United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 02 May 2006
Status of Public Records Division
The Public Records Division (PRD) 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
March 2006:
Document Services Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 22 days
Patent Copies 10 days 3 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 5 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 4 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 14 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 5 days
Trademark Registrations,
Expedited 5 days 3 days
Trademark Registrations,
Regular 14 days 4 days
Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies 5 day 1 day
Plant Patents 5 days 6 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 2 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 9 days
Trademark Copies 5 days 1 day
Trademark Assignments 10 days 1 day
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 12 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 Branch 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 3 days
Paper 90 days 91 days
The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for
paper documents received in the Public Records Division on December 28,
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 Branch
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).
April 5, 2006 AMANDA PUTNAM
Acting Manager
Public Records Division