United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 30 Oct 2007
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 September 2007: Document Services Goal Actual Processing Time Certified Documents Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 5 days Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 23 days Patent Copies 10 days 4 days Patent Assignments 10 days 5 days Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 4 days Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 12 days Trademark Assignments 10 days 6 days Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 2 days Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 4 days Uncertified Documents Patent Copies 5 days 1 day Plant Patents 5 days 2 days Patent Assignments 10 days 2 days Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 12 days Trademark Copies 5 days 1 day Trademark Assignments 10 days 1 day Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 6 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 1 day Paper 14 days 1 day The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for paper documents received in the Public Records Division on January 30, 2007. 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). October 2, 2007 AMANDA PUTNAM Manager, Public Records Division