United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 02 May 2006

                       Status of Public Records Division

   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
March 2006:

Document Services                             Goal                   Actual
                                                                 Processing
                                                                       Time

Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed                7 days                   5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers               25 days                  22 days
Patent Copies                              10 days                   3 days
Patent Assignments                         10 days                   5 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed             7 days                   4 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers            25 days                  14 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 day                    1 day
Plant Patents                               5 days                   6 days
Patent Assignments                         10 days                   2 days
Patent Related File Wrappers               25 days                   9 days
Trademark Copies                            5 days                   1 day
Trademark Assignments                      10 days                   1 day
Trademark Related File Wrappers            25 days                  12 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 Branch 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.


ASSIGNMENT SERVICES

                                              Goal                   Actual
                                                                 Processing
                                                                       Time

Submission Method

Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS)                2 days                   1 day
Fax                                        10 days                   3 days
Paper                                      90 days                  91 days


The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for
paper documents received in the Public Records Division on December 28,
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 Branch
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).


April 5, 2006                                                 AMANDA PUTNAM
                                                             Acting Manager
                                                    Public Records Division