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 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 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

• Ablynx shall, and shall have the sole right to, Prosecute the Ablynx Background Patent Rights.

• Upon the request of Merck, Ablynx shall keep Merck advised, on a regular basis, of the status of the actual and prospective patent filings and, upon Merck’s request, shall provide advance copies of any papers related to the Prosecution of Ablynx Background Patent Rights, and shall consult with Merck in good faith in connection therewith (and shall consider any comments of Merck thereto in good faith) to the extent that Merck’s rights under this Agreement are involved.

• Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.3, Merck shall have the sole right, in its discretion, to Prosecute Merck Background Patent Rights, and Ablynx shall have no rights in connection therewith.

• Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7.2, Merck shall have the sole right, in its discretion and […***…], to Prosecute Patent Rights claiming or covering Merck Miscellaneous Know-How (which Patent Rights shall be treated as Merck Background Patent Rights for purposes of Sections 7.4 and 7.5), and Ablynx shall have no rights in connection therewith.

• Ablynx shall promptly give notice to Merck of the grant, lapse, revocation, surrender, invalidation or abandonment of any Ablynx Background Patent Rights for which Ablynx is responsible for Prosecution.

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, individually or collectively, the GreenLight Background Patent and EVT Background Patent licensed under Section 2.1.

Background patent has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a).

Background patent means a patent or pending patent application on any Invention that is not a Project Invention.

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.

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.