Patent legal assistance

Active Blanket Purchase Agreement Awarded Last action

Contract number
12444823A0004
Awardee
Awarding agency
Task orders
51 $138,835 obligated

Award facts

Opportunity
  • 12444823Q0001 Solicitation number
Combined order value
$138,835 Current and potential, with all options
Last date to order 64% complete
IDV ceiling 25% used
$550,000.00
Maximum order
$25,000.00
Award type
Single award
Who can order
Only the awarding agency
NAICS code
541110 Offices of Lawyers
Set-aside
No set-aside
Pricing
Firm Fixed Price
Legislative mandates

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

About this IDV

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a blanket purchase agreement to Bell & Manning LLC for intellectual property services. The BPA includes several firm fixed price call contracts placed between December 2022 and January 2023 totaling approximately $550,000. Bell & Manning will draft responses, applications and related filings for a variety of domestic and international patent and trademark offices. Performance will take place in Monona, Wisconsin through March 2024.

The Forest Service manages over 193 million acres of public lands and promotes forestry practices nationwide. The BPA calls indicate the agency requires assistance developing, filing and responding to actions related to inventions and innovations in areas such as sustainable forest management, land use and facilities development. Bell & Manning will provide patent prosecution services and support the Forest Service's research and development programs and objectives as the primary land stewardship and forestry research agency.

Task orders

Task order Ordering agency Obligated Awarded
Request bell & manning law firm to draft and file a response for a european patent application; lignin-based carbon… 12318725F0156 Acquisitions (WO) $1,600
Acquisition, by noncompetitive contract, the USDA forest service request bell & manning law firm to draft a response to… 12318725F0103 Acquisitions (WO) $2,500
Request bell & manning law firm to transfer a selected patent applications and issued patents, both US and foreign that… 12318725F0105 Acquisitions (WO) $10,000
Request bell & manning law firm to pay the associated legal fees related to validation and recording of assignment in… 12444825F0015 Forest Service $2,910
Patent application low temperature and efficient fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass using recyclable organic… 12444825F0018 Forest Service $2,500
Request bell & manning law firm to review a list of references provided by the CO-owner and see if a new IDS needs to… 12444825F0004 Forest Service $2,600
Review two patents applications 12444824F0098 Forest Service $2,500
Correct the IDS for the PCT application 12444824F0099 Forest Service $500
Process and make all payments related to getting the PSU inventors assignments filed for the patent application in… 12444824F0085 Forest Service $1,100
Draft and file a non-provisional patent application 12444824F0078 Forest Service $12,000
Process and make all final payment for the processing of the patent application 12444824F0068 Forest Service $1,400
Patent office action 12444824F0064 Forest Service $2,000
Draft and respond to an office action for patent 12444824F0063 Forest Service $2,500
Draft and file a divisional patent application 12444824F0057 Forest Service $2,600
Pay a second associated legal fee 12444824F0047 Forest Service $225
Pay the issue fee for patent application 12444824F0046 Forest Service $1,700
Pay the associated legal fees 12444824F0042 Forest Service $300
Pay fees for notice of intention to grant 12444824F0040 Forest Service $3,400
Correct drawings for the PCT application 12444824F0036 Forest Service $1,000
Response to a uspto office action for patent application 12444824F0022 Forest Service $2,400
Issue fee for a patent 12444824F0021 Forest Service $1,350
Examination for patent 12444824F0019 Forest Service $1,000
Draft a non-provisional patent application 12444824F0016 Forest Service $7,500
Draft a non-provisional patent application 12444824F0013 Forest Service $7,500
Request examination of patent filed in canada 12444824F0012 Forest Service $1,400
Make final changes and pay issue fee for european patent appl. No. 22214729.0 12444824F0011 Forest Service $1,360
File a PCT application for non-provisional 12444824F0004 Forest Service $4,400
Draft a response to a european patent office action for patent application 12444824F0002 Forest Service $1,980
Draft a response to a uspto assignment for patent application 12444824F0003 Forest Service $620
Draft a response to patent application 12444823F0104 Forest Service $1,200
Draft a non-provisional patent application 12444823F0106 Forest Service $8,600
Draft a non-provisional patent application 12444823F0105 Forest Service $7,300
Approve and pay to have the certified copy of patent application 12444823F0097 Forest Service $325
Draft a response to a restriction office action from a divisional application 12444823F0071 Forest Service $500
Draft a response to a uspto office action for patent application 12444823F0068 Forest Service $2,900
Draft a response for a reexamination of the application self-expanding lignofoam compositions and lignofoams made… 12444823F0066 Forest Service $4,500
Draft response to request examination of patent application 12444823F0059 Forest Service $2,080
Pay for filing cost for the application "radiofrequency heating of wood using a three-electrode system having a… 12444823F0056 Forest Service $455
Draft, file, and pay the fees for the extended european search report for european patent application 12444823F0055 Forest Service $4,730
Draft and file a PCT application for patent application 12444823F0053 Forest Service $5,400
Issue fee for patent application 12444823F0047 Forest Service $1,300
Draft a response to a canada patent office action 12444823F0045 Forest Service $2,000
Draft a response to a uspto office action 12444823F0046 Forest Service $700
Respond to an office action to adjust claims 17, 18 & 19 for patent application 12444823F0038 Forest Service $1,100
Respond to patent application "methods for synthesizing graphene from encapsulated particles" filed in canada. 12444823F0039 Forest Service $800
0FFICE action for patent application "modula foundation cassette" 12444823F0036 Forest Service $500
File patent application 12444823F0031 Forest Service $2,600
Draft a response an office action for the patent application 12444823F0022 Forest Service $2,500
Draft a response an office action for the patent application 12444823F0023 Forest Service $2,500
Draft a response and amendment to the patent application 12444823F0018 Forest Service $2,800
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Who was awarded contract 12444823A0004?

12444823A0004 was awarded to Bell & Manning LLC by Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) on December 21, 2022.

How much is contract 12444823A0004 worth?

Orders under 12444823A0004 have obligated $138,835. 12444823A0004's own ceiling is $550,000. A single order can be worth up to $25,000.

How many orders have been placed under contract 12444823A0004?

51 orders have been placed under 12444823A0004, the latest on September 4, 2025.

Who can order from contract 12444823A0004?

12444823A0004 is a single award blanket purchase agreement. Only the awarding agency can place orders on it.

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