Attachment 10b - 9613741.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 conversions, and quality control of electronic file wrappers. The contractor must provide deliverables on schedules defined in the solicitation, with publication dates expressed as a certain number of prior workdays. High-level requirements outlined in the statement of work cover these key activities.