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.

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

• If Innate provides written notice to Takeda expressing its interest in filing a To-be-filed Patent Right, then, Innate may at its cost and expense, assume the Prosecution and Maintenance of such Joint Arising Patent Right for the sole purpose of filing a To-be-filed Patent Right originating from the Joint Arising Patent Right at Innate’s sole cost and expense.

• JPC members will have the appropriate knowledge and expertise in the Prosecution and Maintenance of Antibody Patent Rights.

• As between the Parties, the Party controlling the Prosecution and Maintenance of any Patent Right under Section 8.3 (Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights), will have the right (but not the obligation), at its sole discretion 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.

• Within 30 days after the Effective Date, the Parties will establish a joint patent committee (the “JPC”) that will monitor and provide strategic oversight of the Prosecution and Maintenance, enforcement, and defense of the Licensed Patent Rights and Joint Arising Patent Rights, subject to Section 8.3.1(b), and facilitate communication between the Parties.

More Definitions of Prosecution and Maintenance

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, the defense of oppositions and other similar proceedings with respect to the particular Patent. 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 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 has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.

Prosecution and Maintenance or “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 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” will not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent.

Prosecution and Maintenance or “Prosecute and Maintain” is defined in Section 6.3(a).

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, 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.

Prosecution and Maintenance means, with respect to a Patent, the preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintenance of such Patent, as well as re-examinations and reissues, with respect to such Patent, together with the conduct of interferences, the defense of oppositions and other similar post-grant proceedings with respect to the particular Patent; and “Prosecute and Maintain” shall have the correlative meaning.