Office Action Response — Biotech

Engagement type: Tiered Fee

Attorney fee: $1,500.00. Review the selected option before paying. Official and third-party fees are separate.

Best for

Office action responses in biotech, chemistry, and life-sciences cases, where art and §112 issues often require deeper analysis.

What’s included

• Attorney review of the action and cited art.
• Amendment strategy, declarations or evidence planning where useful, and written response.
• Filing with the USPTO.

What’s NOT included

• Government, third-party, foreign-associate, translation, courier, and vendor fees.
• Continued prosecution, additional office actions, or post-allowance work beyond what is expressly itemized.
• Litigation, contested proceedings (IPR/PGR/PTAB, oppositions, cancellations), or appeal work.
• Work on additional applications, jurisdictions, classes, or marks not listed in the engagement letter.
• Declarations and expert reports prepared by third parties.
• RCEs, appeals, and post-allowance work.

Client responsibilities

• Provide complete, accurate, and timely technical / business disclosures.
• Review and approve drafts and filings before submission.
• Pay government and third-party fees in advance of any filing deadline.

Assumptions

• Standard complexity for the service category.
• One primary applicant or business entity; one primary jurisdiction unless otherwise stated.
• One round of substantive client revisions included.
• No material adverse facts (e.g., prior public disclosure, intervening prior art) discovered after engagement.

Scope-change triggers

• Material change in scope, claims, embodiments, classes, marks, or jurisdictions.
• Adversarial action by a third party (opposition, cancellation, declaratory action).
• Expedited / emergency turnaround required to meet a statutory or self-imposed deadline.
• After-discovered prior art, prior use, or undisclosed prior filings.

Deliverables

Filed office action response.

Typical timing

Typically 2–5 weeks.