United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 01 February 2005
Status of Office of Public Records Services The Office of Public Records (OPR) processes and fills orders for both certified and uncertified copies of Patent and Trademark Office documents and records assignments and other documents related to title. This is an update of actual processing times for orders filled during the month of December 2004: Document Services Goal Actual Processing Time Certified Documents Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 6 days Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 29 days Patent Copies 10 days 6 days Patent Assignments 10 days 8 days Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 5 days Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 18 days Trademark Assignments 10 days 6 days Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 4 days Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 6 days Uncertified Documents Patent Copies 5 days 1 day Plant Patents 5 days 3 days Patent Assignments 10 days 2 days Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 38 days Trademark Copies 5 days 2 days Trademark Assignments 10 days 2 days Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 18 days Customers should use the above actual processing time for each product as a guide as to when they can expect their orders to be completed. In cases where an urgent deadline is approaching, contact Document Services Customer Service at (703) 308-9726 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for assistance with a particular order. Customers are encouraged to place orders through the Internet at http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p. Orders may also be faxed to the Document Services Division at (703) 308-9759. Information on the status of pending orders may be obtained by calling (703) 308-9726 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov. ASSIGNMENT SERVICES Goal Actual Processing Time Submission Method Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS) 2 days 2 days Fax 10 days 4 days Paper 90 days 182 days The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing recordation notices for paper documents received in the Office of Public Records on June 30, 2004. Customers should use the above actual processing times as a guide as to when they can expect their assignment submissions to be processed. For fastest service customers are encouraged to file assignments via the Internet. Assignment submissions may be made via the Internet at http://epas.uspto.gov/ for patent assignments and http://etas.uspto.gov for trademark assignments. Patent assignment submissions may also be made by selecting the "Electronic Filing (EFS)" option at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc. Assignment submissions may also be faxed to the Assignment Services Division at (703) 306-5995. Trademark assignment recordations may be reviewed online at http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments. Information on the status of pending assignment recordations may be obtained by calling (703) 308-9723 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area). January 5, 2005 TED PARR Director, Office of Public Records