Can foreign priority documents be used to support error corrections in U.S. patent applications?

Generally, foreign priority documents cannot be used to support error corrections in U.S. patent applications. The MPEP Section 2163.07 states: “Where a foreign priority document under 35 U.S.C. 119 is of record in the U.S. application file, applicant may not rely on the disclosure of that document to support correction of an error in the…

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