Not only does Australia retain an archaic “best
method” requirement for patents (IPKat),
but the Full Court has confirmed that for divisional applications the best
method is to be assessed at the time of filing the divisional application (not
the parent application). The ongoing “flip-flopping” of the
courts on this issue in recent years is
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