United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 02 August 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 June 2005:

Document Services                       Goal            Actual
                                                        Processing
                                                        Time
Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed             7 days          8 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days         32 days
Patent Copies                           10 days          3 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days          7 days

Trademark Applications-As-Filed          7 days          7 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days         17 days
Trademark Assignments                   10 days          6 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited       5 days          4 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular        14 days         10 days

Uncertified Documents

Patent Copies                            5 days          1 day
Plant Patents                            5 days          2 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days          6 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days         58 days
Trademark Copies                         5 days          1 days
Trademark Assignments                   10 days          4 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days         29 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      2 days          1 day
or eTAS)
Fax                     10 days         54 days
Paper                   90 days        149 days

The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing recordation notices
for paper documents received in the Office of Public Records on
February 3, 2005.

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).

July 6, 2005                                                       TED PARR
                                         Director, Office of Public Records