Patents and Inventions. The Contractor shall promptly and fully report to the Department any discovery or invention arising out of or developed in the course of performance of this Agreement. If the services under this Agreement are supported by a federal grant of funds, the Contractor shall promptly and fully report to the federal government for the federal government to make a determination as to whether patent protection on such invention shall be sought and how the rights in the invention or discovery, including rights under any patent issued thereon, shall be disposed of and administered in order to protect the public interest.
Patents and Inventions. 14.1 If, after consultation with LICENSEE, both PARTIES agree that a patent application should be filed for LICENSED SUBJECT MATTER, then BOARD will prepare and file the appropriate patent application, using mutually agreed patent counsel, and LICENSEE will pay the reasonable out-of-pocket cost incurred by BOARD in searching, preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining the same in the countries listed in Exhibit 6 (and such other countries as the parties mutually agree) and such application will be considered PATENT RIGHTS. LICENSEE shall reimburse such out-of-pocket expenses within 30 days of delivery of an invoice from UT SOUTHWESTERN, provided that if LICENSEE notifies BOARD that it does not intend to pay the costs of filing a patent application in a country listed in Exhibit 6, then BOARD may file an application at its own expense and LICENSEE will have no rights to such patent application. BOARD shall retain the right to select the attorney responsible for filing, prosecution and maintenance of any patents based on technology invented at UT SOUTHWESTERN, subject to LICENSEE’S approval, not to be unreasonably withheld; provided that if LICENSEE requests, UT SOUTHWESTERN shall substitute other counsel mutually agreed upon by the PARTIES, provided such substituted outside counsel executes an Outside Counsel Agreement as required by SYSTEM’S Office of General Counsel, with any required waivers. The PARTIES each have the right to review and comment upon the wording of specifications, claims and responses to office actions prior to their submission to the appropriate patent office. If BOARD anticipates any extraordinary expenditures arising from the preparation, filing, prosecution, or defense of any patent application and/or patent included in PATENT RIGHTS, then BOARD will consult with LICENSEE to determine a mutually acceptable course of action prior to incurring such expenditures. BOARD will provide LICENSEE a copy of any patent application for which LICENSEE has paid the cost of filing, as well as copies of any documents received or filed with the respective patent office during the prosecution thereof.
Patents and Inventions. Executive agrees that any Inventions made, conceived or completed by Executive during the term of Executive’s service, solely or jointly with others, which are made with the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or Confidential Information, or which relate at the time of conception or reduction to purpose of the Invention to the business of the Company or the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or which result from any work performed by Executive for the Company, will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and all Trade Secrets, Confidential Information, copyrightable works, works of authorship, and all patents, registrations or applications related thereto, all other intellectual property or proprietary information and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable and copyrightable and whether or not reduced to tangible form or practice) which relate to the business, research and development, or existing or future products or services of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and which are conceived, developed or made by Executive during Executive’s employment with the Company (“Work Product”) will be deemed to be “work made for hire” (as defined in the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §101 et seq., as amended) and owned exclusively by the Company. To the extent that any Work Product is not deemed to be a “work made for hire” under applicable law, and all right, title and interest in and to such Work Product have not automatically vested in the Company, Executive hereby (a) irrevocably assigns, transfers and conveys, and will assign transfer and convey, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all right, title and interest in and to the Work Product on a worldwide basis to the Company (or such other person or entity as the Company may designate), without further consideration, and (b) waives all moral rights in or to all Work Product, and to the extent such rights may not be waived, agrees not to assert such rights against the Company or its respective licensees, successors, or assigns. In order to permit the Company to claim rights to which it may be entitled, Executive agrees to promptly disclose to the Company in confidence all Work Product which the Executive makes arising out of the Executive’s employment with the Company. Executive will assist the Company in obtaining patents on all Work Product patentable by the Company in the United States and in all foreign countries, and will exec...
Patents and Inventions. The Executive agrees that any inventions made, conceived or completed by him during the term of his service, solely or jointly with others, which are made with the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or Confidential Information, or which relate at the time of conception or reduction to purpose of the invention to the business of the Company or the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or which result from any work performed by the Executive for the Company, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Executive promises to assign such inventions to the Company. The Executive also agrees that the Company shall have the right to keep such inventions as trade secrets, if the Company chooses. The Executive agrees to assign to the Company the Executive’s rights in any other inventions where the Company is required to grant those rights to the United States government or any agency thereof. In order to permit the Company to claim rights to which it may be entitled, the Executive agrees to disclose to the Company in confidence all inventions which the Executive makes arising out of the Executive’s service and all patent applications filed by the Executive within one year after the termination of his service. The Executive shall assist the Company in obtaining patents on all inventions, designs, improvements and discoveries patentable by the Company in the United States and in all foreign countries, and shall execute all documents and do all things necessary to obtain letters patent, to vest the Company with full and extensive title thereto.
