FOLIO Ontology

All action associated with revising an application prior to the examination of the application on its merits outside the home country of the applicant in an application filed under PA500, 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, but do not affect the scope of the disclosure are included under PA550. Also note that preliminary amendments extending the scope of the disclosure in a parent application, and requiring the issuance of a new application number, are included under PA510-540.