Your attorneys should be arguing claims – not building document shells or chasing deadlines. Teak IP handles the full office action response workflow: from structured shell preparation that saves your attorneys hours per matter, to complete substantive OAR drafting reviewed by U.S. IP attorneys before it ever reaches a patent office.
We cover patent and trademark office actions across every major jurisdiction and over 30 technology fields – drafted to your firm’s exact templates, style guidelines, and conventions from the first engagement.
Teak IP’s OAR services are used by:
If your attorneys are spending billable hours on setting up document shells, extracting rejections, or formatting claim amendments rather than writing the actual arguments – Teak IP solves that problem immediately.
Most outsourced OAR providers offer one thing: a complete draft. Teak IP offers both, because law firms need both – and they have different workflows, different cost profiles, and different attorney involvement requirements.
A shell response is a structured, attorney-ready framework that handles every step of OAR setup – so your attorney opens a document that is already organized, formatted, and ready for substantive argument. Your attorney writes the arguments. We do everything else.
What Teak IP prepares in every shell:
Turnaround: 24–72 hours from receipt of the office action, depending on complexity.
For firms that want a complete, substantively drafted response ready for attorney review and filing – not just the framework – Teak IP provides full OAR drafting across all technology fields. Our team of subject matter experts and experienced prosecution paralegals drafts the complete response, which is then reviewed by a U.S. IP attorney before submission.
Full OAR drafting includes everything in Tier 1, plus:
Turnaround: 5–10 business days depending on complexity, technology area, and number of claims. Rush turnaround available upon request.
Teak IP handles patent office actions at every stage of prosecution – from first-action non-finals through final rejections, appeals, and post-allowance correspondence.
Types of Patent Office Actions We Address
Every patent office action response is drafted against a deep review of the prosecution history, the specification, the drawings, and the examiner’s specific claim chart. We do not produce generic arguments – each response is tailored to the examiner’s objections and the client’s commercial goals for the application.
Trademark office actions require a different expertise – one grounded in trademark law, brand strategy, and the specific procedures of the examining office. Teak IP handles the full range of USPTO trademark office actions and international trademark correspondence.
Types of Trademark Office Actions We Address
All trademark OARs are managed under strict deadline discipline. The USPTO’s six-month response deadline carries no reminder and no grace period – abandonment is irreversible. Teak IP tracks every trademark deadline and delivers responses with time to review.
U.S. Attorney Review on Every Response
Every OAR – shell or full draft – is reviewed by a U.S. IP attorney before it leaves Teak IP. Your client’s application is never handled without qualified legal oversight.
Shell or Full Draft – You Choose
Need the shell set up so your attorney can write the arguments? We do that. Need full substantive drafting? We do that too. The service scales to your workflow.
70+ Years of Paralegal & Technical Experience
Our team holds advanced technical degrees across 30+ technology areas – not just administrative paralegal staff. The people preparing your responses understand the science.
Style-Matched to Your Firm from Day One
Every response is drafted to your firm’s templates, formatting preferences, claim amendment style, and argument conventions. Clients cannot tell it came from outside.
Turnaround: 24–72 Hours for Shell / 5–10 Days for Full Draft
Shell responses in 24–72 hours. Full OAR drafting typically 5–10 business days depending on complexity and technology area. Rush available on request.
À La Carte – No Retainer Required
Pay per response. No minimum commitments, no monthly retainers, no lock-in. Engage Teak IP for one office action or one hundred.
Teak IP’s technical team holds advanced degrees and prosecution experience across every major patent technology area. We are not a generalist paralegal firm – we field-match every engagement to the appropriate subject matter expert.
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Biotechnology & Life Sciences |
Pharmaceutical & Drug Chemistry |
Medical Devices & Diagnostics |
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Software & Computer-Implemented Inventions |
Electrical Engineering & Electronics |
Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits |
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Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing |
Clean Energy & Materials Science |
Telecommunications & Networking |
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Chemical Engineering |
Consumer Products & Industrial Design |
Automotive & Aerospace |
Teak IP prepares patent and trademark office action responses for all major patent and trademark offices worldwide:
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USPTO – United States Patent & Trademark Office |
EPO – European Patent Office |
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WIPO / PCT – International Applications |
UKIPO – United Kingdom |
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IP India – Indian Patent Office |
CIPO – Canadian Intellectual Property Office |
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JPO – Japan Patent Office |
CNIPA – China National Intellectual Property Administration |
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EUIPO – European Union (Trademarks) |
Additional national offices – contact us for specific jurisdictions |
If you are looking for general guidance on the OAR process, our blog covers the complete picture:
What is an Office Action Response? A Complete Guide
How to Complete and Submit the Office Action Response Form to the USPTO.
This page is for law firms and IP teams ready to hand off the OAR workflow to a qualified, attorney-supervised team. If that is where you are,
let us talk.
Step 1 — Send us the office action. Email the office action PDF, the application file history, and your preferred response format. We accept any file format.
Step 2 — We confirm scope and turnaround. Within a few hours we confirm the tier (shell or full draft), the technology-matched expert assigned, and the delivery date.
Step 3 — We draft to your templates. Your style guide, argument conventions, and firm formatting are applied from the first engagement. We build a style profile for your firm that improves with every matter.
Step 4 — U.S. attorney review. A Teak IP U.S. IP attorney reviews the draft before delivery. Every deliverable, every time.
Step 5 — Delivery and filing. The completed response is delivered to your team for final attorney sign-off and filing – through your preferred counsel or ours. Deadline docketed and confirmed.
A shell response is the structured framework of the response document – rejections extracted, organized, and formatted with argument placeholders, claim amendment formatting, prior art attached, and filing forms prepared. Your attorney writes the substantive arguments into the shell. A full OAR draft includes the substantive arguments written by our technical and legal team, reviewed by a U.S. attorney, and delivered ready for filing after your attorney’s final review.
Standard turnaround for shell preparation is 24 to 72 hours from receipt of the office action and application materials. Full OAR drafting typically requires 5 to 10 business days depending on complexity, the number of claims, and the technology area. Rush turnaround is available on request – contact us to discuss your deadline.
Yes. Teak IP handles both patent and trademark office actions, including USPTO patent prosecution, USPTO trademark examination, TTAB appeals, EPO communications, WIPO/PCT written opinions, and trademark office actions from EUIPO, UKIPO, and other international offices.
Yes – on every engagement, for both Tier 1 shell preparation and Tier 2 full drafting. U.S. IP attorney oversight is not optional at Teak IP. It is the core of our quality control model and the primary reason law firms trust us with their clients’ prosecution matters.
Yes. We build a firm-specific style profile from your templates, example responses, and formatting preferences. From the first engagement, every shell and every draft will reflect your firm’s conventions – argument ordering, amendment formatting, citation style, cover sheet format, and more.
Yes. In addition to USPTO patent and trademark office actions, Teak IP handles office action responses for EPO, WIPO/PCT, UKIPO, IP India, CIPO, JPO, CNIPA, and EUIPO, among others. Our team’s experience with foreign prosecution procedures and the specific requirements of each office ensures compliance with local rules and deadlines.
Our technical team holds advanced degrees and prosecution experience across more than 30 technology areas – including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, software and computer-implemented inventions, electrical engineering, semiconductor, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, clean energy, telecommunications, consumer products, and more. Every engagement is assigned to a subject matter expert in the relevant field.
Teak IP operates on an à la carte model – you pay per response, with no minimum commitments and no retainer requirements. Shell preparation and full OAR drafting are priced separately. Contact us for a quote based on your expected volume and the mix of shell vs. full draft work.
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