Common use of Disclosure and Assignment of Inventions Clause in Contracts

Disclosure and Assignment of Inventions. (a) The Employee agrees that any Inventions (as hereinafter defined) that he, alone or with others, may conceive, develop, make or perfect, in whole or in part, during his employment by the Company which relate or pertain in any way to the existing or reasonably anticipated scope of the Company's or any subsidiary, parent or affiliate of the Company's business, or that he, alone or with others, may conceive, make or perfect in whole or in part, in the performance of the duties of his employment by the Company, shall be promptly and fully disclosed in writing immediately by the Employee to the Company (but to no other person or persons prior to procuring patents therefor). All of the right, title and interest in and to any Invention shall be and hereby is assigned exclusively to the Company or its nominee regardless of whether or not the conception, development, making or perfection of such Inventions involved the use of the Company's time, facilities or materials and regardless of where such Inventions may be conceived, made or perfected and shall become the sole property of the Company or its nominee. For purposes hereof, the term "