Attachment 10b - 9611144.pdf

This solicitation is seeking proposals for a patent data and document management contract to be awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The selected contractor will perform indexing and scanning of all paper patent application documents, quality review of electronically filed documents, patent data capture and composition of applications for publication and granting of patents. Additional requirements include front-end processing, pre-grant publication in image and text formats, post-allowance processing, post-issuance activities such as certificate composition, and quality control of electronic file wrappers. The contractor must comply with statutory standards and office rules for publication and issuance timelines. Deliverables are due on specified prior workdays before Thursday publication or Tuesday issuance according to the production schedules in Section D.