Status of Office of Public Records Services

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Status of Office of Public Records Services
September 2005
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 September 2005:
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed	7 days	5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers	25 days	21 days
Patent Copies	10 days	3 days
Patent Assignments	10 days	6 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed	7 days	4 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers	25 days	11 days
Trademark Assignments	10 days	7 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited	5 days	3 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular	14 days	5 days
Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies	5 days	1 day
Plant Patents	5 days	21 days
Patent Assignments	10 days	3 days
Patent Related File Wrappers	25 days	12 days
Trademark Copies	5 days	7 days
Trademark Assignments	10 days	3 days
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	60 days
Paper	90 days	124 days

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