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Assignment of Employee Inventions. Under the terms of your agreement with Rohm and Hxxx, Rxxx and Hxxx is legally entitled to all rights in inventions relating to its business which are made or conceived by you during your employment. Such inventions include all types of technical, artistic, or commercial creative work, whether or not they are patentable. They include composition, process and apparatus inventions, as well as computer programs, sales and promotion plans, copy, art work, construction plans, etc. Rohm and Hxxx is entitled to receive a prompt and full disclosure of such inventions and a worldwide assignment of rights. Rohm and Hxxx is also entitled to your complete cooperation in executing papers required for filing and prosecuting any patent applications and for establishing Rohm and Hxxx ownership. If it is necessary for you to do any of these things after termination, we will pay out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable compensation for time spent in review of papers or other aspects of such cooperation. If at any time you have any questions dealing with your rights and obligations in connection with any of the foregoing, please let us know. Specifically, if you have a question about the confidentiality of any information, please consult with us before using or disclosing that information. To help avoid the possibility of any future misunderstanding, please read and sign the following acknowledgment. No later than my last day worked at Rohm and Hxxx, I will return all documents containing confidential or trade secret information, including research notebooks, which I have had in my possession to Rohm and Hxxx. A list of the types of documents currently in my possession, including location of such documents, is provided below. I will retain no copies of such documents in my possession. I have read the Departing Employee Notice and Acknowledgment of Continuing Obligations, and understand that my obligations continue beyond the separation of my employment, except as clarified by any clause in this Agreement and Release. During my employment with Rohm and Hxxx, I have worked in the following areas: Senior Scientist; Product Manager; Marketing Manager; General Manager; Vice President and Chief Technology Officer; President and Chief Operating Officer. Documents and Location (please use reverse side if additional room is needed): None I hereby acknowledge receipt of an Agreement and Release from Rohm and Hxxx Company. I understand that the terms of this Agreement and all exhibits are...

Assignment of Employee Inventions. An employer is legally entitled to all rights in inventions relating to its business which are made by employees hired to invent or create. Such inventions include all types of technical, artistic, or commercial creative work, whether or not they are patentable. They include composition, process and apparatus inventions, as well as computer programs, sales and promotion plans, copy, art work, construction plans, etc. The employer is entitled not only to a worldwide assignment of rights in such inventions, but also to a prompt and full disclosure of the invention and to the employee's complete cooperation in executing papers, filing and prosecuting any patent applications covering the invention and in otherwise perfecting the employer's ownership thereof.

Assignment of Employee Inventions. Employee hereby agrees that each Employee Invention (relating to employer business) will belong exclusively to Employer. Employee acknowledges that all of Employee's writing, works of authorship, specially commissioned works, and other Employee Inventions are works made for hire and the property of Employer, including any copyrights, patents, or other intellectual property rights pertaining thereto. If it is determined that any such works are not works made for hire, Employee hereby assigns to Employer all of Employee's right, title and interest, including all rights of copyright, patent, and other intellectual property rights, to or in such Employee Inventions. Employee covenants that he or she will promptly: 3.5.1. disclose to Employer in writing any Employee Invention; 3.5.2. assign to Employer or to a party designated by Employer, at Employer's request and without additional compensation, all of Employee's right to the Employee Invention for the United States and all foreign jurisdictions; 3.5.3. execute and deliver to Employer such applications, assignments, and other documents as Employer may request in order to apply for and obtain patents or other registrations with respect to any Employee Invention in the United States and any foreign jurisdictions; 3.5.4. sign all other papers necessary to carry out the above obligations; and 3.5.5. give testimony and render any other assistance but without expense to Employee in support of Employer's rights to any Employee Invention.

Assignment of Employee Inventions. Under the terms of your agreement with Rohm and Xxxx, Xxxx and Xxxx is legally entitled to all rights in inventions relating to its business which are made or conceived by you during your employment. Such inventions include all types of technical, artistic, or commercial creative work, whether or not they are patentable. They include composition, process and apparatus inventions, as well as computer programs, sales and promotion plans, copy, art work, construction plans, etc. Rohm and Xxxx is entitled to receive a prompt and full disclosure of such inventions and a worldwide assignment of rights. Rohm and Xxxx is also entitled to your complete cooperation in executing papers required for filing and prosecuting any patent applications and for establishing Rohm and Xxxx ownership. If it is necessary for you to do any of these things after termination, we will pay out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable compensation for time spent in review of papers or other aspects of such cooperation. If at any time you have any questions dealing with your rights and obligations in connection with any of the foregoing, please let us know. Specifically, if you have a question about the confidentiality of any information, please consult with us before using or disclosing that information. To help avoid the possibility of any future misunderstanding, please read and sign the following acknowledgment.

