United States Patent and Trademark Office's contract dollars, traced to the source.
United States Patent and Trademark Office · Department of Commerce
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a component of the Department of Commerce, examines and grants patents and registers trademarks, running the search, examination & document systems behind U.S. intellectual-property rights. Its ~$0.85B in FY2025 contract dollars is dominated by patent data & document management and IT infrastructure — the top award is Reed Technology's patent data and document management (PD&DM) contract, followed by Vion's storage infrastructure managed services and GDIT enterprise cloud/DevOps support. The next tier funds patent-processing and technical-search services: Cardinal Intellectual Property's Patent Cooperation Treaty work and American Chemical Society STN/SciFinder scientific literature licensing.
Contract obligations (latest complete FY)
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Contract obligations (in progress)
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Signal tier
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USAspending contract feed
What this monitor reads — and what it doesn't
This is the contract-signal tier: the live USAspending award feed for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarding sub-agency. It shows where USPTO's procurement dollars go — obligations over time and the largest awards — not total budget authority, which also includes payroll, grants, and transfers. Figures reflect the contract (procurement) slice from USAspending FY2025 award obligations, not USPTO's total budget authority or fee-funded operating budget. The appropriation-level view lives on the Department of Commerce monitor.