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