Editing Continuing patent application (section)

=== Reissue ===
If an issued patent is found to be defective, the patent owner can surrender the patent and file a reissue application to correct the defect. One such defect occurs when the issued patent claims either more or less than the coverage to which the patentee is entitled, the latter situation resulting in a "broadening reissue". Thus, an inventor can submit a reissue application with broader claims and attempt to get the full coverage to which he or she is entitled. The inventor is not, however, allowed to add new features to the disclosure. A broadening reissue application must be filed within two years from the grant date of the originally issued patent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1401.html|title=MPEP|website=www.uspto.gov}}</ref> A reissue patent has the [[kind code]] E.<ref name="usptokindcode">[https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/electronic-business-center/kind-codes-included-uspto-patent "Kind Codes" Included on the USPTO Patent Documents], from the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]</ref>