recipe-office-action-responselisted

# Recipe: Office Action Response Turn an office action (OA) into a structured, evidence-backed draft response. ## Step 1: Intake — Read the Office Action For a US application, fetch the OA straight from the USPTO file wrapper — no local PDF needed. List the office actions, then pull the text (OCR'd server-side): ```bash flowleap --json uspto documents <application-number> --code CTNF # non-final rejections flowleap --json uspto documents <application-number> --code CTFR # final rejections flowleap uspto document-text <application-number> <documentIdentifier> > office-action.md ``` If the OA was supplied as a local file instead (or is not a US application): ```bash flowleap ocr ./office-action.pdf > office-action.md ``` From the extracted text, record: - Application number and examiner - Response deadline - Each rejection: statutory ground (e.g. 35 U.S.C. 102/103, EPC Art. 54/56), the claims it covers, and the references it relies on - Any objections (formalities, claim clarity) separate from rejections ## Step 2: Pull Every Cited Reference For each cited patent reference: ```bash flowleap --json summary <cited-patent> # biblio + legal status + family flowleap --json ops claims <cited-patent> flowleap --json ops abstract <cited-patent> ``` Verify the reference's effective date actually predates your priority date — date-disqualified references are a complete answer to a rejection. ## Step 3: Examiner Citation Context ```bash flowleap --json citation se