Attorney-Drafted & Filed Provisional Patent Application
A streamlined provisional offering listed on the firm's website at a promotional rate.
Office Action Response
Limited-scope, non-final office action responses with narrow argument or modest amendment.
$950.00
Engagement type: Flat Fee
Attorney fee: From $950
Starting at $950 (attorney fee, limited scope)
USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.
Best for
Limited-scope, non-final office action responses with narrow argument or modest amendment.
What’s included
- Review of the action and cited art.
- Limited-scope response and filing.
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.
- Multi-issue, final, RCE, appeal, and complex art responses.
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.
- Limited-scope, single rejection, narrow argument.
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.
- Any expansion of issues or complexity will trigger a move to the Standard Office Action Response.
Deliverables
Filed office action response.
Typical timing
- Typically 2–3 weeks.
- Clearance, application, maintenance, monitoring, and enforcement services for U.S. trademarks. Pricing is per-mark and per-class unless otherwise stated. USPTO and foreign trademark office fees are excluded from attorney fees.
Standard engagement (quoted after intake)
Office Action Response — Standard — attorney fee $1,900. Standard-complexity, non-final office action in mechanical, software, electrical, or general utility cases. The fuller-scope version of this engagement, quoted after intake.
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