United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 24 August 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 July 2005:

Document Services                       Goal                         Actual
                                                                 Processing
                                                                       Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed             7 days                      5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days                     27 days
Patent Copies                           10 days                      4 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days                      5 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed          7 days                      4 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days                     15 days
Trademark Assignments                   10 days                      5 days
Trademark Registrations,
  Expedited                              5 days                      4 days
Trademark Registrations,
  Regular                               14 days                     12 days

Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies                            5 days                      1 day
Plant Patents                            5 days                      8 days
Patent Assignments                      10 days                      3 days
Patent Related File Wrappers            25 days                     24 days
Trademark Copies                         5 days                      1 day
Trademark Assignments                   10 days                      3 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers         25 days                      7 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 (571) 272-3150 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
(571) 273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may be
obtained by calling (571) 272-3150 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                     49 days
Paper                                   90 days                    142 days

The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing recordation
notices for paper documents received in the Office of Public Records on
March 8, 2005.

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 (571) 273-0140. 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 (571) 272-3350 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the
Washington, DC Metro area).

August 1, 2005                                                     TED PARR
                                         Director, Office of Public Records