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 during the month of
August 2001:
Document Services Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed, 7 days 5 days
Expedited
Patent Applications-As-Filed, 17 days 16 days
Regular
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 44 days*
Patent Copies 10 days 8 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 8 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed, 7 days 5 days
Expedited
Trademark Applications-As-Filed, 17 days 11 days
Regular
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 34 days*
Trademark Assignments 10 days 8 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 5 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 8 days
Uncertified Documents
Expedited Patent Copies 1 day 1 day
Regular Patent Copies 5 days 2 days
Plant Patents 5 days 8 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 29 days*
Expedited Trademark Copies 1 day 0 days**
Regular Trademark Copies 5 days 2 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 8 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 24 days*
*Includes turnaround times for files on Official Search and File
Reconstruction.
**No orders were filled during the reporting month.
During the month of August 2001, a total of 21,524 public orders
(32,157 copies) were filled and closed, or 7,727 orders more (6,399
copies less) than the FY-01 planning number of 13,797 orders (38,556
copies) to be closed for this month.
Please do not submit "follow-up" or duplicate copies of orders. 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 OPR Customer Service at
(703) 308-9726 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for assistance with a particular order.
Customers are encouraged to fax orders for copies directly to the
Document Services Division at (703) 308-9759 and to pay by PTO Deposit
Account, MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover. Copy orders
also may be placed through the Internet by accessing the PTO home page
at www.uspto.gov and selecting the "Order Copies" option. 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:
dsd@uspto.gov.
Assignment Services
The Assignment Division is currently mailing recordation notices for
documents received in the Office of Public Records on June 26, 2001. The
cycle time to process, record, and mail notices is 67 calendar days.
September 13, 2001 PATRICK ROWE
Director
Office of Public Records