br></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 23 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br></li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li><li>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</li><li>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</li><li>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</li></ul><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><b>For Patent Customers:</b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>For P-TACTS Customers</b></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For Trademark Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For TTAB Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-GD-PAD and OPD systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, GD-PAD and OPD application may be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, July 24 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Open Data Portal Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will performance maintenance on the Open Data Portal begging at 10 p.m., Tuesday, July 26 and ending at 2 a.m., Wednesday, July 27. </p><p>User might experience a momentary outage during the maintenance window.</p><p>This maintenance will provide the end user with improved website search capabilities.<br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events584Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-21T03:35:30-04:002022-07-21T05:05:25-04:00<p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</span></b></p><p>Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</p><p>If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with <a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">My.USPTO.gov</font></u></a> to get access to any USPTO system. </p><div><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events553Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-21T03:34:40-04:002022-07-21T03:34:40-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for three consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>first night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 21 and end at5:30 a.m., Thursday, July 21 ET.<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>second night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 22 and end at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 22 ET.<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>final night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on IQS beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 22 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 22 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, July 22 and ending at 3 p.m., Friday, July 22 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Systems Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 22 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 22 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed during this maintenance period will be delayed in the following systems:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR on Friday, July 22, 2022 after 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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<br></span><br></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 23 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br></li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li><li>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</li><li>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</li><li>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</li></ul><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><b>For Patent Customers:</b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>For P-TACTS Customers</b></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For Trademark Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For TTAB Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-GD-PAD and OPD systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, GD-PAD and OPD application may be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, July 24 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events583Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-20T03:46:45-04:002022-07-20T04:26:22-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS, and TEASi Intermittent Filing Issues</span></span></p><p>Users are intermittently receiving a 429 eError code “too many requests” when attempting to log into their USPTO.gov accounts to file in Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS and TEASi. The workarounds for this error are clearing the browser cache or switching web browsers.</p><p>Other USPTO systems may also be affected. The USPTO technical teams are investigating.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</span></b></p><p>Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</p><p>If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with <a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">My.USPTO.gov</font></u></a> to get access to any USPTO system. </p><div><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events552Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-20T03:40:28-04:002022-07-20T08:53:31-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 and ending at 11 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</span><br><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>MyUSPTO Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will add outbound host micro-segmentation policies to MyUSPTO beginning at 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 and ending at 11:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">New host outbound policies are based on application requirements. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users might experience some interruption of service.<br><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for three consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>first night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 21 and end at5:30 a.m., Thursday, July 21 ET.<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>second night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 22 and end at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 22 ET.<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>final night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on IQS beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 22 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 22 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, July 22 and ending at 3 p.m., Friday, July 22 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Systems Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 22 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 22 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed during this maintenance period will be delayed in the following systems:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR on Friday, July 22, 2022 after 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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><u><font color="#0066cc">ebc@uspto.gov</font></u></a>.<br><br></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span><br></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 23 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</li><li>Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br></li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li><li>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</li><li>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</li><li>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</li></ul><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p><b>For Patent Customers:</b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>For P-TACTS Customers</b></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For Trademark Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For TTAB Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Global Dossier Public Access Dossier (P-GD-PAD) and One Portal Dossier (OPD) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-GD-PAD and OPD systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, GD-PAD and OPD application may be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, July 24 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated.</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events582Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-19T03:55:45-04:002022-07-19T09:57:08-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>eOffice
Action Notifications Delayed</b></span></p><p>The USPTO is aware that some customers did not
receive an eOffice Action communication for new Patents correspondence
having Monday, July 18 and Tuesday, July 19 mail
dates.</p><p>
</p><p>The USPTO is working to resend these eOffice
