Continuation -In- Part Law and Legal Definition
A Continuation-In-Part (CIP) application is filed when a new improvement is conceived after filing of the original patent application. The CIP thus contains a substantial portion or all of the earlier nonprovisional application and matter not disclosed in the earlier nonprovisional application. Material in common with the earlier application has the original application's filing date and new material has the filing date of the CIP.
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