BEST MODE

best mode.Patents. The best way that the inventor knows to work the invention described and claimed in a patent or patent application. • A patent application must disclose the best mode known to the inventor at the time of the filing. Failure to disclose the best mode can render a patent invalid. 35 USCA § 112, ¶ 1. — Also termed best embodiment. Cf. ENABLEMENT REQUIREMENT . [Cases: Patents  98. C.J.S. Patents §§ 137–139.][Blacks Law 8th]