Action communications today, July 19.<span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS, and TEASi Intermittent Filing Issues</span></span></p><p>Users are intermittently receiving a 429 eError code “too many requests” when attempting to log into their USPTO.gov accounts to file in Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS and TEASi. The workarounds for this error are clearing the browser cache or switching web browsers.</p><p>Other USPTO systems may also be affected. The USPTO technical teams are investigating.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</span></b></p><p>Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</p><p>If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with <a href="http://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">My.USPTO.gov</font></u></a> to get access to any USPTO system. </p><div><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img alt="429.jpg" src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true"></a><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events551Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-18T21:43:06-04:002022-07-19T09:44:42-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 and ending at 11 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</span><br><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>MyUSPTO Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will add outbound host micro-segmentation policies to MyUSPTO beginning at 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 and ending at 11:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">New host outbound policies are based on application requirements. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users might experience some interruption of service.<br><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for three consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>first night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 21 and end at5:30 a.m., Thursday, July 21 ET.<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>second night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 22 and end at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 22 ET.<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>final night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Integrated Quality System (IQS) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on IQS beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 22 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 22 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, IQS will be unavailable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, July 22 and ending at 3 p.m., Friday, July 22 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Multiple Systems Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 22 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 22 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Availability of Supplemental Content data for new applications and follow-ons filed during this maintenance period will be delayed in the following systems:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent Center<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Please check Patent Center or Private PAIR on Friday, July 22, 2022 after 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 <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.<br><br></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span><br></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 23 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li><li>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</li><li>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</li><li>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</li></ul><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p>During the maintenance period, viewing documents in TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><b>For Patent Customers:</b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>For P-TACTS Customers</b></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For Trademark Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For TTAB Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events581Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-18T13:39:48-04:002022-07-18T13:40:50-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS, and TEASi Intermittent Filing Issues</span></span></p><p>Users are intermittently receiving a 429 eError code “too many requests” when attempting to log into their USPTO.gov accounts to file in Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS and TEASi. The workarounds for this error are clearing the browser cache or switching web browsers.</p><p>Other USPTO systems may also be affected. The USPTO technical teams are investigating.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">USPTO 429 errors</span></b></p><p>Users that are experiencing 429 Errors accessing USPTO systems will need to clear their cache and then retry.</p><p>If unsuccessful, please proceed to the "Reset Password" procedure to register a new password with <a href="http://My.USPTO.gov" target="_blank">My.USPTO.gov</a> to get access to any USPTO system. </p><div><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39"><img src="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/mediaresource/94c9af8e-2276-4cbe-ad3b-43a1c9915d39?t=true" alt="429.jpg"></a><br></div>
https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events580Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-18T03:15:10-04:002022-07-18T03:15:10-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS, and TEASi Intermittent Filing Issues</span></strong></p><p>Users are intermittently receiving a 429 eError code “too many requests” when attempting to log into their USPTO.gov accounts to file in Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS and TEASi. The workarounds for this error are clearing the browser cache or switching web browsers.</p><p>Other USPTO systems may also be affected. The USPTO technical teams are investigating.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events550Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-18T03:11:09-04:002022-07-18T07:58:13-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 and ending at 11 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</span><br><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>MyUSPTO Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will add outbound host micro-segmentation policies to MyUSPTO beginning at 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, July 20 and ending at 4:30 a.m., Thursday, July 21 ET. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">New host outbound policies are based on application requirements. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, users might experience some interruption of service.<br><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Electronic Library for Patents (P-ELP) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-ELP for three consecutive nights. The dates are as follows:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">•</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>first night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 21 and end at5:30 a.m., Thursday, July 21 ET.<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>second night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 22 and end at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 22 ET.<br> •</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The <strong>final night</strong> of maintenance will begin at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">P-ELP will be available during the maintenance period; however, some operations may be briefly interrupted or delayed.<br></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span><br></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 23 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li><li>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</li><li>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</li><li>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</li></ul><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p>During the maintenance period, viewing documents in TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><b>For Patent Customers:</b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>For P-TACTS Customers</b></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For Trademark Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For TTAB Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events549Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-15T03:45:13-04:002022-07-15T03:45:13-04:00<span style="font-size: 18px;"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status Document Retrieval</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, July 15 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, July 16 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, TSDR may be unavailable for a period 15 minutes during this window.