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37 CFR 1.55 (relating to foreign priority claims) and 37 CFR 1.78 (relating to domestic benefit claims) require applicant to inform the Office via a statement if the transition application contains or ever contained a claim that was not supported by the earlier filed domestic benefit or foreign priority application ...

102(a)(1) (patent, printed publication, public use, sale, or other means of public availability) is excepted as prior art if: (1) the disclosure was made one year or less before the effective filing date of the claimed invention; and (2) the subject matter disclosed had been previously publicly disclosed by the ...

The applicant may correct or add a priority claim by a notice submitted to the Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) within 16 months from the priority date, or where the priority date is changed, within 16 months from the priority date so changed, whichever period expires first, provided that a notice ...

Some of the main forms patent applicants will have to submit include: Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet. Declaration for Utility of Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet. Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant. Certification of Micro Entity Status.

You could also include additional details in a series of subsequent provisional applications filed within 12 months of the first provisional, and then consolidate all the details into a single non-provisional application filed within 1 year of the first provisional application.

The Patent of Addition protects the novel, industrial applicability and non-inventive improvements or modifications to an already filed or granted patent application. Section 54 of the Act refers to an application being made for a modification/ improvement and does not limit itself to any specific type of application.

Unfortunately, under United States patent law you can not amend the patent to include the new subject matter reflecting the improvement you made to the invention. You will have to file a new patent application for the improvement to the invention instead of filing an amendment to the patent.

Patent Improvements In the realm of invention, improvements to existing patents often emerge as inventors build upon previous work. These are referred to as “patent improvements.” Just like original inventions, these improvements can also be patented if they meet certain criteria.

Corrections to granted patents Under section 107 of the Patent Rules, certain errors made by the Commissioner in the patent, or in the specification or drawings of a granted patent can be corrected within 12 months of the issuance of the patent.