In recent years, many questions have arisen concerning Voluntary
Amendments.
To commence, we could say that a Voluntary Amendment is an
action where a modification is made to either the form or the
substance of the description, claims or, summary of an invention,
which is then voluntarily submitted to the Mexican Institute of
Industrial Property (IMPI). .
Being a Voluntary Amendment, it is important to stress that
these changes to the text of the specification are not required by
the authority in the form of an Official Action. They emanate
directly from the applicant's decision.
Filing a Voluntary Amendment
There may be many reasons to submit a Voluntary Amendment to the
IMPI, some of which are analyzed below:
