Correcting Patent Applications
Once filed, new matter cannot be added to a patent application.
Permitted correctiv amendments are obvious typographical errors, correcting drawing problems such as overly faint lines and correcting mis-numbering between the specification and the drawings, provided no new matter is added.
In other words, the content of a application cannot be corrected by amendment. A content correction requires the filing of a continuation-in-part application, which is known as a C-I-P or CIP application.
A provisional patent application cannot be corrected in a manner.
More about patent applications at the USPTO website at www.uspto.gov and my website at www.noreklaw.com
Permitted correctiv amendments are obvious typographical errors, correcting drawing problems such as overly faint lines and correcting mis-numbering between the specification and the drawings, provided no new matter is added.
In other words, the content of a application cannot be corrected by amendment. A content correction requires the filing of a continuation-in-part application, which is known as a C-I-P or CIP application.
A provisional patent application cannot be corrected in a manner.
More about patent applications at the USPTO website at www.uspto.gov and my website at www.noreklaw.com
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