Prosecute definition

Prosecute means preparation, filing, and prosecuting patent applications and maintaining patents, including any reexaminations, reissues, oppositions, inter partes review, and interferences.

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Prosecute means to engage in Prosecution.

Prosecute or “Prosecution” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a).

Examples of Prosecute in a sentence

• Prosecute diligently any patent application pertaining to the Patents, now or hereafter pending, file and prosecute opposition, cancellation, reissue, reexamination, protest, public use, concurrent use and similar proceedings relating to the Patents, and preserve and maintain all rights in all Patents.

• Subject to Sections 6.2 and 6.3, Bluebird will have the sole right to Prosecute and Maintain Patents within the Licensed IP.

• During the Sanofi Participation Term (if any) for Collaboration Target 1, [***] will have the first right (but not the obligation) to Prosecute and Maintain the [***].

• Celgene, through counsel of its choosing, shall have the sole responsibility for and control over Prosecuting throughout the Territory the Celgene Patent Rights, but shall have no obligation to Prosecute such Patent Rights.

• BMS will have the first right, but not the obligation, to Prosecute in all jurisdictions all Joint Patents that are not Ambrx Patents.

More Definitions of Prosecute

Prosecute or “Prosecution” means, with respect to Patents, the preparation of, filing for, prosecuting, responding to oppositions, nullity actions, re-examinations, revocation actions and similar proceedings (including conducting or participating in interference, oppositions, reissue proceedings, reexaminations, post-grant proceedings and any other similar proceeding relating thereto) filed by Third Parties against, and maintaining, Patents.

Prosecute or “Prosecution” means in relation to any Patents, (a) to prepare and file patent applications, including re-examinations or re-issues thereof, and represent applicants or assignees before relevant patent offices or other relevant Governmental Authorities during examination, re-examination and re-issue thereof, in appeal processes and interferences, or any equivalent proceedings [***], (b) to defend all such applications against Third Party oppositions or other challenges, (c) to secure the grant of any patents arising from such patent application, (d) to maintain in force any issued patent (including through payment of any relevant maintenance fees), (e) to obtain and maintain patent term extensions or supplemental protection certificates or their equivalents, and (f) to make all decisions with regard to any of the foregoing activities.

Prosecute means the filing, preparation, prosecution and maintenance of Patents, including any and all pre-grant proceedings before any patent authority, such as interferences.

Prosecute means in relation to any Patent Rights, (i) to prepare and file patent applications, and represent applicant(s) or assignee(s) before relevant patent offices or other relevant authorities in connection therewith, (ii) to secure the grant of any Patent Rights arising from such patent application, (iii) to maintain in force any issued Patent Right (including through payment of any relevant maintenance fees), and (iv) to make all decisions with regard to any of the foregoing activities. “Prosecution” has a corresponding meaning.

Prosecute means the preparation, filing, prosecution, issuance and maintenance of Patent Rights, including continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, extensions, reexaminations, inter partes review, reissues, supplemental examinations, appeals, interferences, derivation proceedings, oppositions, all other proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (including the Patent Trial and Appeal Board) and foreign patent offices, and any judicial or other appeals of the foregoing. Cognates of the word “Prosecution” have their correlative meanings.

Prosecute or “Prosecution” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).

Prosecute or “Prosecuting” means with regard to specified Patent Rights, preparing, filing, prosecuting, validating, maintaining and defending such Patent Rights, including with respect to any re-examination, reissue, revocation, interference or opposition proceedings including any appeal therefrom. For the avoidance of doubt, “Prosecuting” excludes any infringement suits or other legal proceedings to enforce the specified Patent Rights, regardless of whether or not such proceedings involve the defense of the Patent Rights in suit.