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All action associated with revising an application prior to the examination of the application on its merits in the home country of the applicant for an application filed under PA300, including preparation of amendments and revised drawings that do not affect the scope of the disclosure. Note that Preliminary Amendments that are filed with a continuing application without affecting the scope of the disclosure are included under PA350. Also note that preliminary amendments extending the scope of the disclosure ("new matter" in the U.S.) in an earlier-filed application and requiring the issuance of a new application number ("continuation-in-part" or "CIP" applications in the U.S.) are included under PA310-340.