Office Action Automation

Stop Wasting Hours on OA Intake

OA-Shell automatically generates complete Office Action response shells in seconds, including all substantive issues, formatted claims ready for amendments, and downloaded prior art references. Skip straight to the substantive work that requires your expertise.

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OA-Shell automatically processes Office Actions and claims to generate complete response shells

The Cost of Manual OA Processing

Every patent practitioner knows the pain of OA intake

The Problem

  • 1-2 hours spent on mechanical OA intake tasks
  • Manually extracting and formatting rejections
  • Copying claims and tracking amendments
  • Hunting down and downloading prior art
  • Filling out repetitive cover page information
  • Time wasted on work that doesn't require your expertise

The OA-Shell Solution

  • Complete OA response shell in seconds
  • All rejections automatically extracted and formatted
  • Claims ready for amendments with change tracking
  • Prior art automatically downloaded and organized
  • Cover page information auto-populated
  • Focus your time on substantive arguments and amendments
How It Works

Three Simple Steps to a Complete OA Response Shell

Upload Documents

Upload your Office Action and claims. Optionally, upload a customized response template to maintain your firm's formatting and style.

Automatic Processing

OA-Shell fills out your response template and downloads all cited references. Zero data retention ensures complete confidentiality.

Get Results

A visual summary of your OA will be presented in the browser, while your OA response shell and prior art references automatically download.

Complete Automation in Seconds

OA-Shell handles every aspect of Office Action intake automatically. Watch as template fields populate instantly with extracted information—no manual copying, no formatting headaches, no missed details.

  • All Rejections Extracted: Every 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102, 103, and 112 rejection automatically identified and formatted
  • Claims Ready for Amendments: Claims extracted with all amendments incorporated and all statuses updated
  • Prior Art Downloaded: All cited references automatically retrieved and organized
  • Cover Page Auto-Filled: Application details, dates, and inventor information populated automatically
OA-Shell automatically filling response template fields

Comprehensive OA Processing

OA-Shell handles every aspect of Office Action intake and processing

Visual Dashboard

Interactive dashboard shows claim status, prior art usage, and rejection types at a glance. Understand the entire OA before reading a single word.

Rejection Extraction

Automatically extracts and formats all 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102, 103, and 112 rejections. Each rejection is clearly organized with claim numbers and reasoning.

Claim Formatting

Claims are extracted, formatted, and ready for amendments. Track changes are automatically enabled so you can see exactly what you're modifying.

Prior Art Downloads

All cited prior art references are automatically downloaded and organized. No more hunting through PAIR or Google Patents.

Custom Templates

Use your own response template with your firm's formatting, headers, and attorney information. OA-Shell fills it automatically while preserving your style.

Cover Page Auto-Fill

Application number, filing date, OA date, inventor names, and all other cover page information is automatically extracted and populated.

Objection Tracking

All objections to drawings, specification, and claims are extracted and organized. Nothing slips through the cracks.

Allowance Identification

Allowed claims are clearly identified and separated. Quickly see what's working and what needs attention.

LLM Sandbox Integration
Powerful Combination

Supercharge OA-Shell with the LLM Sandbox

OA-Shell is powerful on its own, but when combined with the LLM Sandbox, you unlock truly impressive capabilities that can transform your OA response workflow.

  • Automatic Initial Reviews: Generate complete initial reviews of Office Actions, including summaries of all rejections, objections, and allowances
  • Prior Art Summaries: Automatically generate summaries of each cited prior art reference, highlighting key teachings
  • Intelligent Document Transfer: All OA-related documents are automatically sent to the LLM Sandbox, ready for analysis
  • Amendment Generation: Draft claim amendments based on prior art distinctions and examiner feedback
  • Argument Drafting: Generate initial arguments to overcome rejections, in your unique writing style
Learn More About LLM Sandbox

See the Full Power of OA-Shell

Watch this complete demonstration of OA-Shell's capabilities

Perfect for Any Practice Size

Solo Practitioners

OA-Shell acts like a paralegal, handling all the mechanical intake work so you can focus on substantive analysis and client communication. Respond to more OAs without hiring additional staff.

Small to Mid-Size Firms

Standardize your OA response process across all attorneys. Ensure consistent quality and formatting while dramatically reducing the time junior associates spend on intake tasks.

Large Firms & In-House Teams

Small dedicated OA processing teams can do the work of much larger teams. Process hundreds of OAs per month with the same headcount, maintaining quality and consistency.

Why Patent Practitioners Choose OA-Shell

Save 1-2 Hours Per OA

What takes hours of manual work takes OA-Shell seconds. Multiply those savings across dozens or hundreds of OAs per year, and the time savings become transformative for your practice.

Maximize Profitability

In a fixed-fee world, efficiency equals profitability. Spend your billable hours on high-value work that requires your expertise, not mechanical tasks that a computer can do better.

Reduce Errors

Automated extraction means no more missed rejections, forgotten claims, or overlooked prior art. OA-Shell catches everything, every time.

Visual Understanding

The interactive dashboard gives you immediate insight into the OA's complexity and strategy. Understand the big picture before diving into details.

Consistent Quality

Every OA response starts from the same high-quality foundation. Maintain consistency across your entire practice, regardless of who's handling the response.

Scale Your Practice

Handle more OAs without proportionally increasing headcount. OA-Shell enables small teams to accomplish what previously required much larger teams.

Incredible Value at Just $20/Month

OA-Shell costs just $20 per user per month—about half what competitors charge. If it saves you just 30 minutes on a single OA, it's already paid for itself for the month.

  • Unlimited OA processing
  • Visual dashboards included
  • Custom template support
  • Automatic prior art downloads
  • All features, no tiers
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Unbeatable Value
$ 20 /user/month
Competitors: $40-55/month Save 50%+

Frequently Asked Questions

OA-Shell accepts Office Actions in PDF format and claims files in Microsoft Word (.docx) format. Your claims file can be either a previous OA response or your specification—whichever is most recent. Templates must also be in .docx format.

Download our default template using the "Download Default Template" button. Then customize it with your firm's formatting, section headers, attorney information, and any other elements you want. Upload your customized template, and OA-Shell will fill it while preserving your formatting and style.

Yes! OA-Shell works with any type of application, including continuations, divisionals, and CIPs. Just upload the Office Action and your most recent claims file, and OA-Shell handles the rest.

Absolutely. OA-Shell extracts and formats restriction requirements just like any other Office Action content. When combined with the LLM Sandbox, you can even automatically generate initial restriction requirement traversals.

Your documents are automatically deleted from our servers immediately after processing. We maintain zero data retention—your confidential patent information never persists on our systems.

When you use both tools together, OA-Shell can automatically transfer all OA-related documents to the LLM Sandbox. This enables automatic generation of initial reviews, prior art summaries, and even draft amendments and arguments. It's a seamless workflow that dramatically accelerates OA response.

Yes! We offer a free trial so you can experience OA-Shell's capabilities firsthand. You can also download an example OA response shell to see exactly what OA-Shell produces. Request a trial using the form below.

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