Patents and Inventions. PROVIDER may elect to retain the entire right, title and interest to any invention conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the performance of this Agreement as provided by 37 CFR 401. In the event any invention results from work performed jointly by PROVIDER and COUNTY, the invention(s) shall be jointly owned.
Patents and Inventions. Recipients of agreements which support experimental, developmental, or research work shall be subject to applicable regulations governing patents and inventions, including the government-wide regulations issued by the Department of Commerce at 37 CFR 401, Rights to Inventions Made by Non-profit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements. These regulations do not apply to any agreement made primarily for educational purposes.
Patents and Inventions. Executive agrees that any inventions made, conceived or completed by him during the term of his service, solely or jointly with others, which are made with the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or Confidential Information, or which relate at the time of conception or reduction to purpose of the Invention to the business of the Company or the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or which result from any work performed by Executive for the Company, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Executive promises to assign such inventions to the Company. Executive also agrees that the Company shall have the right to keep such inventions as Trade Secrets, if the Company chooses. Executive agrees to assign to the Company Executive’s rights in any other inventions where the Company is required to grant those rights to the United States government or any agency thereof. In order to permit the Company to claim rights to which it may be entitled, Executive agrees to disclose to the Company in confidence all inventions which Executive makes arising out of Executive’s service and all patent applications filed by Executive within one year after the termination of his service. Executive shall assist the Company in obtaining patents on all inventions, designs, improvements and discoveries patentable by the Company in the United States and in all foreign countries and shall execute all documents and do all things necessary to obtain letters patent, to vest the Company with full and extensive title thereto during and after the term of this Agreement.
Patents and Inventions. 6.1. If after consultation with LICENSEE both parties agree that a new patent application should be filed for LICENSED SUBJECT MATTER, UTMDACC will prepare and file appropriate patent applications, and LICENSEE will pay the cost of searching, preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining same. If LICENSEE notifies UTMDACC that it does not intend to pay the cost of an application, or if LICENSEE does not respond or make an effort to agree with UTMDACC on the disposition of rights of the subject invention, then UTMDACC may file such application at its own expense and LICENSEE's rights to such invention under this AGREEMENT shall terminate in their entirety. UTMDACC will provide LICENSEE with a copy of the application for which LICENSEE has paid the cost of filing, as well as copies of any documents received or filed during prosecution thereof. The parties agree that they share a common legal interest to get valid enforceable patents and that LICENSEE will keep all privileged information received pursuant to this Section confidential.
Patents and Inventions. Other than those items listed on Schedule "A", attached hereto and by this reference made a part of herein, any interest in patents, patent applications, inventions, technological innovations, copyrights, copyrightable works, developments, discoveries, designs, and processes which Employee now or hereafter during the period employee is employed by the Company under this Agreement or otherwise and for one (1) year thereafter may own, conceive of, or develop and either relating to the fields in which the Company may then be engaged or contemplates (as demonstrated by the records of the Company) being engaged or conceived of or developed utilizing the time, material, facilities, or information of the Company ("Inventions") shall belong to the Company. As soon as Employee owns, conceives of, or develops any such Invention, employee agrees immediately to communicate such fact in writing to the Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and without further compensation, but at the Company's expense (except as set forth below in item (a) of this Section 13, immediately upon request of the Company, Employee shall execute all such assignments and other documents (including applications for patents, copyrights, trademarks, and assignments thereof) and perform any and all acts as the Company may reasonably request in order (a) to vest in the Company all Employee's right, title, and interest in and to such Inventions, free and clear of liens, mortgages, security interests, pledges, charges, and encumbrances arising from the acts of Employee ("Liens") (Employee to take such action, at employee's expense, as is necessary to remove all such Liens) and (b), if patentable or copyrightable, to obtain patents or copyrights (including extensions and renewals) therefore in any and all countries in such name as the Company shall determine.
Patents and Inventions. (a) Except as required by the performance of the Executive's services to the Company under the terms of this Agreement, neither the Executive or any of his agents or representatives, shall, during his employment and for so long afterwards as the pertinent information or data remain Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, make use of, permit others to use, divulge, disseminate, copy or otherwise disclose the Company's Confidential Information and/or Inventions as defined by subparagraphs (i) and (ii), respectively.
