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$73,748,760

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

to SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

financeactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-04-01·LATEST ACTION2026-05-18·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

Modification to ongoing Patent and Trademark Office administrative and operations support contract that began in April 2024.

Sub-sectors
patent-office-operationsm&o-contractit-services
Why this matters

Sustains USPTO's core patent processing infrastructure through 2026, critical for maintaining U.S. intellectual property administration and innovation pipeline.

Supply-chain signal

SAIC continues as primary vendor for USPTO's patent system operations; contract stability signals sustained demand for federal IT and administrative services.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strong patent administration is foundational to protecting U.S. innovation from IP theft and maintaining competitive advantage in emerging technologies.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-02. Cost: $0.002905.

Period of performance
Start
2024-04-01
End
2026-12-31
Status
activein 171 days
Sources

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