Our OA Admin tool allows you to easily create an OA Response shell. Your subscription admins can upload templates in the Word docx format on our Subscription Admin page.
Our shell generation can automatically insert information relating to your application and OA response. To do this, you need to put placeholders surrounded by double curly brackets (without any spaces). For example, we can replace the placeholder {{TITLE}} with the title of your patent application. Our default template can be downloaded here for reference in creating your own template.
These are the placeholders you can use in your own templates:
- {{APP_NO}}
- {{APP_DATE}}
- {{TITLE}}
- {{DOCKET_NO}}
- {{APPLICANT}}
- {{FIRST_INVENTOR}} (full name of the first inventor)
- {{EXAMINER}} (full name of the examiner)
- {{EXAMINER_LAST}} (last name of the examiner)
- {{ART_UNIT}}
- {{CONF_NO}}
- {{OA_TYPE}} (we replace with one of non-final office action or final office action)
- {{OA_DATE}}
- {{STATUTE}} (we replace with one of 1.111, 1.114, 1.116, or 1.312)
- {{MAIL_STOP}} (we replace with one of Amendment, RCE, or AF)
- {{CLAIMS}}
For the placeholders to work, there must not be any Word formatting. For example, {{TITLE}} will not work. If one of your placeholders is not working, please try deleting it and typing it again.
Please let us know if you would like us to add any other placeholders.