System status and availability
Check this webpage for the latest information on the operating status of USPTO's systems and planned maintenance activities.
Current status of USPTO systems
Authentication Update
To address threats and meet federal security requirements, all customers must switch to a more secure multifactor authentication (MFA) method when logging into your USPTO.gov account. Starting November 1, email is no longer an option to verify your identity.
Our webpage outlines options to enhance your account security. Please note you must configure one of these methods for your account by October 31.
Patent Center Affected by Network Issue
The Patent Center experienced service interruptions due to network issues. Documents submitted via Patent Center on Thursday, November 20 are experiencing longer delays in becoming available in the Patent Center’s Documents & Transactions tab. Customers should check back this afternoon to see if the impacted submissions are available at Patent Center.
Upcoming planned events
Trademark System Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on the Trademark System from 12:01- 5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, October 24.
During the maintenance period, the following systems will remain available
- Trademark center (TM-eFile)
- Trademark eOG (TM-eOG)
- Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)
- Trademark Trial and Appeals - Reading Room (TTAB-RR)
During the maintenance period, the following systems will be unavailable:
- Trademark Electronic Application System and Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS) Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on P-TACTS from 12:01-5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, November 21.
During the maintenance period, P-TACTS will be unavailable, and the Credit/Debit card fee payment methods cannot be accepted.
Parties must either pay fees for petitions outside of this scheduled maintenance time or pay early. Those with deadlines for petition filing or other associated documents to a pending AIA case, must use an alternate filing method.
Questions? Contact PTAB 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET at 571-272-9797 weekdays or email Trials@uspto.gov
Trademark Maintenance
The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on Trademark applications from 12-5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, November 22.
The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:
- Abstraction Layer (TM-AL)
- Madrid International Trademark System (MITS)
- Trademark Content Management System (TM-CMS)
- Trademark-Examination (TM-Exam)
- Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)
- Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM)
- XSearch (XS)
- TRAM Replacement Services (TM-TRS)
- Trademark Examination Admin (TM-EADM)
- Trademark Examination Petitions (TM-EPET)
- Trademark Examination Special Mark Search (TM-ESMS)
- Trademark Reviewer (TM-Review)
- Electronic System for Trademarks Trials Appeals (ESTTA)
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board VUE (TTABVUE)
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Reading Room (TTABRR)
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Center (TTAB Center)
- Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TM-TSDR)
- Trademark Common Data Services (TMCOM)
- Trademark Center (TM-Center)
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
The following systems will be available during the maintenance, but links to TM-Review will not be available:
- First Action System for Trademarks 2 (FAST2)
- Madrid Certification and Review Program (MCRP)
- Trademark Cropped Image System (TCIM)
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