United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 11 October 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 August 2005:
                                                     Actual
                                                 Processing
DOCUMENT SERVICES                        Goal          Time

Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed           7 days        4 days
Patent Related File Wrappers          25 days       21 days
Patent Copies                         10 days        6 days
Patent Assignments                    10 days        5 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed        7 days        4 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers       25 days        9 days
Trademark Assignments                 10 days        5 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        2 days
Patent Assignments                    10 days        2 days
Patent Related File Wrappers          25 days       12 days
Trademark Copies                       5 days        1 day
Trademark Assignments                 10 days        3 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers       25 days        7 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 (571) 272-3150 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
(571) 273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may be
obtained by calling (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the
Washington, DC Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov.

                                                     Actual
                                                 Processing
ASSIGNMENT SERVICES                      Goal          Time

Submission Method
Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS)           2 days        1 day
Fax                                   10 days       56 days
Paper                                 90 days      133 days

   The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing
recordation notices for paper documents received in the Office of
Public Records on April 15, 2005.

   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 (571) 273-0140. 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 (571) 272-3350 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the
Washington, DC Metro area).

September 13, 2005                                        DOUGLAS A. SALSER
                                  Acting Director, Office of Public Records