Patent Prosecution Clause Samples
The Patent Prosecution clause outlines the procedures and responsibilities related to obtaining, maintaining, and defending patents arising from the agreement. It typically specifies which party will control the filing and prosecution of patent applications, how costs are allocated, and the level of cooperation required from each party. This clause ensures that intellectual property rights are properly secured and managed, reducing the risk of disputes and clarifying ownership and control over patentable inventions.
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Patent Prosecution. 6.1 UNIVERSITY has or shall apply for and seek prompt issuance of and maintain during the term of this Agreement the PATENT RIGHTS in the United States and in such foreign countries as may be designated by LICENSEE in a written notice to UNIVERSITY within a reasonable time in advance of the required foreign filing dates. LICENSEE shall have the opportunity to advise and cooperate with UNIVERSITY in the prosecution, filing and maintenance of such patents. If UNIVERSITY decides to abandon the preparation, filing, prosecution or maintenance of any patent or patent application covered by the PATENT RIGHTS, then UNIVERSITY shall provide written notice to LICENSEE, and LICENSEE shall have the right at its sole expense to assume control of the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patent application or patent. If LICENSEE no longer wishes to support the prosecution or maintenance of any patent or patent application covered by the PATENT RIGHTS, then LICENSEE shall provide written notice to UNIVERSITY, and LICENSEE shall not be responsible for such corresponding patent expenses that are incurred subsequent to the date of receipt by UNIVERSITY of such written notice by LICENSEE; such returned patent or patent application shall be excluded from the PATENT RIGHTS. LICENSEE shall notify UNIVERSITY immediately if, at any time during the term of this Agreement, LICENSEE or any of its sublicensees does not qualify as a “Small Entity” as provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
6.2 All fees and costs including attorneys’ fees relating to the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the PATENT RIGHTS whether incurred prior to or after the EFFECTIVE DATE of this Agreement shall be the responsibility of LICENSEE. LICENSEE shall not be required to reimburse the UNIVERSITY for any fees under this section that have been paid to the UNIVERSITY by prior licensees or any other third party. Fees and costs shall be paid by LICENSEE within thirty (30) days after receipt of UNIVERSITY’S invoice therefore. Payments pursuant to this Section 6.2 are not creditable against royalties.
6.3 LICENSEE shall own any new patent application, and any patent that issues therefrom, or new technology in the SLE FIELD developed independently of the UNIVERSITY and UNIVERSITY employees and shall not owe the UNIVERSITY any fee or royalty under section 4 relating to such a new patent application, and any patent that issues therefrom, or new technology.
Patent Prosecution. The Parties expect that patent applications will be filed as required to secure suitable Patent Rights covering Alliance Compounds and inventions that are within the Research Technology or are otherwise applicable to the Field. The Parties agree as follows with respect to the filing and prosecution of such applications.
(a) Aventis shall be responsible for obtaining, prosecuting and/or maintaining throughout the world Patent Rights covering the Aventis Research Technology solely owned by Aventis pursuant to Section 8.1(c) (including, without limitation, any Alliance Terminated Compound licensed to Targacept as provided in Section 5.2(c)) and Joint Research Technology jointly owned by Aventis and Targacept pursuant to Section 8.1(a) and shall bear all of the costs for filing, prosecuting and/or maintaining same; provided that Targacept shall reimburse Aventis for all reasonable costs actually incurred to file, prosecute and/or maintain Patent Rights covering any Alliance Terminated Compound licensed to Targacept as provided in Section 5.2(c) that are incurred after the effective date of Targacept’s license thereof. Targacept shall be responsible for obtaining, prosecuting and/or maintaining throughout the world Patent Rights covering Targacept Research Technology solely owned by Targacept pursuant to Section 8.1(b) and shall bear all of the costs for filing, prosecuting and/or maintaining same.
(b) Each Party shall regularly provide the other Party with copies of all patent applications filed hereunder and other material submissions and correspondence with the patent offices, in sufficient time to allow for review and comment by the other Party. In addition, such filing Party shall provide the other Party and its patent counsel with an opportunity to consult with the Party and its patent counsel regarding the filing and contents of any such application, amendment, submission or response, and the advice and suggestions of the other Party and its patent counsel shall be taken into reasonable consideration by such Party and its legal counsel in connection with such filing. Each Party shall also provide the other Party with copies of any patentability search reports made by patent counsel with respect to inventions in the Research Technology, including patents located, a copy of each patent application, and each patent that issues thereon.
(c) If Aventis elects not to pursue obtaining or prosecuting of Patent Rights, or to support the PCT International filing o...
Patent Prosecution. 4.5 Patentové řízení Site shall cooperate, at Sponsor’s request and expense, with Sponsor’s preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of all patent applications and patents for Inventions. Místo provádění klinického hodnocení se zavazuje, že bude spolupracovat a poskytne součinnost, a to v návaznosti na výzvu Zadavatele a na jeho náklady a s jeho účastí, v souvislosti s přípravou, podáním, vedením patentového řízení a udržováním veškerých patentových přihlášek a patentů pro veškeré Objevy.
