Common use of Invention Disclosure, Election of Title, and Filing of Patent Application Clause in Contracts

Invention Disclosure, Election of Title, and Filing of Patent Application. 1. The Performer shall disclose each Subject Invention to DARPA within four (4) months after the inventor discloses it in writing to his company personnel responsible for patent matters or, in the case of no internal writing from the inventor, within two (2) months after filing a provisional application, provided however that in the event the Performer does not file a provisional application, it shall disclose the Subject Invention to DARPA within two (2) months of determining that a particular set of experiments and or data qualify as a Subject Invention. The disclosure to DARPA shall be in the form of a written report and shall identify the Agreement under which the Subject Invention was made and the identity of the inventor(s). It shall be sufficiently complete in technical detail to convey a clear understanding to the extent known at the time of the disclosure, of the nature, purpose, operation, and the physical, chemical, biological, or electrical characteristics of the invention. The disclosure shall also identify any publication, sale, or public use of the invention and whether a manuscript describing the invention has been submitted for publication and, if so, whether it has been accepted for publication at the time of disclosure. The Performer shall also submit to DARPA an annual listing of Subject Inventions.