CHAPTER 5 Outline

• Jurisdiction: United States

CHAPTER 5

The Best Mode Requirement

§5.01 2011 Legislative Scale-Back of the Best Mode Requirement

§5.02 Best Mode as Enablement-Plus

§5.03 Unclear Policy Objectives

§5.04 No Best Mode Obligation in Many Foreign Countries

§5.05 Best Mode Compliance and Foreign Priority Claims

§5.06 Two-Step Analysis

[A] Step One: Subjective Inquiry

[1] Best Mode of the Inventor, Not Assignee

[2] Multiple Inventors

[B] Step Two: Objective Inquiry

[1] Integrating Enablement with Best Mode

[2] Proprietary Materials

[3] Production Details and Routine Details

[4] Manner of Identifying Best Mode

[5] Concealment: Is Intent Required?

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