continuing application

A patent application that is filed while the parent application is pending and that carries on prosecution of some or all of the original application.

• Continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional, and reissue applications are all forms of continuing applications. [Cases: Patents 110. C.J.S. Patents § 156.]

---

词条贡献者

资深译员Michael，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，专注翻译各种与商业地产租赁有关的法律文件。