USPTO Systems Status and Availability

Check this page for the latest information on the operating status and availability of our online business systems, such as Patent Center, TEAS, and PTAB End-to-End. Issues impacting remote employees are available on the System 411 blog.

Current Status

Tuesday May 28, 2024

Current Events

Electronic Payment Receipt Delay

Starting May 24, 2024, some electronic payment receipts have not been immediately visible in Patent Center after completion. Customers are advised to check Patent Center’s Documents & Transactions tab after 1 hour to see if the electronic payment receipt appears.

If you are still unable to see the payment receipt, 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.


Planned Events

Tuesday May 28, 2024

Planned Events

Patent Center Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on the Patent Center from midnight-5:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 29. 

During the maintenance period, Patent Center will be unavailable.

Please refer to the Filing Documents during an Outage page for other alternative filing methods.

Bulk Data Storage System (BDSS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on BDSS beginning at 10 a.m., ET and ending at 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 29. 

During the maintenance period, the entire BDSS system will be unavailable.

System Maintenance

The OCIO will perform maintenance affecting multiple systems from midnight-2 a.m. ET on Friday, May 31.

During the maintenance period, user access to the following applications may be interrupted: 

  • API Key Manager
  • Certified Copy Center (CCC)
  • Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
  • Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC-CAT)
  • Fee Processing (Fees)
  • MyUSPTO 
  • Office of Enrollment and Discipline - Customer Interface (OEDCI)
  • Patent Center 
  • Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (PTACTS)
  • Trademark e0G (TM- eOG)
  • Trademark ID Manual (TM-IDM)
  • Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) 
  • Trademark Electronic Application System- Media (TEAS-Media) 
  • Trademark Electronic Application System International- (TEASi) 
  • Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)
  • Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) 

Patent Customers: During the maintenance period, applicants may file new applications, except for National Stage applications under 35 U.S.C. 371, via EFS-Web Unregistered. If you need to file a National Stage application under 35 U.S.C. 371 or follow-on submission to an existing application during the maintenance period, please use the alternative filing method.

PTAB/P-TACTS 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 Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-TACTS), you may use an alternate filing method. Please visit the P-TACTS FAQ page: https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/p-tacts_faqs_20221007.pdf and see A2 for information concerning your America Invents Act (AIA) petition filing and/or document filing using P-TACTS alternative filing methods

Trademark Customers: Please try filing again after the maintenance ends. If you have any questions, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov.

TTAB Customers: Please visit the TTAB Outage Page: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/ttab/filing-ttab-documents-during-outage   for information concerning Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) alternative filing methods. If you have any questions, contact the TTAB Assistance Center during normal business hours by telephone at 571-272-8500 or email TTABInfo@uspto.gov