United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 01 February 2005

                  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 December 2004:

Document Services                       Goal            Actual
                                                        Processing
                                                        Time
Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed             7 days          6 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days         29 days
Patent Copies                           10 days          6 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days          8 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed          7 days          5 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days         18 days
Trademark Assignments                   10 days          6 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited       5 days          4 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular        14 days          6 days

Uncertified Documents

Patent Copies                            5 days          1 day
Plant Patents                            5 days          3 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days          2 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days         38 days
Trademark Copies                         5 days          2 days
Trademark Assignments                   10 days          2 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days         18 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          2 days
Fax                             10 days          4 days
Paper                           90 days        182 days

The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing recordation
notices for paper documents received in the Office of Public Records on
June 30, 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).

January 5, 2005                                                    TED PARR
                                         Director, Office of Public Records