United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 05 September 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 July 2006:

Document Services                       Goal            Actual
                                                        Processing
                                                        Time
Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed             7 days          6 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days         25 days
Patent Copies                           10 days          4 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days          6 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed          7 days          6 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days         10 days
Trademark Assignments                   10 days          8 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          4 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days          2 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days         14 days
Trademark Copies                         5 days          1 day
Trademark Assignments                   10 days          2 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days          8 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          2 days
Paper                                   90 days         35 days

The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for
paper documents received in the Public Records Division on May 8, 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).

August 2, 2006                                                AMANDA PUTNAM
                                                             Acting Manager
                                                    Public Records Division