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$73,748,760

Department of Commerce·U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

to SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

otheractiveONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-04-01·LATEST ACTION2026-04-07·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1333BJ24F00280007_1344_1333BJ21D00280004_1344
Award description

THIS IS A RECOMPETE FOR THE PATENT PRODUCT PATENT ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER (PAC) AND OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) SUPPORT SERVICES FOR APPLICATIONS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Operations and maintenance support services for the Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Administrative Center systems and applications.

Sub-sectors
patent-office-operationsadministrative-servicesgovernment-it-support
Why this matters

Sustains USPTO's core patent processing infrastructure, critical for U.S. innovation system and intellectual property protection.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates continued reliance on contractor support for federal IT operations and patent system administration.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strong patent system administration is essential for protecting U.S. intellectual property from foreign competitors and enforcing patent rights globally.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002128.

Period of performance
Start
2024-04-01
End
2026-12-31
Status
activein 227 days
Sources

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