Legal Definitions - continued-prosecution application

A continued-prosecutionapplication is a type of patent application that is filed to continue the examination of a previously filed patent application. It allows the applicant to make changes or amendments to the original application in response to feedback from the patent examiner.

For example, if a patent application is initially rejected by the examiner, the applicant may file a continued-prosecution application to address the examiner's concerns and try to obtain a patent.

The term "continuing" refers to the fact that the application is a continuation of the original application, rather than a completely new application. This can save time and money for the applicant, as they do not have to start the application process from scratch.

Another example of a continuing application is a continuing education course. This is a course that is taken after completing a previous course, and it allows the student to continue learning and improving their skills.