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> • USPTO TM Status mobile app</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Patent Office Action to XML (P-OA2XML) Maintenance</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The USPTO will perform maintenance on P-OA2XML systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 ET.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">During the maintenance period, DOCX and XML downloads will not be available in Private PAIR and Patent Center.<br></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span><br></p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 23 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li><li>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</li><li>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</li><li>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</li></ul><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p>During the maintenance period, viewing documents in TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><b>For Patent Customers:</b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>For P-TACTS Customers</b></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For Trademark Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For TTAB Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 24 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 24 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br></p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events579Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-15T03:20:45-04:002022-07-15T03:20:45-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS, and TEASi Intermittent Filing Issues</span></strong></p><p>Users are intermittently receiving a 429 eError code “too many requests” when attempting to log into their USPTO.gov accounts to file in Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS and TEASi. The workarounds for this error are clearing the browser cache or switching web browsers.</p><p>Other USPTO systems may also be affected. The USPTO technical teams are investigating.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events548Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-14T03:20:29-04:002022-07-14T03:44:04-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 15 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Friday, July 15 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 23 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li><li>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</li><li>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</li><li>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</li></ul><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p>During the maintenance period, viewing documents in TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><b>For Patent Customers:</b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</font></u></a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">ebc@uspto.gov</font></a>.</p><p><b>For P-TACTS Customers</b></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0066cc">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</font></u></a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Trials@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For Trademark Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TEAS@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For TTAB Customers</b></p><p>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 <a target="_blank"><font color="#000000">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</font></a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status Document Retrieval</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting the TSDR system beginning at 10 p.m., Friday, July 15 and ending at 2 a.m., Saturday, July 16 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR may be unavailable for a period 15 minutes during this window.</p><p>Links to TSDR will not be available from the following systems:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademarks Electronic Official Gazette (TMOG)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Viewing on the Web (TTABVUE<br> • Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)<br> • USPTO TM Status mobile app<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events578Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-14T03:18:21-04:002022-07-14T03:18:21-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS, and TEASi Intermittent Filing Issues</span></strong></p><p>Users are intermittently receiving a 429 eError code “too many requests” when attempting to log into their USPTO.gov accounts to file in Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS and TEASi. The workarounds for this error are clearing the browser cache or switching web browsers.</p><p>Other USPTO systems may also be affected. The USPTO technical teams are investigating.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events577Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-13T03:22:06-04:002022-07-13T03:22:06-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS, and TEASi Intermittent Filing Issues</span></strong></p><p>Users are intermittently receiving a 429 eError code “too many requests” when attempting to log into their USPTO.gov accounts to file in Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS and TEASi. The workarounds for this error are clearing the browser cache or switching web browsers.</p><p>Other USPTO systems may also be affected. The USPTO technical teams are investigating.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events547Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-13T03:21:24-04:002022-07-13T06:02:18-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 15 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Friday, July 15 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Multiple Systems Maintenance</b></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 23 and ending at 8 a.m., Saturday, July 23 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable:</p><ul><li>Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web & EFS-Web Contingency)</li><li>Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)</li><li>Patent Center and Sponsorship tool</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)</li><li>Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR)</li><li>Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (Public PAIR)</li><li>Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)</li><li>Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)</li><li>Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)</li><li>Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS)</li><li>Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)</li></ul><p>The maintenance will also cause interruptions to payment processing for users of the Electronic Trademark Assignment Search (ETAS), the Order Entry Management System (OEMS), the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB-E2E).</p><p>During the maintenance period, viewing documents in TTABVUE will be unavailable.</p><p><b>For Patent Customers:</b></p><p>For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the EBC (Patent Electronic Business Center) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6AM - Midnight ET, or email <a href="http://ebc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><b>For P-TACTS Customers</b></p><p>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 P-TACTS FAQ page (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions</a>) and see A2 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 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="http://Trials@uspto.gov" target="_blank">Trials@uspto.gov</a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For Trademark Customers</b></p><p>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 <a href="http://TEAS@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TEAS@uspto.gov</a> (link sends e-mail).</p><p><b>For TTAB Customers</b></p><p>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 <a href="http://TTABInfo@uspto.gov" target="_blank">TTABInfo@uspto.gov</a> (link sends e-mail).</p><div><br></div>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events546Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-12T03:46:15-04:002022-07-12T03:46:15-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark System beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 15 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Friday, July 15 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br> • TTAB Reading Room<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events576Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-12T03:39:32-04:002022-07-12T03:39:32-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS, and TEASi Intermittent Filing Issues</span></strong></p><p>Users are intermittently receiving a 429 eError code “too many requests” when attempting to log into their USPTO.gov accounts to file in Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS and TEASi. The workarounds for this error are clearing the browser cache or switching web browsers.