Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistant Tools Patent Examination Modernization (Patent AI)

The USPTO awarded a fixed-price, non-competitive, contract order to Four Points Technology, LLC via a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) #1333-LB-24-A-00001 with the United States Census Bureau issued pursuant to the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation 8.405-3 – Blanket Purchase Agreements, under GSA Multiple Award Schedule. This BPA allowed access to the patent examination tool developed by Google Cloud Platform and Patlytics, Inc. The tool provides comprehensive prior art search capabilities, automated claim mapping presented in a claim to citation chart that supports 35 U.S.C. 102, 103, and 112 analyses, and documented quality metrics for validating search and Office Action outputs. In addition, the vendor maintains a SOC 2 Type II attestation for information security controls and will be able to achieve FedRAMP certification within the required timeframe.