In a patent application, is it acceptable to mention several potential embodiments, and say you don't know which one is preferred? Or should you just mention the one that you have implemented?
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Possible duplicate of patents.stackexchange.com/questions/13361/… (by same asker). – Atsby Aug 12 '15 at 9:36
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I would suggest the preferred embodiments and all the others the are meaningful - this way you create prior art that will also allow you to do developments in case you are not protect with a claim, but you will not be limited by someone filing a different embodiment. – Moti Aug 13 '15 at 2:21
You must describe the preferred embodiment, but you do not need to state which of several embodiments is the preferred one.