Patent Prosecution. (a) As between the Parties, (i) Zai shall have the first right to file, prosecute and maintain (1) any Licensed Product Patents, including those identified as such in Exhibit A, [***].
(b) For clarification, any Licensed Patents that claim [***] will not fall into the condition of item (i)(1) or item (i)(2) of Section 5.2(a). MediLink shall have the first right to file, prosecute and maintain such Licensed Patents [***].
(c) Each Party shall consult with the other Party and keep the other Party reasonably informed of the status of the Licensed Patents and shall provide the other Party with all material correspondence received from any patent authority in the Territory in connection therewith, provided that such provision of correspondence shall not be more than [***]. In addition, each prosecuting Party shall promptly provide the other Party with drafts of all proposed material filings and correspondence to any patent authority in the Territory with respect to the Licensed Patents for the other Party’s review and comment prior to the submission of such proposed filings and correspondences. The prosecuting Party shall consider in good faith the other Party’s comments prior to submitting such filing and correspondences.
(d) Each Party shall notify the other Party of any decision to cease prosecution or maintenance of any Licensed Patents that such Party has the first right to prosecute or maintain. Such Party shall provide such notice at least [***] prior to any filing or payment due date, or any other due date that requires action, in connection with such Licensed Patent. In such event, upon the other Party’s request, such Party shall transfer the prosecution and maintenance of such Licensed Patents in the Territory to the other Party, and the other Party shall have the right to continue prosecution or maintenance of such Licensed Patents in the Territory at the other Party’s own expense.
(e) Each Party shall provide the other Party all reasonable assistance and cooperation in the patent prosecution efforts under this Section 5.2, including (i) providing any information required for such prosecution as reasonably requested by the other Party (if applicable); and (ii) providing any necessary powers of attorney and executing any other required documents or instruments for such prosecution.
Patent Prosecution. (a) Intrexon shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to (i) conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Intrexon Patents, and (ii) conduct and control the filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any applications for patent term extension and/or supplementary protection certificates that may be available as a result of the regulatory approval of any AquaBounty Product. At the reasonable request of Intrexon, AquaBounty shall cooperate with Intrexon in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at Intrexon’s expense. Under no circumstances shall AquaBounty (A) file, attempt to file, or assist anyone else in filing, or attempting to file, any Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that claims or uses or purports to claim or use or relies for support upon an Invention owned by Intrexon, (B) use, attempt to use, or assist anyone else in using or attempting to use, the Intrexon Know-How, Intrexon Materials, or any Confidential Information of Intrexon to support the filing of a Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that contains claims directed to the Intrexon IP, Intrexon Materials, or the Intrexon Channel Technology, or (C) without prior approval of the IPC, file, attempt to file, or assist anyone else in filing, or attempting to file, any application for patent term extension or supplementary protection certificate, either in the United States or elsewhere, that relies upon the regulatory approval of an AquaBounty Product.
(b) AquaBounty shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any Patents claiming Inventions that are owned by AquaBounty or its Affiliates and not assigned to Intrexon under Section 6.1(c) (“AquaBounty Program Patents”). At the reasonable request of AquaBounty, Intrexon shall cooperate with AquaBounty in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at AquaBounty’s expense. Under no circumstances shall Intrexon (i) file, attempt to file, or assist anyone else in filing, or attempting to file, any Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that claims or uses or purports to claim an Invention owned by AquaBounty, or (ii) without prior approval of the IPC, file, attempt to file, or assist anyone else in filing, or attempting to file, any application for patent term extension or supplementary protection certificate, either in the United States or e...
Patent Prosecution. 10.1 The filing and prosecution of the U.S. and foreign patent applications and maintenance of all U.S. and foreign patents within the WFUHS Patent Rights will be managed by WFUHS; provided, however, that, Tengion will have the reasonable right to comment upon the management, prosecution and maintenance of such patent application(s) and issued patents, including the reasonable right to offer comments and advice regarding strategic and tactical decisions in the prosecution and maintenance process; provided further, that WFUHS shall retain the authority to reject any comments proffered by Tengion. Tengion may direct its comments and recommendations directly to WFUHS’s patent counsel so long as WFUHS receives contemporaneous copies of all correspondence, e-mails and other communications with respect thereto. WFUHS will exercise commercially reasonable diligence in applying for, seeking prompt issuance of and maintaining the WFUHS Patent Rights. In carrying out these activities, WFUHS will consider in good faith the recommendations of the JPC. Patent counsel for the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of the WFUHS Patent Rights shall be selected by WFUHS but shall be reasonably acceptable to Tengion (it being agreed that the firm of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Fish is acceptable to Tengion with respect to such firm’s expertise and competence in the substantive law of intellectual property). WFUHS will consult Tengion and will keep Tengion reasonably informed of all matters relating to the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of all WFUHS Patent Rights, including, but not limited to, disclosing to Tengion the complete text of all patent applications. In addition, WFUHS will provide Tengion with copies of all material correspondence with the applicable patent office in such a manner to allow Tengion a meaningful opportunity to comment. The Parties will cooperate with each other in order to preserve to the greatest extent possible the attorney-client privilege with respect to the prosecution and maintenance of the WFUHS Patent Rights.
