United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 01 July 2003
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
May 2003:
Document Services Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 4 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 30 days*
Patent Copies 10 days 3 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 4 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 3 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 10 days*
Trademark Assignments 10 days 4 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 2 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 3 days
Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies 5 days 1 day
Plant Patents 5 days 5 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 2 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 27 days*
Trademark Copies 5 days 3 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 1 day
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 12 days*
*Includes turnaround times for files on Official Search and
File Reconstruction.
**Three of the nine Plant Patent orders required reprinting.
During the month of May 2003, a total of 14,576 public orders
(21,643 copies) were filled and closed, or 3,379 orders more (2,060
copies less) than the FY-03 planning number of 11,197 orders (23,703
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 Services Division is currently mailing recordation
notices for paper documents received in the Office of Public Records on
January 28, 2003. The cycle time to process, record, and mail notices
for paper documents is 121 calendar days.
Recordation notices for assignment documents transmitted
electronically to the Assignment Services Division are current through
receipts for May 30, 2003. The cycle time to process, record, and
return notices for electronic documents is 1 calendar day.
June 4, 2003 KAY H. MELVIN
Executive for
Customer Information Services