Common use of Improvement Patents Clause in Contracts

Improvement Patents. During the Sharing Period, a party to this Agreement (“Requesting Party”) shall have the right to request to have filed, have prosecuted, and/or maintained, at the Requesting Party’s sole expense, additional continuing Patents (each, an “Improvement Patent”) based upon (a) Broncus Existing IP and/or Broncus Future IP (if the Requesting Party is Asthmatx) or (b) Asthmatx Existing IP and/or Asthmatx Future IP (if the Requesting Party is Broncus).