additional claims after allowance
additional claims after allowance. Patents. Claims submitted for the first time by amendment after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has informed the applicant of the patent application’s allowance. • Once a notice of allowance has been issued, the applicant may not by right submit additional claims. But in some circumstances, such as when the applicant seeks to add only dependent claims, the supervisory examiner has authority to enter an amendment containing additional claims after allowance but on or before the date when the issue fee is paid. See amendment after allowance under PATENT-APPLICATION AMENDMENT . [Cases: Patents 109. C.J.S. Patents §§ 152–155.]
