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Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance 

The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-TACTS systems  beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Friday April 5 and ending at 12 a.m. ET on Saturday, April 6.

P-TACTS will be unavailable during the maintenance period.

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

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 .

If you have questions, please contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email  [email protected] .

Trademark Electronic Official Gazette (TM-Eog) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform routine patching on Linux OS for multiple servers for multiple servers related to TM-eOG  from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, April 9.

Trademark System Maintenance 

The USPTO will perform maintenance on Trademark systems from midnight a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10 ET.

The following systems will not be available:

    • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) will not be available. You can access recent PDF versions of the gazette on the  Trademark Official Gazette webpage . For archived PDF versions of gazettes dating back to 2001, visit the  archived editions page .  

    • Trademarks ID Manual (IDM) will not be available.

    • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) will not be available. 

    • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi) will not be available.

    • Trademark Center (TM-eFile) will not be available

    • TTAB Reading Room will not be available.

    • Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) will not be available.  

The USPTO will perform maintenance affecting several systems  from midnight-9 a.m. ET on Saturday, April 13. 

During the maintenance period, the following systems and systems that interface with these systems will be unavailable:

  • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
  • Office of Enrollment and Discipline Roster of Patent Attorneys/Agents (OEDCI)
  • Patent Center and Sponsorship Tool
  • Patent Trial and Appeal Tracking System (P-TACTS)
  • Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences (PSIPS)
  • Financial Manager and Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront
  • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
  • Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
  • Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)
  • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)

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).

For Patent Customers:

For more information about filing documents during an outage, please visit  https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage .

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  [email protected] .

For P-TACTS Customers:

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 alternate filing method page at  https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage#PTAB%20E2E  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 571-272-9797 or email  [email protected] .

For Trademark Customers:

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  [email protected] .

For TTAB Customers:

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  [email protected] .

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