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black wrote:

> Perhaps we could start a discussion on best mode here. . .
> Suppose I have a semiconductor invention and have an enabling
> disclosure for my novel microcircuit.  However my enabling
> disclosure is for Aluminium conductors whereas the best mode
> I contemplate uses Copper conductors.   However I do not
> have the time, money nor design tools to produce an
> _enabling_ disclosure for copper, even though I have
> certainly contemplated doing it.  Am I in a catch-22?

My view of 112 p 1 is that you need to disclose:
1) your best mode
2) an enabling disclosure of a mode
3) a written description of what you consider to be your invention.

On the surface this means that the best mode need not be
enabled. However, I do not know your technology that well,
but my impression of it is that there is a bit of a jump
between aluminium and copper. In particular, aren't there
some problems with copper that are just now being solved?
I seem to remember some media interest in an announcement
by IBM concerning copper this year, and seem to remember
that the problem was that copper needed to be separated
from the silicon.
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