Status of Public Records Division Services
May 2008
The Public Records Division (PRD) 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 May 2008:
| Document Services | Goal | Actual Processing Time |
| Certified Documents | ||
| Patent Applications-As-Filed | 7 days | 3 days |
| Patent Related File Wrappers | 25 days | 15 days |
| Patent Copies | 10 days | 2 days |
| Patent Assignments | 10 days | 4 days |
| Trademark Applications-As-Filed | 7 days | 3 days |
| Trademark Related File Wrappers | 25 days | 12 days |
| Trademark Assignments | 10 days | 3 days |
| Trademark Registrations, Expedited | 5 days | 2 days |
| Trademark Registrations, Regular | 14 days | 5 days |
| Uncertified Documents | ||
| Patent Copies | 5 days | 1 day |
| Plant Patents | 5 days | 0 days |
| Patent Assignments | 10 days | 1 day |
| Patent Related File Wrappers | 25 days | 7 days |
| Trademark Copies | 5 days | 1 day |
| Trademark Assignments | 10 days | 1 day |
| Trademark Related File Wrappers | 25 days | 7 days |
| Assignment Services | Goal | Actual Processing Time |
| Submission Method | ||
| Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS) | 2 days | 1 day |
| Fax | 10 days | 1 day |
| Paper | 14 days | 1 day |
