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Employee hereby assigns to CT or How2, as appropriate, all of Employee's rights, title and interest in and to the property described below and relating to the Business that has been, is, or is about to be engaged in by CT or How2, if any, whether now owned or hereafter arising or acquired (collectively the \"Intellectual Property\"), including:\n(a) All patents issued by the United States, any other country, or any political subdivisions thereof (\"Patents\"), all registrations and recordings thereof (\"Patent Registrations\"), and all applications for patents of the United States, any other country, or any political subdivisions thereof (\"Patent Applications\"), including, without limitation, all provisional patent applications and all reissues, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part or extensions of any Patent, Patent Registration, or Patent Application, and any license or other agreement now in existence granting to Employee any right to use or practice any invention, 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Typically, this clause specifies that any inventions or developments made in the course of employment, or using company resources, automatically belong to the employer. For example, if an employee designs a new software tool while working for the company, the rights to that tool would be assigned to the employer under this clause. Its core function is to ensure that the company retains control over innovations developed within its business, preventing disputes over intellectual property ownership."}, "json": true, "cursor": ""}}