System status and availability

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Reference Document Management Services (RDMS) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform routine maintenance on RDMS from 12:01 a.m.- 1 a.m. ET on Tuesday, August 4.

The following manuals will be briefly unavailable. The downtime will last less than 15 minutes.

  • Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (eMPEP)
  • Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
  • Trademark Federal Statutes and Rules (TFSR)
  • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)
Last updated: Friday, Jul 31, 2026 at 8:24 AM ET
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Unless otherwise indicated, all systems should be operating normally.

Issues impacting remote employees are available on the Internal system status platform.