Prosecute and Maintain means, with regard to a Patent Right, the preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintenance of such Patent Right, as well as handling re-examinations, reissues, and requests for patent term extensions with respect to such Patent Right, together with the conduct of interferences, the defense of oppositions and other similar proceedings with respect to the particular Patent Right. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” will not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent Right.
Prosecute and Maintain shall have the correlative meaning.
Prosecute and Maintain with regard to a given Patent, means the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Patent, as well as any ex parte and inter partes proceedings, including reexaminations, reissues, applications for patent term extensions, interferences, derivation proceedings, post-grant review proceedings, oppositions and other similar administrative proceedings with respect to such Patent.
Examples of Prosecute and Maintain in a sentence
As between the Parties, [***] will have the first right (but not the obligation) to Prosecute and Maintain the Licensed Platform Patents at [***]’s own expense using patent counsel that is reasonably acceptable to [***].
AnaptysBio shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to Prosecute and Maintain all Licensed Patents, using counsel of AnaptysBio’s choice, at AnaptysBio’s sole expense.
Subject to remainder of this Section 14.3.3, as between the Parties, Surface will have the sole responsibility to, at Surface’s sole discretion, and sole responsibility for all applicable Patents Costs, to Prosecute and Maintain all Patents within Surface Technology (other than within Joint Collaboration IP or Prosecution Patents) (“Other Patents”), in Surface’s name.
As between the Parties, CDI shall have the sole and exclusive right, but not the obligation, to Prosecute and Maintain, in its absolute and sole discretion, all Licensed Patent Rights worldwide within the Field.
As between the Parties, BioCryst shall have the sole right (but not the obligation), using counsel it selects, to Prosecute and Maintain the Patent Rights Covering the Compound IP (“Compound Patent Rights”).
More Definitions of Prosecute and Maintain
Prosecute and Maintain means, with respect to the applicable Patent Rights, the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Patent Rights, as well as re-examinations, reissues, appeals, and requests for patent term adjustments and patent term extensions with respect to such Patent Rights, together with the initiation or defense of interferences, the initiation or defense of oppositions, post grant review, and other similar proceedings with respect to the particular Patent Rights, and any appeals therefrom. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” shall not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to Patent Rights.
Prosecute and Maintain has the correlative meaning.
Prosecute and Maintain means, with respect to a particular patent application or patent, means the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patent or patent application, as well as re-examinations, reissues, applications for patent term extensions and the like with respect to such patent or patent application, together with the conduct of interferences, the defense of oppositions and other similar proceedings with respect to such patent or patent application.
Prosecute and Maintain or “Prosecution and Maintenance” with respect to a particular Patent, means (a) all activities associated with the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Patent, and (b) all Patent Defense Matters with respect to such Patent.
Prosecute and Maintain means, with regard to a Patent Right, the preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintenance of such Patent Right, as well as re-examinations, reissues, and requests for patent term adjustments, patent term extensions and supplementary protection certificates with respect to such Patent, together with the initiation or defense of interferences, the initiation or defense of oppositions, revocation and invalidity proceedings, and other similar proceedings with respect to the particular Patent, and any appeals therefrom. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” shall not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent.
Prosecute and Maintain means, with regard to a Patent, the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Patent, as well as re-examinations, reissues, appeals, and requests for patent term adjustments and patent term extensions with respect to such Patent, together with the initiation or defense of interferences, oppositions, inter partes review, derivations, re-examinations, post-grant proceedings and other similar proceedings (or other defense proceedings with respect to such Patent, but excluding the defense of challenges to such Patent as a counterclaim in an infringement proceeding) with respect to the particular Patent, and any appeals therefrom. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” shall not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent.
Prosecute and Maintain means, with respect to a Patent, the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of such Patent, as well as re-examinations, reissues, appeals, and requests for patent term adjustments and patent term extensions with respect to such Patent, together with the initiation or defense of interferences, oppositions, post grant review, inter parties review, derivations, re-examinations, post-grant proceedings, and other similar proceedings (or other defense proceedings with respect to such Patent, but excluding the defense of challenges to such Patent as a counterclaim in an infringement proceeding) with respect to the particular Patent, and any appeals therefrom. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” shall not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent.