Common use of Patent Applications Clause in Contracts

Patent Applications. The Employee agrees that should the Company elect to file an application for patent protection, either in the United States or in any foreign country, on a Company Invention of which the Employee was an inventor, the Employee for the Employee and the Employee’s successors, heirs and assigns, but at Company’s expense, shall execute all applications, amended specifications, deeds or other instruments, and to do all acts necessary or proper to secure the grant of Letters Patent in the United States and in all other countries to the Company, with specifications and claims in such form as shall be approved by the counsel of the Company and to vest and confirm in Company its successors and assigns, the legal title to all such patents. The Employee further agrees to cooperate with any attorneys or other persons designated by the Company by explaining the nature of any Company Invention for which the Company elects to file an application for patent protection, reviewing applications and other papers and providing any other cooperation reasonably required for orderly prosecution of such patent applications; provided, however, that if the Employee is required to provide such assistance after the Employee has left employment with the Company, the Company shall pay the Employee an hourly rate for the Employee’s assistance, which shall be determined by converting the Employee’s annual salary as in effect upon termination of the Employee’s employment with the Company into an hourly rate of pay. The Company shall be responsible for all expenses incurred for the preparation and prosecution of all patent applications on Company Inventions filed by the Company. Employee agrees, and Employee further authorizes and grants a limited power of attorney to the Company or its designee, to execute on Employee’s behalf any documents necessary to evidence the assignments granted herein for the United States or any other country without further notice to Employee.

Patent Applications. The Employee agrees that should the Company elect to file an application for patent protection, either in the United States or in any foreign country, on a Company Invention of which the Employee was an inventor, the Employee for the Employee and the Employee’s 's successors, heirs and assigns, but at Company’s 's expense, shall execute all applications, amended specifications, deeds or other instruments, and to do all acts necessary or proper to secure the grant of Letters Patent in the United States and in all other countries to the Company, with specifications and claims in such form as shall be approved by the counsel of the Company and to vest and confirm in Company its successors and assigns, the legal title to all such patents. The Employee further agrees to cooperate with any attorneys or other persons designated by the Company by explaining the nature of any Company Invention for which the Company elects to file an application for patent protection, reviewing applications and other papers and providing any other cooperation reasonably required for orderly prosecution of such patent applications; provided, however, that if the Employee is required to provide such assistance after the Employee has left employment with the Company, the Company shall pay the Employee an hourly rate for the Employee’s 's assistance, which shall be determined by converting the Employee’s 's annual salary as in effect upon termination of the Employee’s 's employment with the Company into an hourly rate of pay. The Company shall be responsible for all expenses incurred for the preparation and prosecution of all patent applications on Company Inventions filed by the Company. Employee agrees, and Employee further authorizes and grants a limited power of attorney to the Company or its designee, to execute on Employee’s 's behalf any documents necessary to evidence the assignments granted herein for the United States or any other country without further notice to Employee.

Patent Applications. The Employee agrees that should the Company elect to file an application for patent protection, either in the United States or in any foreign country, on a Company Invention of which the Employee was an inventor, the Employee for the Employee himself and the Employee’s his successors, heirs and assigns, but at Company’s expense, shall execute all applications, amended specifications, deeds or other instruments, and to do all acts necessary or proper to secure the grant of Letters Patent in the United States and in all other countries to the Company, with specifications and claims in such form as shall be approved by the counsel of the Company and to vest and confirm in Company its successors and assigns, the legal title to all such patents. The Employee further agrees to cooperate with any attorneys or other persons designated by the Company by explaining the nature of any Company Invention for which the Company elects to file an application for patent protection, reviewing applications and other papers and providing any other cooperation reasonably required for orderly prosecution of such patent applications; provided, however, that if the Employee is required to provide such assistance after the Employee he has left employment with the Company, the Company shall pay the Employee an hourly rate for the Employee’s his assistance, which shall be determined by converting the Employee’s then current annual salary as in effect upon termination of the Employee’s employment with the Company into an hourly rate of pay. The Company shall be responsible for all expenses incurred for the preparation and prosecution of all patent applications on Company Inventions filed by the Company. Employee agrees, and Employee further authorizes and grants a limited power of attorney to the Company or its designee, to execute on Employee’s behalf any documents necessary to evidence the assignments granted herein for the United States or any other country without further notice to Employee.