Common use of Inventions Owned by Merck Clause in Contracts

Inventions Owned by Merck. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 10.1, the Parties agree that all rights to Inventions relating [*****], or covering [*****], regardless of whether such Invention or improvement was invented solely by Merck or Company or jointly by the Parties, are the exclusive property of Merck (“Merck Inventions”). Merck shall be entitled to file and prosecute in its own name relevant patent applications and to own resultant patent rights for any Merck Invention. For the avoidance of doubt, any Invention [*****], even where [*****], is a Merck Invention. Company hereby assigns its right, title and interest to any and all Merck Inventions to Merck.

Inventions Owned by Merck. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 10.1, the Parties agree that all rights to Inventions relating [*****], or covering [****, *]***, regardless of whether such Invention or improvement was invented solely by Merck or Company or jointly by the Parties, are the exclusive property of Merck (“Merck Inventions”). Merck shall be entitled to file and prosecute in its own name relevant patent applications and to own resultant patent rights for any Merck Invention. For the avoidance of doubt, any Invention [*****], even where [the *****], is a Merck Invention. Company hereby assigns its right, title and interest to any and all Merck Inventions to Merck.

Inventions Owned by Merck. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 10.1, the Parties agree that all rights to Inventions relating [*****], or covering [*****], regardless of whether such Invention or improvement was invented solely by Merck or Company or jointly by the Parties, are the exclusive property of Merck (“Merck Inventions”). Merck shall (a) be entitled to file and prosecute in its own name relevant patent applications Patent Applications in respect of Merck Inventions and to (b) own resultant patent rights for Patents that issue from any such Patent Applications in respect of Merck InventionInventions. For the avoidance of doubt, any Invention [*****], even where [*****], is a Merck Invention. Company hereby assigns its right, title and interest to any and all Merck Inventions to Merck.