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best mode

noun

C2CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The requirement that an inventor disclose the preferred way of working the invention known to them at filing.

They kept the optimal catalyst back, which used to be a fatal best mode violation.

Topic: Intellectual property in Legal English

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