United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 27 Nov 2007

                      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
October 2007:

Document Services                       Goal                         Actual
                                                                 Processing
                                                                       Time

Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed             7 days                      5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days                     24 days
Patent Copies                           10 days                      4 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days                      6 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed          7 days                      5 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days                     16 days
Trademark Assignments                   10 days                      5 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited       5 days                      3 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular        14 days                      6 days

Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies                            5 days                      1 day
Plant Patents                            5 days                      5 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days                      2 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days                      8 days
Trademark Copies                         5 days                      1 day
Trademark Assignments                   10 days                      1 day
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days                      9 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                       1 day
Paper                                   14 days                       1 day

The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for
paper documents received in the Public Records Division on October 30, 2007.

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).

November 5, 2007                                        MARILYN RICKS-BEACH
                                                             Acting Manager
                                                    Public Records Division