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R -- FOREIGN PATENT PROSECUTION SERVICES SOL 52-SANS-5-00086 POC Anita Tolliver, Contract Specialist, #703/487-4720 The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service (NTIS) intends to negotiate with Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak and Seas for the continuation of foreign patent prosecution services on patent cases originally foreign filed through Sughrue for NASA. The contractor shall perform the necessary services for prosecution including the preparation of amendments, briefs, appeals, oppositions and other documents. The authority for these negotiations is found at 41 USC 253(c)(1). See Note 22. (0053)

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