Filing and Prosecution of Patent Applications Sample Clauses

Filing and Prosecution of Patent Applications. In its sole discretion, the owner of a Development may make all decisions on filing, prosecuting, and maintaining patent applications (both domestic and foreign) that claim or disclose the Development, with three limitations. The owner must (i) obtain the other Party’s approval before using or disclosing the other Party’s Confidential Information (Including JDA-Developed Information) in the filing or prosecuting of the patent application, (ii) provide the other Party with 30 days to review and comment on the patent application prior to its filing, and (iii) cooperate with the other Party to make related patent application filings concurrently (i.e., on the same day). The other Party will not unreasonably withhold its approval when the owner’s use or disclosure of the other Party’s Development is necessary to satisfy the statutory requirements of a patent office and the Parties will cooperate on determining appropriate changes to inventorship and assignment of applications on a case-by·case basis under such circumstances, including during patent prosecution. The other Party’s approval will be deemed granted if the other Party does not Confidential object in writing within 60 days of receipt of the owner’s request for approval. If the other Party objects, it will recommend reasonable alternative information for use instead of the objectionable Development. The owner is solely responsible for paying the expenses for the patent applications. Each Party agrees to cooperate with the other Party, as requested, to establish, acquire and maintain intellectual-property protection for the Developments, JDA-Developed Information, and Samples. This includes signing assignments and other appropriate documents, as requested.
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Filing and Prosecution of Patent Applications. Filing and prosecution of patent applications on inventions, the coverage of which is requested by Sponsor, shall be carried out by counsel mutually agreeable to both parties.
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Filing and Prosecution of Patent Applications. Filing and prosecution of patent applications and the maintenance of resulting patents on an invention shall be the responsibility of the party owning the invention, provided that where Lilly exercises its right of first refusal with respect to a Development Compound pursuant to Section 6.1(b), [**], of (i) any pertinent ICAgen patent application preparation and prosecution and patent maintenance, and (ii) any pertinent jointly owned patent application preparation and prosecution and patent maintenance, and shall, upon exercising its right of first refusal, promptly pay any and all such reasonable costs and expenses incurred by ICAgen prior to the date of Lilly’s exercise of its first refusal right. In the event of a joint invention, the parties shall jointly control patent application preparation and prosecution and patent maintenance and shall select counsel mutually acceptable to both parties to conduct the filing and prosecution of any patent applications relating to such invention; provided however, for inventions that are chemical compounds, and subject to ICAgen’s approval, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, Lilly can at its option prepare and file the corresponding patent applications using its in-house counsel [**]. Out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the filing, prosecution and maintenance of applications and resulting patents covering joint inventions [**], provided that costs associated with employees and technical consultants (other than third party technical consultants involved in the preparation of affidavits or declarations and the like for submission in support of prosecution) of a party [**] such costs. In the event that one party decides that it will not pursue or will no longer pursue the prosecution of a jointly owned patent application or maintenance of a jointly owned patent in a given country, and the other party desires to pursue or to continue to pursue such prosecution or maintenance, that party which will not pursue or which will no longer pursue prosecution or maintenance shall assign to the other party its rights in the subject matter of said patent application or patents in such country. For any patent application or resulting patent covering a Development Compound for which one party has assumed responsibility (the “Prosecuting Party”) for the control of the preparation, prosecution and maintenance, the Prosecuting Party shall provide the other party with copies of all documents received from, or to be filed i...
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Filing and Prosecution of Patent Applications. GenPharm shall, at --------------------------------------------- its own expense, prosecute and maintain the Japanese patent applications included in the GenPharm Patent Rights. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties, GenPharm shall, in its own name and at its sole expense, file, prosecute and maintain in Japan any patent applications relating to Anti-CD4 ***** REPRESENTS CONFIDENTIAL PORTION WHICH HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SEC. CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.
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Filing and Prosecution of Patent Applications. The right to file, prosecute, and control all Patents, Base Applications, and other Intellectual Property rights rests solely with the Licensor. Licensor, in its sole discretion, will control the decision to file and the prosecution of all Patents and other Intellectual Property throughout the Territory.
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Related to Filing and Prosecution of Patent Applications

  • Prosecution of Patent Applications The Party filing a Patent Application will provide the non-filing Party with a copy of any official communication relating to prosecution of the Patent Application within thirty (30) days of transmission of the communication. Each Party will also provide the other Party with the power to inspect and make copies of all documents retained in the applicable Patent Application or Patent file. The Parties agree to consult with each other regarding the prosecution of Patent Applications directed to joint CRADA Subject Inventions. If Collaborator elects to file and prosecute Patent Applications on joint CRADA Subject Inventions, then Collaborator agrees to use the U.S.P.T.O. Customer Number Practice and/or grant PHS a power(s) of attorney (or equivalent) necessary to assure PHS access to its intellectual property rights in these Patent Applications. PHS and Collaborator will cooperate with each other to obtain necessary signatures on Patent Applications, assignments, or other documents.

