Inventorship and Title. Inventorship of inventions, developments, or discoveries first conceived or actually reduced to practice in the performance of the Program (“Subject Inventions”) shall be determined in accordance with U.S. Patent Law, whether or not patent applications are pursued. All rights to Subject Inventions invented solely by employees or researchers of TAES shall belong solely to TAES (“TAES Inventions”). All rights to Subject Inventions invented solely by employees of CERES shall belong solely to CERES (“CERES Inventions”). All rights to Subject Inventions invented jointly by employees or researchers of TAES and employees of CERES (“Joint Inventions”) shall belong jointly to TAES and CERES. In the event that a Party uses a mapping population provided by the other Party to discover a marker or Allele, such marker or Allele shall be a Joint Invention, provided however, that such mapping population is only available to third parties subject to the same condition that the resulting discoveries of markers or Alleles shall be jointly owned by TAES and such third party. TAES will notify CERES, in a writing stating expressly that it is an invention notice under this Agreement (“Invention Notice”), within thirty (30) days of reduction to practice or knowledge of conception or discovery of a Subject Invention solely invented by employees and/or researchers of TAES, or of a Joint Invention, and each Invention Notice will describe the Subject Invention with sufficient specificity to allow assessment by the other Party.
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Samples: Sponsored Research Agreement (Ceres, Inc.), Ceres, Inc., Ceres, Inc.
