MPEP Section 203.03, Amended

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203.03 Amended [R-2]

An "amended" ** nonprovisional application is one that having been acted on by the examiner, has in turn been acted on by the applicant in reply to the examiner's action. The applicant's reply may be confined to an election, a traverse of the action taken by the examiner or may include an amendment of the application.