United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 28 November 2006

                       Status of Public Records Division

   The Public Records Division (PRD) 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 2006:

Document Services                       Goal            Actual
                                                        Processing
                                                        Time
Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed             7 days          7 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days         22 days
Patent Copies                           10 days          6 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days          7 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed          7 days          8 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days          8 days
Trademark Assignments                   10 days          7 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited       5 days          4 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          3 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days         13 days
Trademark Copies                         5 days          2 days
Trademark Assignments                   10 days          1 day
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days         11 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 (571)
272-3150 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 Branch at (571) 273-3250.
Information on the status of pending orders may be obtained
by calling (571) 272-3150 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                             10 days          2 days
Paper                           90 days          6 days

The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation
notices for paper documents received in the Public Records Division on
September 22, 2006.

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 Branch at (571) 273-0140. 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 (571) 272-3350 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the
Washington, DC Metro area).

November 2, 2006                                              AMANDA PUTNAM
                                                             Acting Manager
                                                    Public Records Division