10.2 In the event Tengion determines that filing, prosecution or maintenance of any U.S. or foreign Improvement Patent or any patent or patent application relating to a Deferred Invention is not justified (a “Surrendered Patent”), Tengion will notify WFUHS of such determination in writing, thereby surrendering its rights to the Surrendered Patent, such notice to be given no fewer than sixty (60) days before any resp...
Patent Prosecution. (A) Stanford will be responsible for preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining the Licensed Patents. As long as ***** is current on all payments due under this Agreement, Stanford agrees to (i) instruct Stanford’s patent counsel to furnish to ***** copies of material documents relevant to such filing and prosecution prior to any deadlines, and (ii) allow ***** a reasonable opportunity to comment on material documents filed with any patent office with respect to the Licensed Patents.
(B) In the event ***** decides that it no longer intends to pay for filing, prosecution, or maintenance of one or more Licensed Patents, ***** shall give Stanford written notice at least three (3) months in advance of any applicable deadline for that Licensed Patent. Stanford may in its discretion continue to prosecute and maintain such Licensed Patent(s) at its expense, in which case such Licensed Patent(s) will no longer be covered by the license granted under this Agreement and ***** will have no further obligation regarding patent expenses for such Licensed Patent(s).
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Patent Prosecution. (a) Intrexon shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Intrexon Patents. At the reasonable request of Intrexon, ZIOPHARM shall cooperate with Intrexon in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at Intrexon’s expense. Under no circumstances shall ZIOPHARM (a) file, attempt to file, or assist anyone else in filing, or attempting to file, any Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that claims or uses or purports to claim or use or relies for support upon an Invention owned by Intrexon or use, attempt to use, or assist anyone else in using or attempting to use, the Intrexon Know-How, Intrexon Materials, or any Confidential Information of Intrexon to support the filing of a Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that contains claims directed to the Intrexon IP, Intrexon Materials, or the Intrexon Channel Technology.
(b) ZIOPHARM shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any Patents claiming Inventions that are owned by ZIOPHARM or its Affiliates and not assigned to Intrexon under Section 6.1(c) ( “ZIOPHARM Program Patents”). At the reasonable request of ZIOPHARM, Intrexon shall cooperate with ZIOPHARM in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at ZIOPHARM’s expense.
(c) The Prosecuting Party shall be entitled to use patent counsel selected by it and reasonably acceptable to the non-Prosecuting Party (including in-house patent counsel as well as outside patent counsel) for the prosecution of the Intrexon Patents and ZIOPHARM Program Patents, as applicable. The Prosecuting Party shall:
(i) regularly provide the other Party in advance with reasonable information relating to the Prosecuting Party’s prosecution of Patents hereunder, including by providing copies of substantive communications, notices and actions submitted to or received from the relevant patent authorities and copies of drafts of filings and correspondence that the Prosecuting Party proposes to submit to such patent authorities (it being understood that, to the extent that any such information is readily accessible to the public, the Prosecuting Party may, in lieu of directly providing copies of such information to such other Party, provide such other Party with sufficient information that will permit such other Party to access such information itself directly);
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Patent Prosecution. (a) Intrexon shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to (i) conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Intrexon Patents, and (ii) conduct and control the filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any applications for patent term extension and/or supplementary protection certificates that may be available as a result of the regulatory approval of any Ampliphi Product. At the reasonable request of Intrexon, Ampliphi shall cooperate with Intrexon in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at Intrexon’s expense. Under no circumstances shall Ampliphi (A) file, attempt to file, or assist anyone else in filing, or attempting to file, any Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that claims or uses or purports to claim or use or relies for support upon an Invention owned by Intrexon, or (B) use, attempt to use, or assist anyone else in using or attempting to use, the Intrexon Know-How, Intrexon Materials, or any Confidential Information of Intrexon to support the filing of a Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that contains claims directed to the Intrexon IP, Intrexon Materials, or the Intrexon Channel Technology, or (C) without prior approval of the IPC, file, attempt to file, or assist anyone else in filing, or attempting to file, any application for patent term extension or supplementary protection certificate, either in the United States or elsewhere, that relies upon the regulatory approval of an Ampliphi Product.
(b) Ampliphi shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any Patents claiming Inventions that are owned by Ampliphi or its Affiliates and not assigned to Intrexon under Section 6.1(c) (“Ampliphi Program Patents”). At the reasonable request of Ampliphi, Intrexon shall cooperate with Ampliphi in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at Ampliphi’s expense.
(c) As used in this Section, “Prosecuting Party” means Intrexon in the case of Intrexon Patents and Ampliphi in the case of Ampliphi Program Patents. The Prosecuting Party shall be entitled to use patent counsel selected by it and reasonably acceptable to the non-Prosecuting Party (including in-house patent counsel as well as outside patent counsel) for the prosecution of the Intrexon Patents and Ampliphi Program Patents, as applicable. The Prosecuting Party shall: