Common use of Discoveries and Inventions Clause in Contracts

Discoveries and Inventions. When used in this agreement, the term "Patent" (and derivatives of that term) shall be understood to mean that bundle of rights that protect inventions or discoveries which constitute any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof; new, original and ornamental designs for an article; and plant patents being for the asexual reproduction of a distinct and new variety of plant, including cultivated sprouts, mutants, hybrids, and new found seedlings, other than a tuber propagated plant or plant found in an uncultivated state.

Discoveries and Inventions. ‌ When used in this agreement, the term "Patent" (and derivatives of that term) shall be understood to mean that bundle of rights that protect inventions or discoveries which constitute any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof; new, original and ornamental designs for an article; and plant patents being for the asexual reproduction of a distinct and new variety of plant, including cultivated sprouts, mutants, hybrids, and new found seedlings, other than a tuber propagated plant or plant found in an uncultivated state.