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2.15 May I amend my patent application after filing it?

Yes. You can amend your patent application during the examination. However, if TIPO has issued an office action, you can only make amendment(s) within the time period specified by TIPO. Please note that any amendment shall not extend beyond the scope of content disclosed in the description, claim(s), or drawing(s) as filed.

In the case of a patent application for invention, TIPO may, as it deems necessary, issue a final notice after having issued an office action. The applicant wishing to amend claim(s) after a final notice has been issued shall only make the following amendments within the time period specified therein:
(1) to delete claim(s);

(2) to narrow down the scope of claim(s);

(3) to correct errors; or

(4) to clarify ambiguous statement(s).

  • Publish Date : 2020-08-26
  • Update : 2020-09-14
  • Organization : International Legal Affairs Office
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