Support USPTO Patent Examiners with Required Non-Patent Literature

Description: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office intends to make a sole-source, non-competitive award for Springer Nature subscriptions and online content providing non-patent literature to patent examiners. The notice identifies Springer Nature Customer Service Center LLC, doing business as Springer Nature, as the proposed source, and reports that it was the only known qualified source identified through market research. SAM.gov lists this as an active Special Notice rather than a competitive request for proposals, with responses due November 10, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. EST.