Background Invention definition

Background Invention means an Invention conceived and first actually reduced to practice before the Effective Date.

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Background Invention means an invention conceived and reduced to practice or made the subject of a patent application in accordance with patent law in the United States, or in any other country or region, before the effective date of this CRADA.

Background Invention means any invention made by Seller (or its subcontractors of any tier) prior to performance of the Project Agreement or outside the scope of work performed under the Project Agreement.

Examples of Background Invention in a sentence

• Nothing in this CRADA shall be construed to grant a Party any rights in another Party’s Background Invention.

• Nothing in this CRADA shall be construed to grant a Party any rights in another Party’s Background Invention other than to use the Background Invention to fulfill the requirements of the SOW.

• Collaborator understands that any license agreement executed by PHS with Collaborator for a CRADA Subject Invention or Background Invention grants Collaborator rights to the PHS-owned intellectual property specified in the license agreement within the agreed field of use.

• As of the Effective Date of this CRADA, MIT TLO has identified the following Background Invention(s): MIT Case # [If applicable: MIT hereby grants PARTNER a non-exclusive, royalty-free, nontransferable right to use the Background Invention solely to the extent necessary to perform the Research.] The Background Invention(s) are available for licensing.

• Background Invention means any Invention in which the Recipient or sub-Recipients of any tier has retained title that (1) was not conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the performance of work under this Agreement and (2) was developed at private expense, either exclusively or partially.

More Definitions of Background Invention

Background Invention means any invention, idea, concept, technique, discovery, improvement or innovation, other than a Subject Invention, whether or not patentable, which invention is incorporated or utilized in any work by Seller performed under this Order.

Background Invention means any invention, or improvement to any invention, other than a Subject Invention, made by a PAH (or their subcontractors of any tier) that was conceived, designed, developed, produced, and/or actually reduced to practice prior to performance of the Agreement or outside the scope of work performed under this Agreement.

Background Invention means any invention of either Party conceived outside of this CRADA.

Background Invention means an invention, or improvements to any invention, other than a Subject Invention, which the Recipient has previously conceived, designed, developed and/or produced, or has concurrently designed, developed and/or produced outside this Agreement.

Background Invention means any invention made by PAH (or its subcontractors of any tier) prior to performance of the Project Agreement or outside the scope of work performed under the Project Agreement.

Background Invention means any invention made by a PAH (or their subcontractors of any tier) prior to performance of the Agreement or outside the scope of work performed under this Agreement.

Background Invention means any invention of either Party that is neither conceived nor first actually reduced to practice under the CRADA.