  • Prosecution of Patents (a) The Licensor shall be solely responsible for preparing, prosecuting and maintaining the BENTLEY Patents.

  • Filing Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights 7.1 Patent Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance.

  • Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents RENOVIS agrees to file, prosecute and maintain in the Territory, upon appropriate consultation with MERCK, the RENOVIS Patent Rights licensed to MERCK under this Agreement; provided, however, with respect to Joint Information and Inventions that are not Improvements to RENOVIS Patent Rights or RENOVIS Technology, MERCK shall have the first right to file patent applications for such Joint Information and Inventions. With respect to RENOVIS Information and Inventions, RENOVIS may elect not to file and if so MERCK shall have the right to file patent applications. In such event, RENOVIS shall execute such documents and perform such acts at RENOVIS’ expense as may be reasonably necessary to effect an assignment of such Patent Rights to MERCK in a timely manner to allow MERCK to continue such prosecution or maintenance. In each case, the filing Party shall give the non-filing Party an opportunity to review the text of the application before filing, shall consult with the non-filing Party with respect thereto, and shall supply the non-filing Party with a copy of the application as filed, together with notice of its filing date and serial number. RENOVIS shall keep MERCK advised of the status of the actual and prospective patent filings and upon the request of MERCK, provide advance copies of any papers related to the filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patent filings. RENOVIS shall promptly give notice to MERCK of the grant, lapse, revocation, surrender, invalidation or abandonment of any Patent Rights licensed to MERCK for which RENOVIS is responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance. With respect to all filings hereunder, the filing Party shall be responsible for payment of all costs and expenses related to such filings.

  • Filing of Patent Applications Each Party will make timely decisions regarding the filing of Patent Applications on the CRADA Subject Inventions made solely by its employee(s), and will notify the other Party in advance of filing. Collaborator will have the first opportunity to file a Patent Application on joint CRADA Subject Inventions and will notify PHS of its decision within sixty (60) days of an Invention being reported or at least thirty (30) days before any patent filing deadline, whichever occurs sooner. If Collaborator fails to notify PHS of its decision within that time period or notifies PHS of its decision not to file a Patent Application, then PHS has the right to file a Patent Application on the joint CRADA Subject Invention. Neither Party will be obligated to file a Patent Application. Collaborator will place the following statement in any Patent Application it files on a CRADA Subject Invention: “This invention was created in the performance of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the [INSERT into Agency’s model as appropriate: National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], an Agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Government of the United States has certain rights in this invention.” If either Party files a Patent Application on a joint CRADA Subject Invention, then the filing Party will include a statement within the Patent Application that clearly identifies the Parties and states that the joint CRADA Subject Invention was made under this CRADA.

  • Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights (a) Ardelyx shall be responsible for the preparation, filing, prosecution (including without limitation conducting any interferences, oppositions, reissue proceedings and reexaminations) and maintenance of the Listed Patents, unless and until Sanofi has exercised the Option to Continue and Ardelyx has received the Continuation Milestone. Ardelyx agrees to prosecute and maintain the Listed Patents in those countries set forth on Exhibit C. A detail of Patent Costs incurred by Ardelyx in prosecuting and maintaining the Listed Patents prior to the Effective Date is set forth on Exhibit B; provided, however, that the costs and expenses set forth on Exhibit B do not include those costs and expenses incurred by Ardelyx in the drafting and filing of the Listed Patents. Ardelyx will bear the [***] of Patent Costs after the Effective Date and prior to Sanofi’s exercise of the Option to Continue. After Ardelyx has paid such amount, Sanofi shall reimburse Ardelyx for any additional Patent Costs incurred by Ardelyx after the Effective Date during the Term until such time as Sanofi exercises the Option to Continue and Ardelyx has received the Continuation Milestone. Ardelyx shall submit invoices to Sanofi at the beginning of each Calendar Quarter, which invoice shall detail the Patent Costs in the previous Calendar Quarter and, if applicable, include all copies of invoices from outside counsel. Sanofi shall pay each invoice within thirty (30) days of its receipt thereof. During the time that Ardelyx is responsible for the prosecution of the Listed Patents, Ardelyx shall provide Sanofi with advance copies of, and a reasonable opportunity to comment upon, proposed patent filings, related prosecution strategies and proposed correspondence with patent officials or other Third Parties relating to any Listed Patents. Ardelyx, in the course of such activities, will consider comments received from Sanofi with respect to such proposed filings, strategies and correspondence in good faith and will not unreasonably reject such comments to the extent such comments could reasonably be deemed to impact Ardelyx Compounds. In any event, Ardelyx will not finally abandon any claims and will not limit any claims that are specific to Ardelyx Compounds without Sanofi’s prior written consent. Ardelyx shall cooperate to assist Sanofi in assuming the prosecution and maintenance of the Listed Patents as provided by Section 8.4(i), including by transferring to Sanofi the patent files associated with such Licensed Products and providing any other information reasonably requested by Sanofi and access to the relevant inventors.

  • Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance 7.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Article 7, Licensee agrees to take responsibility for, but to consult with, the PHS in the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and shall furnish copies of relevant patent-related documents to PHS.

  • Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents Licensee shall prosecute and maintain in the Territory, through outside counsel, the patents and patent applications that are set forth in Schedule C. Following the [***] milestone referred to in Section 7.02, however, [***]. Each party shall bear its own costs related to such prosecution and maintenance and shall manage any administrative challenge to [***], including any interference, post-grant review, inter partes review, derivation proceeding, opposition, reexamination, reissue or similar administrative proceeding. Licensee shall manage any such interference, post-grant review, inter partes review, derivation proceeding, opposition, reexamination, reissue or similar administrative proceeding through outside counsel. [***]. Licensee shall keep Merck advised of such prosecution and maintenance of patents and applications set forth in Schedule C and upon the written request of Merck, will provide advance copies of any substantive papers to be filed in connection with such prosecution and maintenance, including such applications, amendments thereto and other related correspondence to and from patent offices.

  • Patents and Patent Applications To the Company’s knowledge, all patents and patent applications owned by or licensed to the Company or under which the Company has rights have been duly and properly filed and maintained; to the knowledge of the Company, the parties prosecuting such applications have complied with their duty of candor and disclosure to the USPTO in connection with such applications; and the Company is not aware of any facts required to be disclosed to the USPTO that were not disclosed to the USPTO and which could reasonably be expected to preclude the grant of a patent in connection with any such application or could reasonably be expected to form the basis of a finding of invalidity with respect to any patents that have issued with respect to such applications.

  • Patent Prosecution and Maintenance From and after the date of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 8 shall control the prosecution of any patent application and maintenance of any patent included within Licensed Patent Rights. TSRI shall (a) direct and control the preparation, filing and prosecution of the United States and foreign patent applications within Licensed Patent Rights (including without limitation any reissues, reexaminations, appeals to appropriate patent offices and/or courts, interferences and foreign oppositions); and (b) maintain the patents issuing therefrom; in each case, using TSRI’s Office of Patent Counsel (“OPC”) or outside patent counsel selected by TSRI and approved by Company in writing, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and consistent with the requirements of this Section 8.1. The parties shall mutually agree in advance, on a Licensed Patent Right-by-Licensed Patent Right basis, whether TSRI’s OPC or independent counsel will be principally responsible for filing, prosecution and maintenance of a Licensed Patent Right, it being understood that if the parties agree that external patent counsel will be principally responsible, TSRI shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to utilize TSRI’s OPC in addition to (i.e., in support of and to direct) such independent counsel’s patent filing, prosecution and maintenance activities. The reasonable and documented fees and expenses with regard to the preparation, filing and prosecution of patent applications and maintenance of patents (including without limitation inter partes proceedings) included within Licensed Patent Rights (“Patent Costs”) shall be paid as set forth below. Company shall have full rights of consultation with TSRI and such outside patent counsel on all matters relating to Licensed Patent Rights. TSRI shall consult, and shall instruct its counsel to consult, with Company as to the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Licensed Patent Rights (including, without limitation, any reissues, reexaminations, appeals to appropriate patent offices and/or courts, interferences and foreign oppositions) reasonably prior to any deadline or action with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office or any foreign patent office, and shall furnish to Company copies of all relevant documents reasonably in advance of such consultation, consider in good faith Company’s comments and suggestions with regard to such preparation, filing, prosecution and/or maintenance (including without limitation any inter partes proceedings) of the patent applications and/or patents within Licensed Patent Rights, and use its reasonable efforts to implement all reasonable and timely requests made by Company; provided, however, that in the event of a disagreement between TSRI and Company on any such patent prosecution or maintenance matters, TSRI shall have final decision-making authority over all such patent matters. Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to be present at any court or patent office proceedings relating to Licensed Patent Rights. Provided that Company is not in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement, TSRI shall not abandon any patent or patent application within the Licensed Patent Rights without Company’s prior written consent.

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