Best Mode (Sec. 112(1/a))
- AIA: Best mode stricken from Secs. 119(e)(1), 120, 282. So best mode no longer a basis for invalidity, unenforceability, or non-entitlement to effective filing date (Sec. 15) {effective for cases filed on or after 09/16/11}. “[T]he failure to disclose the best mode shall not be a basis on which any claim of a patent may be canceled or held invalid or otherwise unenforceable.” 35 U.S.C. § 282(b)(3)(A).
- AIA: TIPS: