		 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 during
the month of July 2004:


Document Services 			Goal 			     Actual
								 Processing
								       Time

Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed 	         7 days			     6 days 
Patent Related File Wrappers 		25 days 		    45 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 		    12 days 
Trademark Assignments 			10 days 		     5 days 
Trademark Registrations, Expedited 	 5 days			     3 days 
Trademark Registrations, Regular 	14 days 		     7 days

Uncertified Documents

Patent Copies 				 5 days		   	     1 day
Plant Patents 				 5 days			     3 days 
Patent Assignments 			10 days 		     5 days 
Patent Related File Wrappers 		25 days 		    63 days 
Trademark Copies 			 5 days			     2 days 
Trademark Assignments 			10 days 		     2 days 
Trademark Related File Wrappers 	25 days 		    10 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 (703) 308-9726 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 
(703) 308-9759. Information on the status of pending orders may be obtained 
by calling (703) 308-9726 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 or eTAS) 			 2 days			     1 day 
Fax 					 5 days			     2 days 
Paper 					30 days 		   185 days

The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing recordation notices 
for paper documents received in the Office of Public Records on January 
28, 2003.

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 (703) 306-5995. 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 
(703) 308-9723 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area).

August 6, 2004 							   TED PARR 
				         Director, Office of Public Records

