United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 31 May 2005
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 for orders filled during
the month of April 2005:
Document Services Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 7 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 35 days
Patent Copies 10 days 4 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 8 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 6 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 20 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 5 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 5 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 5 days
Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies 5 days 1 day
Plant Patents 5 days 4 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 19 days
Trademark Copies 5 days 1 day
Trademark Assignments 10 days 3 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 24 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, ePAS or eTAS) 2 days 1 day
Fax 10 days 35 days
Paper 90 days 171 days
The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing recordation
notices for paper documents received in the Office of Public Records on
July 30, 2004.
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).
May 5, 2005 TED PARR
Director, Office of Public Records