Editing Continuing patent application (section)

{{Short description|Type of patent application}}
Under [[United States patent law]], a '''continuing patent application''' is a [[patent application]] that follows, and [[Priority right|claims priority to]], an earlier-filed patent application. A continuing patent application may be one of three types: a continuation, [[Divisional patent application|divisional]], or continuation-in-part. Although continuation and continuation-in-part applications are generally available in the U.S. only, divisional patent applications are also available in other countries, as such availability is required under Article 4G of the [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property|Paris Convention]].