Descriptions, Operating Requirements/ Compatibilities and Standard Hours of Availability for Online Business Systems

see also: List of Customer Functions/Tasks related to E-Business Systems

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System Operates On: Successfully tested with Netscape Navigator 4.0+ and Internet Explorer 4.0+.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week

ePAS: Electronic Patent Assignment System permits owners to file assignment of ownership documents online.

System Operates On: Successfully tested with Netscape Navigator 4.0+ and Internet Explorer 4.0+. Supporting documentation must be in TIFF image format, letter size (8.5x11 inches), 300 dpi, portrait orientation, black and white.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week

EFS: Electronic Filing System for online filing of Patent Applications; a customer number and digital certificate is required.

System Operates On: Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 or later, or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or later

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week except 11:00 PM Saturday through 6:00 AM Sunday, Eastern Time.

PAIR: Patent Application Information Retrieval for current status information of issued patents and, for authenticated users, access to status information of pending patent applications and for retrieval and viewing documents contained in the Image File Wrapper.

System Operates On:

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week except during the following times when PAIR will be unavailable due to database backups: Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday: 04:30 to 04:45 Eastern Time and Sunday 00:01-04:00 AM Eastern Time

Patent Full Text Search for searching on all elements and text of Patents.

System Operates On:

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week

Patent Images on the Web for displaying patent images in TIFF format; associated with Patent Full Text Search retrievals.

System Operates On: Windows 95/98/NT4; requires a TIFF T.6 (Group 4) Image Browser Plug-in.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

PSIPS: Publication Site for Issued and Published Sequences stores large sequence listings and supporting tables of granted and/or published U.S. patent applications. Shorter sequences (<300 pages) are included in the U.S. patent text databases and not in this system.

System Operates On: Netscape 4.0 or Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher, with JavaScript enabled.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

ACTS for online filing and searches of patent Interferences decisions.

System Operates On: Netscape 4.0 or Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher, with JavaScript enabled.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week .

EFOIA: Electronic Freedom of Information Act stores Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences decisions for search and retrieval.

System Operates On: Netscape 4.0 or Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher, with JavaScript enabled.

System Operating Hours: 20 hours daily, 7 days per week - unavailable between 1 AM and 5 AM daily.

(1) OEMS core service hours are Monday through Sunday, 6:30 AM to 8:40 PM Eastern Time.
(2) Image Retrieval and delivery processing hours are M-F 6:30 AM to 8:40 PM.
(3)FAX systems are scheduled to be available 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

FTP Data for use of File Transfer Protocol to retrieve data from USPTO fileservers.

System Operates On: File Transfer Protocol.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week. Updates are posted to the ftp servers every Tuesday.

Products & Services Catalog for ordering USPTO publications and obtaining ordering information for selected publications from the Government Printing Office.

System Operates On:

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

VSS: Vendor Self Service Registered VSS vendors will be able to view simplified acquisitions solicitations posted by the USPTO on the VSS website, submit quotes electronically, and receive email notification of award.

System Operates On: minimum browser requirement is Microsoft Internet Explorer. Versions 5.5, 6, and 7 or Netscape. Versions 6 and 7.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

ERMS: E-Mail Response Messaging System for managing responses to public email inquiries.

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System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

System Operates On: Successfully tested with Netscape Navigator 4.0+ and Internet Explorer 4.0+.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week

eTAS: Electronic Trademark Assignment System permits owners to file assignment of ownership documents online.

System Operates On: Successfully tested with Netscape Navigator 4.0+ and Internet Explorer 4.0+. Supporting documentation must be in TIFF image format, letter size (8.5x11 inches), 300 dpi, portrait orientation, black and white.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

System Operates On: Internet Explorer 4.0+ or Netscape Navigator 3.0+

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

TEAS: Trademark Electronic Application System, also called e-TEAS for filing Trademark Applications online.

System Operates On: Successfully tested with the following browsers: Internet Explorer 5.5+; Netscape 7.0+; FireFox/Mozilla 1.0+; Safari 2.0+. You cannot use Netscape 4.7.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

TARR: Trademark Application Registration Retrieval for status information on both pending and registered Trademarks; no password is required.

System Operates On: Successfully tested for operation on Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 with Netscape Navigator 3.0 through 4.x or with Internet Explorer 3.0 through 4.x; Windows95 and 98 with Netscape Navigator 3.0 through 4.x or with Internet Explorer 3.0 through 4.x.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

TDR: Trademark Document Retrieval for retrieving and viewing documents from the trademark electronic case files.

System Operates On: IE 5.5+, Mozilla 1.4+, Opera 7.2+ and Netscape 7.2+.

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

TESS: Trademark Electronic Search System for searching all pending and registered Trademarks and viewing Trademark images.

System Operates On: Internet Explorer 4.0+ or Netscape Navigator 3.0+

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week except during the following times when TESS will be unavailable for database backups: 04:00 to 05:00 AM Eastern Time.

Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) allows online filing of documents for consideration by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

System Operates On: Netscape Navigator (Version 4.0 or most recent) or Microsoft I.E. (Version 4.0 or most recent).

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE) allows users to search and view contents of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings

System Operates On: Netscape Navigator (Version 4.0 or most recent) or Microsoft I.E. (Version 4.0 or most recent) and Adobe Acrobat Reader (Version 4 and above).

System Operating Hours: 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.

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