Closed Solicitation · DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

    TRANSFORMING THE PATENT APPLICATION AND PUBLICATION PROCESS - RFI

    Sol. Patents-RFISources SoughtALEXANDRIA, VA
    Closed
    STATUS
    Closed
    closed Jul 21, 2025
    POSTED
    Jun 30, 2025
    Publication date
    NAICS CODE
    518210
    Primary industry classification
    PSC CODE
    Product & service classification

    AI Summary

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking input through a Request for Information (RFI) to enhance the patent application and publication process. The USPTO aims to gather industry best practices for utilizing technology to manage intellectual property data effectively, ensuring all patent publications are handled in-house. Interested parties are encouraged to propose innovative methods for data ingestion, processing, and publication, including the conversion of various data formats. Further details are available in the attached RFI.

    Contract details

    Solicitation No.
    Patents-RFI
    Notice Type
    Sources Sought
    Posted Date
    June 30, 2025
    Response Deadline
    July 21, 2025
    NAICS Code
    518210AI guide
    Issuing Office
    DEPT OF COMMERCE PTO
    State
    VA
    ZIP Code
    22314

    Description

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is conducting market research via a Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the marketplace to gather input on industry best practices for leveraging the latest technology to improve the ingestion and management of intellectual property (IP) data to publish and issue 100% of patents publications in-house. We invite the marketplace to share innovative ideas and methods for patent application ingestion, processing, and final publication, as well as data and image conversion. The USPTO requests the marketplace to share innovative ideas and methods for patent application data curation for structured publication purposes, to include the conversion and validation of source text, image and intermediate data-objects into standardized publication-ready data.

    Please see the attached RFI and attachments for details. 

    Key dates

    1. June 30, 2025Posted Date
    2. July 21, 2025Proposals / Responses Due

    Frequently asked questions

    TRANSFORMING THE PATENT APPLICATION AND PUBLICATION PROCESS - RFI is a federal acquisition solicitation issued by DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. Review the full description, attachments, and submission requirements on SamSearch before the response deadline.

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