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Employee Inventions Each Employee Invention will belong exclusively to the Employer. The Executive acknowledges that all of the Executive's writing, works of authorship, specially commissioned works, and other Employee Inventions are works made for hire and the property of the Employer, including any copyrights, patents, or other intellectual property rights pertaining thereto. If it is determined that any such works are not works made for hire, the Executive hereby assigns to the Employer all of the Executive's right, title, and interest, including all rights of copyright, patent, and other intellectual property rights, to or in such Employee Inventions. The Executive covenants that he will promptly: (i) disclose to the Employer in writing any Employee Invention; (ii) assign to the Employer or to a party designated by the Employer, at the Employer's request and without additional compensation, all of the Executive's right to the Employee Invention for the United States and all foreign jurisdictions; (iii) execute and deliver to the Employer such applications, assignments, and other documents as the Employer may request in order to apply for and obtain patents or other registrations with respect to any Employee Invention in the United States and any foreign jurisdictions; (iv) sign all other papers necessary to carry out the above obligations; and (v) give testimony and render any other assistance in support of the Employer's rights to any Employee Invention.
Assignment of Company Inventions Inventions assigned to the Company or to a third party as directed by the Company pursuant to the subsection titled Government or Third Party are referred to in this Agreement as “Company Inventions.” Subject to the subsection titled Government or Third Party and except for Inventions that I can prove qualify fully under the provisions of California Labor Code section 2870 and I have set forth in Exhibit A, I hereby assign and agree to assign in the future (when any such Inventions or Intellectual Property Rights are first reduced to practice or first fixed in a tangible medium, as applicable) to Company all my right, title, and interest in and to any and all Inventions (and all Intellectual Property Rights with respect thereto) made, conceived, reduced to practice, or learned by me, either alone or with others, during the period of my employment by Company. Any assignment of Inventions (and all Intellectual Property Rights with respect thereto) hereunder includes an assignment of all Moral Rights. To the extent such Moral Rights cannot be assigned to Company and to the extent the following is allowed by the laws in any country where Moral Rights exist, I hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such Moral Rights, and all claims and causes of action of any kind against Company or related to Company’s customers, with respect to such rights. I further acknowledge and agree that neither my successors-in-interest nor legal heirs retain any Moral Rights in any Inventions (and any Intellectual Property Rights with respect thereto).
Assignment of Employees Active Employees 6 Section 2.02 Former Employees 6 Section 2.03 Employment Law Obligations 7 Section 2.04 Employee Records 7
Non Disclosure Covenant Employee Inventions 7.1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BY THE EXECUTIVE Executive acknowledges that (2) during the Employment Period and as a part of his employment, Executive will be afforded access to Confidential Information; (b) public disclosure of such Confidential Information could have an adverse effect on Employer and its business; (c) the Employer has required that Executive make the covenants in this Section 7; and (d) the provisions of this Section 7 are reasonable and necessary to prevent the improper use or disclosure of Confidential Information.
Inventions Assignment During the Employment Period, the Executive shall promptly disclose, grant and assign to the Company for its and its Affiliates’ sole use and benefit any and all inventions, improvements, technical information and suggestions reasonably relating to the business of the Company and its Affiliates (collectively, the “Inventions”) that the Executive may develop or acquire during the Employment Period (whether or not during usual working hours), together with all patent applications, letters patent, copyrights and reissues thereof that may at any time be granted for or with respect to the Inventions. In connection with the previous sentence, the Executive shall, at the expense of the Company, including a reasonable payment based on the Executive’s last per diem earnings with the Company for the time involved if (a) the Executive is not then in the Company’s employ, or (b) if the Executive is not then receiving severance payments pursuant to Section 8(b) above, or (c) if the Executive has not otherwise received one or more severance payments with respect to such period (whether on a lump sum, pre-paid, or accelerated basis or otherwise), (i) promptly execute and deliver such applications, assignments, descriptions and other instruments as may be necessary or proper in the opinion of the Company to vest title to the Inventions and any patent applications, patents, copyrights, reissues or other proprietary rights related thereto in the Company and to enable it to obtain and maintain the entire right and title thereto throughout the world, and (ii) render such reasonable assistance to the Company as may be required in the prosecution of applications for said patents, copyrights, reissues or other proprietary rights, in the prosecution or defense of interferences or infringements that may be declared involving any said applications, patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights and in any litigation in which the Company may be involved relating to the Inventions. The covenant contained in this Section 11 shall survive the termination or expiration of the Employment Period and any termination of this Agreement.
