Background patent definition

Background patent means a domestic patent covering an invention or discovery which is not a subject invention and which is owned or controlled by the Contractor at any time through the completion of this contract:
Background patent means a domestic patent covering an invention or discovery which is not a Subject Invention and which is owned or controlled by the Recipient at any time through the completion of this contract:
Background patent means a domestic patent covering an invention or discovery which is not a Subject Invention and which is owned or controlled by the Contractor at any time through the completion of this contract: (i) Which the Contractor, but not the Government, has the right to license to others without obligation to pay royalties thereon, and (ii) Infringement of which cannot reasonably be avoided upon the practice of any specified process, method, machine. manufacture or composition of matter (including relatively minor modifications thereof) which is a subject of the research, development, or demonstration work performed under this contract.

Examples of Background patent in a sentence

  • Background patent means a domestic patent covering an invention or discovery which is not a Subject Invention and which is owned or controlled by the Subcontractor at any time through the completion of this subcontract.

  • T r a i n ,Administrator.New Part 15-9 is added which reads as follows:9.107-50, Background patent rights.§ 15—9.107—4 Procedures.

  • Background patent and intellectual property rights remain with the Party owning them, subject to agreement to offer reasonable licensing terms if required to use this prior intellectual property, as the basis for further intellectual property created under this Agreement.

  • Background patent owners would be contractually bound to negotiate, with other Participants, non-exclusive licenses for purposes other than project R&D on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.


More Definitions of Background patent

Background patent means all patents and patent applications that ----------------- are not Subject Patents.
Background patent means any U.S. or foreign patent or U.S. foreign patent application covering an invention or discovery which is not a subject invention (as defined in FAR 52.227-11) and which is owned or controlled by the offeror at any time through the completion of this contract or to which the offeror has an interest through invention.
Background patent means a patent that is managed by parties who are in a collaborative relationship with the business entity that executes Subject Business for Assessment, and is required to be licensed for the implementation of the technology being implemented or to be implemented for the Subject Business for Assessment (hereinafter the "Implementary Technology")., and is recognized as a patent which can be licensed to the business entity of the Subject Business for Assessment by such parties.
Background patent has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a).
Background patent means, individually or collectively, the GreenLight Background Patent and EVT Background Patent licensed under Section 2.1.
Background patent means a domestic patent covering an invention or discovery which is not a subject invention and which is owned or controlled by the contractor at any time through the completion of this contract, infringement of which cannot reasonably be avoided upon the practice of any specific process, method, machine, manufacture or composition of matter (including relatively minor modifications thereof) which is a subject of the research, development, or demonstration work performed under this contract.
Background patent means a patent issued presently or in the future on an invention, other than on a Subject Invention (as defined below), which invention is directly utilized or otherwise practiced or incorporated in the performance of Work.