United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 07 October 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
August 2003:
Document Services Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 26 days*
Patent Copies 10 days 4 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 4 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 4 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 14 days*
Trademark Assignments 10 days 4 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 3 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 4 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 37 days*
Trademark Copies 5 days 2 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 2 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 12 days*
*Includes turnaround times for files on Official Search and
File Reconstruction.
During the month of August 2003, a total of 12,444 public orders
(18,723 copies) were filled and closed, or 1,247 orders more (4,980
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
Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Submission Method
Internet (EPS or eTAS) 2 days 1 day
Fax 5 days 1 day
Paper 30 days 144 days
The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing recordation
notices for paper documents received in the Office of Public Records on
April 7, 2003.
Customers are encouraged to file assignments via the Internet or
by fax. Information on howq to file assignments via the Internet can be
found at the USPTO Electronic Business Center website at
www.uspto.gov/ebc/indexebc.html. Fax submissions may be
made directly to Assignment Services Division at (703) 306-5995.
Information on the status of pending assignment recordations may be
obtained by calling (703) 308-9723 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the
Washington, DC Metro area).
September 11, 2003 TED PARR
Director, Office of Public Records