Common use of Assignment of Patent Rights Clause in Contracts

Assignment of Patent Rights. If Employee, during the course of his or her employment with the Company, creates or discovers any patentable or potentially patentable invention or design, within the meaning of Title 35 of the United States Code, any utility or design patent that may be derived from any such invention or design created or discovered by Employee during the course of his or her employment with the Company shall be assigned to the Company. Employee agrees to fully cooperate with the Company in obtaining any such patents, and Employee further agrees to execute any and all documents the Company may deem necessary to obtain such patent or to document such assignment to the Company. Employee hereby designates the Company as his/her attorney-in-fact to execute any such documents relating to any such patent or assignment thereof to the Company;