United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 14 September 2004
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 July 2004:
Document Services Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 6 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 45 days
Patent Copies 10 days 4 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 6 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 5 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 12 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 5 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 3 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 7 days
Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies 5 days 1 day
Plant Patents 5 days 3 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 63 days
Trademark Copies 5 days 2 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 2 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 10 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 (703) 308-9726 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 Division at
(703) 308-9759. 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 to dsd@uspto.gov.
ASSIGNMENT SERVICES
Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Submission Method
Internet (EFS or eTAS) 2 days 1 day
Fax 5 days 2 days
Paper 30 days 185 days
The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing recordation notices
for paper documents received in the Office of Public Records on January
28, 2003.
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
Division at (703) 306-5995. 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
(703) 308-9723 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area).
August 6, 2004 TED PARR
Director, Office of Public Records