Editing Continuing patent application (section)

=== Continuation ===
A "continuation application" is a patent application filed by an applicant who wants to pursue additional [[claim (patent)|claim]]s to an [[invention]] disclosed in an earlier application of the applicant (the "parent" application) that has not yet been issued or abandoned. The continuation uses the same specification as the pending parent application, claims the priority based on the filing date of the parent, and must name at least one of the inventors named in the parent application. This type of application is useful when a [[patent examiner]] allowed some, but rejected other claims in an application, or where an applicant may not have exhausted all useful ways of claiming different embodiments of the invention.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s201.html|title=Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 201.07 Continuation Application [R-07.2015] |accessdate=2017-02-23}}</ref>

During the prosecution of a continuation application, the applicant may not add additional disclosure to the specification. If the inventor needs to supplement the disclosure of the earlier parent application, he has to file a continuation-in-part application.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s201.html|title=Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 201.08 Continuation-in-Part Application [R-07.2015]|accessdate=2017-02-23}}</ref>