		 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 for orders filled during
the month of October 2004:

Document 			Services Goal 			Actual
								Processing
								Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed 	 7 days 			 8 days 
Patent Related File Wrappers 	25 days 			43 days 
Patent Copies 			10 days 			 5 days 
Patent Assignments 		10 days 			 6 days 
Trademark Applications-As-Filed  7 days 			 6 days 
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 			12 days 
Trademark Assignments 		10 days 			 7 days 
Trademark Registrations, 
Expedited 			 5 days 			 3 days 
Trademark Registrations, 
Regular 			14 days 			 5 days

Uncertified Documents 
Patent Copies 			 5 days 			 2 days 
Plant Patents 			 5 days 			 1 day
Patent Assignments 		10 days 			 4 days 
Patent Related File Wrappers 	25 days 			49 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 (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 eTAS) 	 2 days 			1 day 
Fax 				 5 days 			2 days 
Paper				90 days 		      173 days 

The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing recordation 
notices for paper documents received in the Office of Public 
Records on May 10, 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 areencouraged 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 recor-
dations 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). 
						 	
November 7, 2004 						   TED PARR
					 Director, Office of Public Records