</p><p>Other USPTO systems may also be affected. The USPTO technical teams are investigating.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events575Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-11T04:48:22-04:002022-07-11T04:48:22-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS, and TEASi Intermittent Filing Issues</span></strong></p><p>Users are intermittently receiving a 429 eError code “too many requests” when attempting to log into their USPTO.gov accounts to file in Patent Center, EFS-Web, TEAS and TEASi. The workarounds for this error are clearing the browser cache or switching web browsers.</p><p>Other USPTO systems may also be affected. The USPTO technical teams are investigating.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events545Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-11T03:43:53-04:002022-07-11T03:43:53-04:00<p>There are no planned events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events574Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-11T03:40:39-04:002022-07-11T03:40:39-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Center and EFS-Web Intermittent Filing Issues</b></span></p><p>Users are intermittently receiving a 429 Error code when attempting to file in Patent Center and EFS-Web.</p><p>The workarounds for this error are clearing the browser cache or switching web browsers.</p><p>Other USPTO systems may also be affected. The USPTO technical teams are investigating.</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events573Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-09T11:39:25-04:002022-07-09T11:40:47-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Patent Center and EFS-Web Intermittent Filing Issues</b></span></p><p>Users are intermittently receiving a 429 Error code when attempting to file in Patent Center and EFS-Web.</p><p>The workarounds for this error are clearing the browser cache or switching web browsers.</p><p>Other USPTO systems may also be affected. The USPTO technical teams are investigating.</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events544Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-08T03:23:19-04:002022-07-08T03:23:19-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform system maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, July 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals<br> • TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE<br> • TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The RDMS product team will perform maintenance impacting several manualsbeginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 2 a.m. and 2:15 a.m. on Saturday July 9 ET.</p><p> • Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)<br> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)<br> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Saturday, July 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, July 10 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform system maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, services will not be available.</p><p> • First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0) <br> • X-Search</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TSDR application on two consecutive nights:</p><p>•The <strong>first night of maintenance</strong> will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, July 9 ET.<br>•The <strong>final night of maintenance</strong> will begin 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 10 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events572Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-08T03:22:05-04:002022-07-08T03:22:05-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events571Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-07T03:42:08-04:002022-07-07T03:42:08-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events543Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-07T03:38:33-04:002022-07-07T03:38:33-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) beginning at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 7 and ending at 8 p.m., Thursday, July 7 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Patent Practitioner Search<br> • Registered Practitioner Portal<br> • Exam Applicant Portal</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform system maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, July 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals<br> • TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE<br> • TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The RDMS product team will perform maintenance impacting several manualsbeginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 2 a.m. and 2:15 a.m. on Saturday July 9 ET.</p><p> • Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)<br> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)<br> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Saturday, July 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, July 10 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform system maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, services will not be available.</p><p> • First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0) <br> • X-Search</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TSDR application on two consecutive nights:</p><p>•The <strong>first night of maintenance</strong> will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, July 9 ET.<br>•The <strong>final night of maintenance</strong> will begin 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 10 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Electronic Search System (TM-TESS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TM-TESS application beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TM-TESS will be unavailable.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademarks Database Servers Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademarks Database Servers beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)<br> • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events542Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-06T04:11:00-04:002022-07-06T07:05:40-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on OEDIS beginning at 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 6 and ending at 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 6 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Patent Practitioner Search<br> • Registered Practitioner Portal<br> • Exam Applicant Portal.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) beginning at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 7 and ending at 8 p.m., Thursday, July 7 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Patent Practitioner Search<br> • Registered Practitioner Portal<br> • Exam Applicant Portal</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform system maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, July 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • ESTTA - Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals<br> • TTABVUE- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE<br> • TTAB Reading-Room - Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The RDMS product team will perform maintenance impacting several manualsbeginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period the following manuals will be briefly unavailable between 2 a.m. and 2:15 a.m. on Saturday July 9 ET.</p><p> • Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)<br> • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)<br> • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)<br> • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and ending at 1:30 a.m., Saturday, July 9 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Patent Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on EFS-Web beginning at 8 p.m., Sunday, July 10 and ending at 10 p.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During this maintenance period, Fee Worksheets and Acknowledgement Receipts for submissions will not be generated</p><p>Applicants may file submissions in EFS-Web during this time, but wait until Monday for those documents to be generated. Applicants may still file submissions via Patent Center.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform system maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 10 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, services will not be available.