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A patent-application amendment is a change made to a patent application in response to an examiner's rejection. This change usually involves narrowing or eliminating some claims. There are different types of amendments, such as those made after allowance, appeal, final action, or payment of issue fee. The purpose of an amendment is to improve the chances of the patent application being approved.
A patent-application amendment is a change made to a patent application, usually to narrow or eliminate some claims in response to an examiner's rejection. There are different types of amendments that can be made at different stages of the application process:
For example, an applicant may submit an amendment after allowance to correct a typographical error in the specification or to add a citation to prior art that was not previously considered. Another example is an amendment after final action that drops a claim that was rejected by the examiner but leaves the remaining claims intact.