In September it was announced that: “Flatirons Solutions Corporation, a U.S. company, has been awarded a contract by the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) for the Patent Data and Document Management (PDDM) program with a potential value of $1.4 Billion. The period of performance for the contract is ten (10) years if all options are exercised. Under this program, Flatirons will support the United States Patent and Trademark Office in managing the entire life cycle of the patent application processing from the initial filing of the application to the final disposition of the application.” See the press release here. Source: Flatirons wins 10-year contract to support the United States Patent and Trademark Office, September 29, 2021. FSC Edge. In the most recent news: By Light to support 10-Year, $1.4B USPTO contract “By Light’s contribution will focus on providing the US-based instance of the FSC Edge data capture and conversion solutions and migrating the solutions into a highly robust, economical, and secure cloud-based environment. Once in production, By Light will manage these environments and ensure ongoing superior performance and a continuously managed security posture…” Read the full press release here. Source: By Light to Support 10-Year $1.4 Billion USPTO Contract, January 5, 2022. By Light. Evanhoe & Associates awarded subcontract by FSC Edge "Under this program, the team will support the USPTO in managing the entire life cycle of patent application processing, from the initial filing of the application to the final disposition of the application. Evanhoe will be application processing once the project is launched. Evanhoe currently tracks over 120,000 IT assets for the USPTO with ItemAware – an intuitive asset tracking and inventory management software Evanhoe created. Since the USPTO started tracking their IT assets with ItemAware, they have realized $1.2 million in annual cost savings and saved 11,132 labor hours per year (per USPTO data). Evanhoe will be supplying the same services on this contract, scaling ItemAware to help manage the IT assets used by Flatirons as they execute this program." See the announcement here. Source: Evanhoe named Subcontractor on USPTO Contract - Evanhoe.