United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 19 October 2004
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 August 2004:
Document Services Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 8 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 23 days
Patent Copies 10 days 6 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 8 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 6 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 13 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 8 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 4 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 5 days
Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies 5 days 2 days
Plant Patents 5 days 3 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 4 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 70 days
Trademark Copies 5 days 3 days
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 (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, ePAS or 2 days 2 days
eTAS)
Fax 5 days 19 days
Paper 30 days 172 days
The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing recordation notices
for paper documents received in the Office of Public Records on
March 3, 2004.
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).
September 21, 2004 TED PARR
Director, Office of Public Records