You must also enclose a marked-up copy showing the paragraphs or sections with the changes. An applicant does not have to file any marked-up copy if any claim has a new claim number. An applicant may no longer buy an extension for filing drawings. The PTO will refuse to accept any explanation of the relevance of the cited prior art. An applicant can request earlier publication upon payment of a publication fee.
Applicants can now file patent applications on-line.
There is no real advantage is doing so as considerably more work is involved on the inventor s end. Jan 2 Other Corrections Chapter 2, Sec. The PPA will take the first RPA's filing date. Then file the second RPA, also within one year of the first RPA's filing date. The second RPA should claim the benefit of the PPA's filing date.