Prosecution and Maintenance definition

Prosecution and Maintenance or “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.

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Prosecution and Maintenance means, with regard to a particular Patent, the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Patent, as well as re-examinations, reissues and the like with respect to that Patent, together with the conduct of interferences, the defense of oppositions and other similar proceedings with respect to that Patent.

Prosecution and Maintenance or “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.

Examples of Prosecution and Maintenance in a sentence

The Parties will conduct the Prosecution and Maintenance of the applicable Patent Rights in accordance with this Section 12.2 (Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights).
As between the Parties, the Party controlling the Prosecution and Maintenance of any Patent Right under Section 12.2 (Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights), will have the right (but not the obligation), at its sole discretion and its own cost and expense, to defend against a declaratory judgment action, post-grant review proceeding, inter partes review, opposition proceeding, interference, or any other legal or administrative action challenging any such Patent Right.
For purposes of this Section 12.2 (Patent Prosecution and Maintenance), the terms “prosecute,” “prosecuting” and “prosecution,” when used in reference to any Patent, shall be deemed to include, without limitation, control of any interferences, reissue proceedings, post-grant proceedings, oppositions and reexaminations with respect to such Patent and the right to seek patent term extensions and supplementary protection certificates with respect to such Patent.
Arrowhead will provide, at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ cost and expense, all assistance reasonably requested by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Prosecution and Maintenance of the Licensed Product-Specific Patent Rights and the Joint Arising Patent Rights (including by executing all requested documents and providing additional information with respect to the applicable Patent Rights).
For the avoidance of doubt, Prosecution and Maintenance excludes any applications or requests for patent term extension.

More Definitions of Prosecution and Maintenance

Prosecution and Maintenance or “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, the initiation or defense of oppositions 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.

Prosecution and Maintenance means, with respect to a Patent Right, the preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintenance of such Patent Right, as well as re-examinations, reissues, requests for Patent Right term extensions and the like 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; and “Prosecute and Maintain” shall have the correlative meaning.

Prosecution and Maintenance or “Prosecute and Maintain” means, with regard to a Patent, the preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintenance of such Patent, as well as handling re-examinations and reissues with respect to such Patent, together with the conduct of interferences, derivation proceedings, pre- and post-grant opposition proceedings, post-grant patent proceedings (such as inter partes review and post grant review) and other similar proceedings with respect to the particular Patent. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” will not include any enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent.

Prosecution and Maintenance or “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, re-examinations, derivations, 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.

Prosecution and Maintenance or “Prosecute and Maintain” means, with regard to a Patent, the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Patent, as well as re-examinations, reissues and appeals 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, and actions to obtain patent term extensions and supplementary protection certificates with respect to such Patent and the like. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” will not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent.

Prosecution and Maintenance or “Prosecute and Maintain” is defined in Section 7.3(a)(i).

Prosecution and Maintenance has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.