United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 14 February 2006
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 December 2005:
DOCUMENT SERVICES Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 7 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 27 days
Patent Copies 10 days 5 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 6 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 7 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 12 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 6 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 3 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 5 days
Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies 5 days 1 day
Plant Patents 5 days 3 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 2 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 15 days
Trademark Copies 5 days 2 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 1 day
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 8 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 59 days
Paper 90 days 112 days
The Assignment Services Division is currently mailing recordation notices
for paper documents received in the Office of Public Records on September
12, 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).
January 23, 2006 AMANDA PUTNAM
Acting Manager, Public Records Division