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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF JUNE 28, 2023 SAM #7883
SOLICITATION NOTICE

D -- Relevant Prior Art (RPA) Services

Notice Date

6/26/2023 5:04:11 AM
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

NAICS

541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
 

Contracting Office

DEPT OF COMMERCE PTO ALEXANDRIA VA 22314 USA
 

ZIP Code

22314
 

Solicitation Number

ACQ-24-0049
 

Archive Date

07/31/2023
 

Point of Contact

Mike Spatuzzi, Kelly Gustafson
 

E-Mail Address

Michael.Spatuzzi@uspto.gov, Kelly.Gustafson@uspto.gov
(Michael.Spatuzzi@uspto.gov, Kelly.Gustafson@uspto.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
 

Description

The USPTO has a requirement to capture prior art documents and automatically map citations to the application documents. Prior art documents are listed on the PTO/SB/08 (A and B) forms and Notice of References Cited (PTO-892). These prior art documents are submitted on various forms and in a variety of formats. The documents cited on an IDS or 892 are U.S. Patents, foreign patents, and NPL documents. The submissions include an image and citation document for a prior art entry. The USPTO is seeking to utilize the best electronic resources to provide Patent Examiners with information from an applicant�s other applications as early as possible. This would increase the efficiency of Patent Examiners and also reduce the burden on patent applicants. Relevant Prior Art (RPA) provides an automated tool for Patent Examiners to have the ability to view a master reference list including documents cited in the instant application and imported documents from the immediate U.S. parent application. The USPTO currently uses an in-house manual application to complete this process. This manual process is inefficient and therefore does not fully meet a Patent Examiners needs to be able to process patent applications timely and thoroughly. This requirement will be solicited as a total small business set aside and the solicitation is expected to be posted to Contract Opportunities on or before July 31, 2023.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/09c9c267533d4039bf20caf8b5fd0224/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Alexandria, VA 22314, USA

Zip Code: 22314

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06727551-F 20230628/230626230104 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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