"Finally, the Office is adopting additional requirements for nonprovisional applications filed on or after March 16, 2013, that claim priority to or the benefit of the filing date of an earlier application (i.e., foreign, provisional, or nonprovisional application, or international application designating the United States of America) that was filed prior to March 16, 2013.

If such a nonprovisional application contains, or contained at any time, a claim to a claimed invention that has an effective filing date on or after March 16, 2013, the applicant must provide a statement to that effect within the later of four months from the actual filing date of the later-filed application, four months from the date of entry into the national stage in an international application, sixteen months from the filing date of the prior-filed application, or the date that a first claim to a claimed invention that has an effective filing date on or after March 16, 2013, is presented in the application.

This procedure will permit the Office to readily determine whether the nonprovisional application is subject to the changes to 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 in the AIA."

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Every time e.Digital files a patent under nunchi....there is a redundancy of verbiage carried forward from the original filing. That method is established on 7 of the 9 applications published now...its not going to change.

As the platform builds it's carried forward.

doni

other : "The non-provisional application establishes the filing date of your patent application and begins the examination process. Your patent application will be examined by the USPTO.

A provisional application only establishes your filing date and expires automatically after one year. You may file a provisional application when you are not ready to enter your application into the regular examination process.

A provisional application establishes a filing date at a lower cost for a first patent application filing in the United States.

A provisional application allows the term "Patent Pending" to be applied to your invention."