System and Pay.gov Maintenances
System Maintenance
USPTO will update numerous systems. This update will begin at 12:01 a.m. and end at 8 a.m., Sunday, December 20 ET.
Users should not attempt to access the affected systems during this change.
The systems listed below and systems that interface with them will be unavailable during the update period:
- Adjudicated Case Tracking System (ACTS)
- Electronic Filing System Web (EFS-Web)
- Office of Enrollment and Discipline Customer Interface (OEDCI)
- Revenue Accounting and Management System (RAM)
- Patent Review Processing System(PRPS)
- Public PAIR (Public PAIR)
- Private PAIR (Private PAIR)
- Publication Site for Issued and Publish Sequences (PSIPS)
- Revenue Accounting and Management System (RAM)
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Electronic Application System International (TEASi)
Pay.gov Maintenance
Pay.gov will undergo maintenance beginning at 12:30 a.m. and ending at 6 a.m., Sunday, December 20 ET.
All payment processing through all USPTO storefronts will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
Please submit payment using an alternative payment method, such as:
For Patents Customers:- by attaching a fee transmittal form (e.g., PTO/SB/17) with deposit account authorization in EFS-Web.
- by faxing in a credit card authorization form PTO-2038 to the USPTO Central Fax 571-273-8300.
- or by sending in a credit card authorization form PTO-2038 through Priority Mail Express(formerly Express Mail) from the United States Postal Services (USPS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10.
Facsimile submission of the basic national fee for national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371 is not accepted. Submissions that require successful online payment, such as ePetitions and Pre-grant publication submissions, will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
If you have any questions, contact the Patent EBC by phone at 866-217-9197 or by email at ebc@uspto.gov.
For Trademarks 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 Outage Page for information concerning Trademark alternative filing methods.
If you have any specific questions regarding TEAS/TEASi, contact the TEAS Team by email at TEAS@uspto.gov (link sends e-mail).
For TTAB Customers:
During this outage, ESTTA forms that do not require a fee payment can still be filed.
Posted at 12:00AM Dec 19, 2015 in Planned Events |