How can an applicant amend their provisional specification?

An applicant can amend their provisional specification by filing additional provisional specifications. This is because provisional applications are designed to establish an early filing date for an invention while allowing for further development of the ideas presented. Unlike non-provisional applications, provisional applications do not undergo examination, and thus amendments are not made in the traditional sense. Instead, applicants can submit a new provisional application that incorporates the amendments or additional information they wish to include. Each new provisional application retains its own filing date, which helps secure different aspects of the invention as they evolve.

The other choices do not pertain directly to how an applicant can amend a provisional specification. For instance, filing an additional non-provisional application does not amend a provisional specification; it starts a new application process altogether. Responding to a Final Rejection is applicable only to non-provisional applications that have undergone examination, and this process cannot be utilized for provisional specifications. Finally, submitting a request for continued examination also pertains to non-provisional applications and has no bearing on provisional specifications. Thus, the correct action for amending a provisional specification is to file additional provisional specifications.