</p><p> • First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (2.0) <br> • X-Search</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the TSDR application on two consecutive nights:</p><p>•The <strong>first night of maintenance</strong> will begin at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 9 and end at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, July 9 ET.<br>•The <strong>final night of maintenance</strong> will begin 12:01 a.m., Sunday, July 10 and end at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, July 10 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, TSDR will be available, but might experience some slow response time.<br><br><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events570Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-06T04:07:55-04:002022-07-06T04:08:03-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events568Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-05T03:34:46-04:002022-07-05T03:34:46-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events541Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-05T03:34:05-04:002022-07-05T07:21:55-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, July 6 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 6 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • ESTTA (Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals) <br> • TTABVUE (Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE)<br> • TTAB Reading-Room (Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room)</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on OEDIS beginning at 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 6 and ending at 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 6 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Patent Practitioner Search<br> • Registered Practitioner Portal<br> • Exam Applicant Portal.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Office of Enrollment Discipline Information System (OEDIS) beginning at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 7 and ending at 8 p.m., Thursday, July 7 ET.</p><p>The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period: </p><p> • Patent Practitioner Search<br> • Registered Practitioner Portal<br> • Exam Applicant Portal.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events540Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-01T03:34:51-04:002022-07-01T03:34:51-04:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></strong></p><p>The USPTO will perform server maintenance beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, July 6 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 6 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, below component services will not be available.</p><p> • ESTTA (Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals) <br> • TTABVUE (Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE)<br> • TTAB Reading-Room (Trademark Trial and Appeals Board - Reading Room)<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events567Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-07-01T03:31:50-04:002022-07-01T03:31:50-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events565Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-06-30T03:26:16-04:002022-06-30T03:26:16-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events539Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-06-30T03:25:24-04:002022-06-30T03:25:24-04:00<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 1 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 1 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br> • TTAB Reading Room</p><p><br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events538Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-06-29T03:40:34-04:002022-06-29T08:32:35-04:00<p style="line-height: 1.6;"><strong style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 18px;">Vendor Portal Maintenance</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The USPTO will perform database patching maintenance on several of the USPTO's financial systems beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, June 29 and ending at 11:30 p.m., <span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Wednesday, June 29</span> ET.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">During the maintenance period, Vendor Portal will be available but submissions will not be successful.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.6;"><br style="color: rgb(50, 49, 48); font-family: "Segoe UI", Segoe, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);"></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Trademark System Maintenance</span></span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Trademark (TM) systems beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, July 1 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Friday, July 1 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available, but mark images and documents will be unavailable:</p><p> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)<br> • TTAB Reading Room</p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events566Current EventsService Desk Branch2022-06-29T03:38:21-04:002022-06-29T03:38:28-04:00<p>There are no current events at this time.<br></p>https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/planned-events537Planned EventsService Desk Branch2022-06-27T12:52:14-04:002022-06-27T12:52:21-04:00<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private-PAIR) Maintenance</span></span></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance on Private-PAIR beginning at 8 p.m., Monday, June 27 and ending at 1 a.m., Tuesday, June 28 ET.</p><p>During the maintenance period, Private PAIR will be unavailable. Please use Patent Center as an alternative to electronically retrieve patent applications.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Multiple Systems Maintenance</span></span><br></p><p>The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems configured through RBAC beginning at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, June 29 and ending at 3 a.m., Wednesday, June 29 ET.</p><p>During the Maintenance, there is a possibility of intermittent interruption:</p><p> • RBAC<br> • API Key Manager<br> • EFS Web (Electronic Filing System-Web)<br> • FPNG<br> • MyUSPTO<br> • Certified Copy Center (CCC)<br> • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDIS - CI)<br> • Patent Center (eMOD)<br> • Patent Center Support<br> • Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)<br> • PE2E Sequence Listing Access (SLIC) - PE2E Bio-Sequence<br> • Private PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)<br> • Trademark Next Generation Document Management<br> • Trademark Admin (TM-ADMIN)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System - (TEASi)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)<br> • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS-Media)<br> • Trademark Next Generation - eOG(TMNG- eOG)<br> • Trademark Next Generation - Exam (TMNG Exam)<br> • Trademark Next Generation - Exam/Content<br> • Trademark Next Generation - Exam/Content<br> • Trademark Next Generation ID Manual (TMNG- IDM)<br> • TSDR – API</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Patent Customers:</span></p><p>During the maintenance period, if you need to file a new patent application, you can use <a href="https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered" target="_blank">EFS-Web for Unregistered eFilers</a> or <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/applying-online/efs-web-contingency" target="_blank">EFS-Web Contingency</a>. If you need to file a follow-on submission or pay fees, use an <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">alternative filing or payment method</a>.</p><p>If you have questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197, Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. - midnight ET, or email <a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov">ebc@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">PTAB Customers:</span></p><p>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 Board End-to-End System (PTAB-E2E), you may use an alternative filing method. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ptab-e2e-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">PTAB-E2E FAQ Page</a> and see A2 for information concerning your 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 5:00 p.m. ET by telephone at 571-272-7822 or email at <a href="mailto:Trials@uspto.gov">Trials@uspto.gov</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Trademark Customers:</span></p><p>If your deadline is today and the document requiring a fee payment cannot be filed electronically, you must use an alternate method of filling. Please visit the <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/filing-documents-during-outage" target="_blank">Trademark Outage Page</a> for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods. 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