Prosecute and Maintain definition

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 (including their respective Affiliates), Celgene (or its Affiliate) will retain all right, title and interest in and to all Celgene IP, including all rights to Prosecute and Maintain, and enforce any such Celgene IP, and no rights or licenses are granted to Prothena hereunder with respect to any Celgene IP.

  • Subject to Section 7.2(b) (Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents), each Party shall have the right, but not the obligation, at its sole expense to Prosecute and Maintain Patents solely owned by such Party in accordance with Section 7.1 (Ownership).

  • In such case, Roche will cooperate with Isis to file for, or continue to Prosecute and Maintain or enforce, or otherwise pursue such Roche-Prosecuted Patent in such country in Isis’ own name.

  • Let the camper talk about the incident in their own way and language.

  • CRISPR will use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to Prosecute and Maintain all CRISPR Background Patents, CRISPR Program Patents and [***] Joint Program Patents.


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 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 or “Prosecution and Maintenancewith 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, 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.