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Can a provisional patent application be amended?

10/23/2016

 
Not usually. Amendments in provisional applications are not permitted after filing, other than those that make the provisional application comply with applicable regulations. If you want to add subject matter to your already-filed provisional application, it is usually best to instead file a second provisional application. The subsequently-filed non-provisional application can claim priority to both provisional applications.

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