Common use of Improvements and Inventions Clause in Contracts

Improvements and Inventions. 8.1 Employee shall promptly and fully disclose to the Corporation, any and all ideas, improvements, discoveries and inventions, whether or not they are believed to be patentable (all of which are hereinafter referred to as "Inventions"), which Employee conceives or first actually reduces to practice, either solely or jointly with others, during the period of Employee's employment or within two years after termination of employment, and which relate to the business now or hereafter carried on or presently part of the business plan of the Corporation or which results from any work performed by Employee for the Corporation. 8.2 All such Inventions shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Corporation, and during the term of his employment and thereafter, whenever requested to do so by the Corporation, Employee shall execute and assign any and all applications, assignments and other instruments which the Corporation shall deem necessary or convenient in order to apply for and obtain Letters Patent of the United States and/or of any foreign countries for such Inventions and in order to assign and convey to the Corporation or its nominee the sole and exclusive right, title and interest in and to such Inventions, and Employee will render aid and assistance in any interference or litigation pertaining thereto, all expenses reasonably incurred by Employee at the request of the Corporation shall be borne by the Corporation. 8.3 To the extent, if any, that Minnesota law is determined to apply to the enforceability of this Agreement, Minnesota Statute Section 181.78 provides that the Agreement does not apply, and written notification is hereby given to the Employee that this Agreement does not apply, to an Invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the Corporation was used and which was developed entirely on the Employee's own time, and (1) which does not relate (a) directly to the business of the Corporation, or (b) to the Corporation's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (2) which does not result from any work performed by the Employee for the Corporation.

Improvements and Inventions. 8.1 8.1) Employee shall promptly and fully disclose to the Corporation, any and all ideas, improvements, discoveries and inventions, whether or not they are believed to be patentable (all of which are hereinafter referred to as "“Inventions"”), which Employee conceives or first actually reduces to practice, either solely or jointly with others, during the period of Employee's ’s employment or within two years after termination of employment, and which relate to the business now or hereafter carried on or presently part of the business plan of contemplated by the Corporation or which results from any work performed by Employee for the Corporation. 8.2 8.2) All such Inventions shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Corporation, and during the term of his employment and thereafter, whenever requested to do so by the Corporation, Employee shall execute and assign any and all applications, assignments and other instruments which the Corporation shall deem necessary or convenient in order to apply for and obtain Letters Patent of the United States and/or of any foreign countries for such Inventions and in order to assign and convey to the Corporation or its nominee the sole and exclusive right, title and interest in and to such Inventions, and Employee will render aid and assistance in any interference or litigation pertaining thereto, all expenses reasonably incurred by Employee at the request of the Corporation shall be borne by the Corporation. 8.3 8.3) To the extent, if any, that Minnesota law is determined to apply to the enforceability of this Agreement, Minnesota Statute Section 181.78 provides that the Agreement does not apply, and written notification is hereby given to the Employee that this Agreement does not apply, to an Invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the Corporation was used and which was developed entirely on the Employee's ’s own time, and (1) which does not relate (a) directly to the business of the Corporation, or (b) to the Corporation's ’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (2) which does not result from any work performed by the Employee for the Corporation.