Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Commerce OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of Commerce OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Commerce
Components
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Report Number
OIG-22-026-A
Report Description
For our final report on our audit of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) patent legacy systems, our audit objective was to review USPTO’s progress towards retiring its patent legacy systems. Specifically, we assessed USPTO’s (1) cost, schedule, and capabilities of select patent legacy systems and (2) ongoing activities to transition from the legacy systems to next-generation systems. We found the following: I. USPTO’s cost estimating and scheduling processes are not comprehensive and II. USPTO needs to improve Agile adoption practices when developing next-generation patent systems.
Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
6
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0
