Open Rowan Patents and click the Start New EP Office Action Response option.
Select an option to start a new file using your desired export configuration settings
New File creates an .rpr file configured with Rowan default settings.
New File From options allow you to select an .rpr file preconfigured with your desired custom settings.
OR
Save a copy of a preconfigured, empty .rpr file and open that copy to begin your response.
Drag and drop your Office action .PDF file from your local file system onto the field provided
OR click Select File to browse your local file system for your Office action file.
Click Confirm to continue with the selected Office action
OR Click Cancel to start over.
Copy and paste or add a .DOCX file with your most recently submitted claims.
It is recommended you use a clean, unannotated copy for best results.
Review your claim language in the editable text field and make corrections or remove and replace those claims if needed.
Click Next
OR Click remove claims to start over.
Review the bibliographical information and editable Office action text in the interface provided and make corrections if needed:
Add bibliographical information Rowan was unable to detect.
Add, modify, and remove highlighted objection statements as needed.
Correct any OCR errors in the objection statements and cited document text as needed.
Note that most Office action text is not used to generate response language, so some OCR issues may be left as they are.
Click Generate Package.
Save your response package to your local file system as a Rowan Patents .rpr file.
Create a New EPO Office Action Response Package
The first step for Rowan Patents prosecution is to build a response package that holds all the data you need to start drafting your response to the EPO
Written by Laura Berwick