1. The Patent Law stipulates that an applicant may modify his application documents, but the modification of the application documents for patents for inventions and utility models shall not exceed the scope recorded in the original specifications and claims, and the modification of the application documents for patents for designs shall not exceed the scope indicated in the original pictures or photographs.
2, the patent office can modify the patent application documents obviously wrong words and symbols. The administrative department for patent in the State Council shall notify the applicant of the amendments.
3. Except for the modification, addition or deletion of individual words, a replacement page shall be submitted in the prescribed format in the modified part of the specification or claim of an application for a patent for invention or utility model. Where a picture or photograph of an application for a patent for design is modified, a replacement page shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions.