Common use of Discoveries and Inventions; Work Made for Hire Clause in Contracts

Discoveries and Inventions; Work Made for Hire. (i) Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company, its successors, assigns or nominees, all of Executive's rights to any discoveries, inventions and improvements, whether patentable or not, made, conceived or suggested, either solely or jointly with others, by Executive while in the Company's employ, whether in the course of Executive's employment with the use of the Company's time, material or facilities or that is in any way within or related to the existing or contemplated scope of the Company's business. Any discovery, invention or improvement relating to any subject matter with which the Company was concerned during Executive's employment and made, conceived or suggested by Executive, either solely or jointly with others, within one (1) year following termination of Executive's employment under this Agreement or any successor agreements shall be irrebuttably presumed to have been so made, conceived or suggested in the course of such employment with the use of the Company's time, materials or facilities. Upon request by the Company with respect to any such discoveries, inventions or improvements, Executive will execute and deliver to the Company, at any time during or after Executive's employment, all appropriate documents for use in applying for, obtaining and maintaining such domestic and foreign patents as the Company may desire, and all proper assignments therefor, when so requested, at the expense of the Company, but without further or additional consideration.

Discoveries and Inventions; Work Made for Hire. (i) The Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company, its successors, assigns or nominees, all of the Executive's ’s rights to any discoveries, inventions and improvements, whether patentable or not, made, conceived or suggested, either solely or jointly with others, by the Executive while in the Company's employ, whether in the course of Executive's employment ’s employ with the use of the Company's ’s time, material or facilities or that is in any way within or related to the existing or contemplated scope of the Company's ’s business. Any discovery, invention or improvement relating to any subject matter with which the Company was concerned during the Executive's ’s employment and made, conceived or suggested by the Executive, either solely or jointly with others, within one two (12) year years following termination of the Executive's ’s employment under this Agreement or any successor agreements shall be irrebuttably presumed to have been so made, conceived or suggested in the course of such employment with the use of the Company's ’s time, materials or facilities. Upon request by the Company with respect to any such discoveries, inventions or improvements, the Executive will execute and deliver to the Company, at any time during or after the Executive's ’s employment, all appropriate documents for use in applying for, obtaining and maintaining such domestic and foreign patents as the Company may desire, and all proper assignments therefor, when so requested, at the expense of the Company, but without further or additional consideration.