Invention Assignment The Executive agrees that any invention made by the Executive while employed shall belong to the Company if (i) it was made in the normal course of the duties of the Executive or in the course of duties falling outside the Executive's normal duties but specifically assigned to the Executive, and the circumstances in either case were such that an invention might reasonably be expected to result from the carrying out of such duties, or (ii) the invention was made in the course of the duties of the Executive and, at the time of making the invention, because of the nature of the Executive's duties and the particular responsibilities arising from the nature of the Executive's duties, the Executive had a special obligation to further the interests of the Company. In addition, if (x) the Executive while employed shall make any improvement or develop any know-how, copyrightable work or design, (y) such improvement, know-how, copyrightable work or design is relevant to the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and (z) such improvement, know-how, copyrightable work or design arouse directly out of any work carried out while employed, or out of Confidential Company Information or Confidential Affiliate Information to which the Executive had access while in the employ of the Company, then such improvement, know-how, copyrightable work or design shall belong to the Company whether or not it was disclosed to the Company while employed by the Company. A. In the event that the Executive makes any invention or develops any improvement, know-how, copyrightable design or work which belongs to the Company, the Executive shall fully, freely and immediately communicate the same to the Company and the Executive shall, if and as desired by the Company execute all documents and do all acts and things at the Company's cost which may be necessary or desirable to obtain letters patent or other adequate protection in any part of the world for such invention, improvement, know-how, copyrightable work or design and to vest the same in the Company for the Company's benefit. The Executive hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as the Executive's attorney in the Executive's name and on the Executive's behalf to execute all such deeds and documents and to do all such acts and things as may be necessary to give effect to this Subsection in the event that the Executive fails to comply within seven days with the written directions given by the Company pursuant to this Subsection. B. The Executive has been notified and understands that the provisions of Subsections 6(g) and 6(h) hereof do not apply to any invention that qualifies fully under the provisions of Section 2870 of the California Labor Code, which states as follows: (i) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer's equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either: (1) Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer's business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer; or (2) Result from any work performed by the employee for the employer. (ii) To the extent a provision in an employment agreement purports to require an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being required to be assigned under subdivision (a), the provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable.
Assignment of Inventions Subject to Sections 2.4, and 2.6, I hereby assign and agree to assign in the future (when any such Inventions or Proprietary Rights are first reduced to practice or first fixed in a tangible medium, as applicable) to the Company all my right, title and interest in and to any and all Inventions (and all Proprietary Rights with respect thereto) whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, made or conceived or reduced to practice or learned by me, either alone or jointly with others, during the period of my employment with the Company. Inventions assigned to the Company, or to a third party as directed by the Company pursuant to this Section 2, are hereinafter referred to as “Company Inventions.”
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS; ASSIGNMENT All Employee Developments shall be made for hire by the Employee for the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. “Employee Developments” means any idea, discovery, invention, design, method, technique, improvement, enhancement, development, computer program, machine, algorithm or other work or authorship that (i) relates to the business or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (ii) results from or is suggested by any undertaking assigned to the Employee or work performed by the Employee for or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, whether created alone or with others, during or after working hours. All Confidential Information and all Employee Developments shall remain the sole property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. The Employee shall acquire no proprietary interest in any Confidential Information or Employee Developments developed or acquired during the Term. To the extent the Employee may, by operation of law or otherwise, acquire any right, title or interest in or to any Confidential Information or Employee Development, the Employee hereby assigns to the Company all such proprietary rights. The Employee shall, both during and after the Term, upon the Company’s request, promptly execute and deliver to the Company all such assignments, certificates and instruments, and shall promptly perform such other acts, as the Company may from time to time in its discretion deem necessary or desirable to evidence, establish, maintain, perfect, enforce or defend the Company’s rights in Confidential Information and Employee Developments.
Proprietary Information and Inventions You agree to execute, deliver and be bound by the provisions of the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C.
Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreements Executive’s receipt of any payments or benefits under Section 3 (other than the accrued benefits set forth in Section 3(a)(i) or Section 3(b)(i)) will be subject to Executive continuing to comply with the terms of the At-Will Employment, Confidential Information, Invention Assignment and Arbitration Agreement between the Company and Executive, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.

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