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Status of Office of Public Records Services
February 13 - 19, 2005

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 February 13-19, 2005:

Document Services

Goal

Actual Processing Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed
7 days
7 days
Patent Related File Wrappers
25 days
26 days
Patent Copies
10 days
9 days
Patent Assignments
10 days
6 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed
7 days
8 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers
25 days
16 days
Trademark Assignments
10 days
6 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited
5 days
5 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular

14 days
14 days
Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies
5 days
1 day
Plant Patents
5 days
0 days
Patent Assignments
10 days
1 days
Patent Related File Wrappers
25 days
36 days
Trademark Copies
5 days
3 days
Trademark Assignments
10 days
5 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers
25 days
0 days

Assignment Services

Goal

Actual Processing Time
Submission Method
Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS)
2 days
2 days
Fax
10 days
17 days
Paper
90 days
180 days
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