Trademarks · Office actions
An office action is usually a question, not a verdict.
Many applications draw at least one office action. Most are fixable. You’ll have three months from the day it issues to respond, and that clock might already be running.
Have the serial number? Check the record first.
Some office actions are more administrative in nature: a disclaimer, clarifying your description of goods, uploading a better specimen. Those are pretty quick and easy. Others are more substantive: the examining attorney thinks your mark is too close to an existing one, or that it describes the product rather than naming it. Those take an argument.
Send us the office action and we’ll read it for free and tell you what it actually says, what your options are, and what each one costs. If you filed through our StrongTrademarks tool, one administrative response is already included in your fee.
If we take your case, we’ll give you a flat-fee quote before we start working. The attorney who reads your file writes the response and signs it, and the same team stays with you after. Final refusals, requests for reconsideration, and appeals to the Board are quoted separately.