Attachment 10c - Link to USPTO Website.docx

This solicitation is for a patent data and document management contract to be awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The objective of the contract is to provide indexing and scanning of all paper documents filed with the USPTO, quality review of electronically filed documents, and composition of patent application data for pre-grant publication and issuance of granted patents. The contractor will be responsible for front-end processing including indexing, scanning, and maintaining paper files; conversion and composition of pending applications for weekly pre-grant publication; conversion and composition of allowed applications for weekly issuance of patents; quality control of electronic file wrappers; and post-issuance activities including processing certificates of correction. The contractor must comply with statutory requirements, quality standards, and processes defined in technical references to be provided with the forthcoming request for proposals. Deliverables must be uniform and ready for publication or issuance according to the production schedules in Section D, with all dates expressed in terms of prior workdays before Thursday publication or Tuesday issuance.