Status of Office of Public Records Services

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Status of Office of Public Records Services
April 2004
Document Services	Goal	Actual Processing Time
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 April 2004:
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed	7 days	5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers	25 days	39 days
Patent Copies	10 days	4 days
Patent Assignments	10 days	5 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed	7 days	4 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers	25 days	13 days
Trademark Assignments	10 days	5 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited	5 days	3 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular	14 days	4 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	48 days
Trademark Copies	5 days	1 day
Trademark Assignments	10 days	2 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers	25 days	10 days
Assignment Services	Goal	Actual Processing Time
Submission Method
Internet (EFS or eTAS)	2 days	2 days
Fax	5 days	7 days
Paper	30 days	208 days

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