United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 30 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 April 2006:


Document Services                       Goal                         Actual
                                                                 Processing
                                                                       Time


Certified Documents


Patent Applications-As-Filed             7 days                      5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days                     23 days
Patent Copies                           10 days                      3 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days                      5 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed          7 days                      5 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days                     10 days
Trademark Assignments                   10 days                      4 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                      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                      1 day
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days                      6 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                     77 days


The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation
notices for paper documents received in the Public Records Division on
February 10, 2006. 

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).


May 3, 2006                                                   AMANDA PUTNAM
                                                             Acting Manager
                                                    Public Records Division