Common use of Maintenance and Prosecution Clause in Contracts

Maintenance and Prosecution. Each Participant is responsible for any protection of the Foreground its owns pursuant to this Consortium Agreement and shall have to file patent applications for such Foreground in their own name(s) and at their own expense. Joint owners of Foreground shall agree between them on who shall be responsible for the timely prosecution and maintenance of all such Foreground and the Participant that is nominated to be so responsible shall be entitled to charge the other joint owners with a percentage of the costs of so doing as agreed between the joint owners. In the absence of any agreement to the contrary between joint owners such costs shall be equally shared.

Maintenance and Prosecution. Each Participant is responsible for any protection of the Foreground its it owns pursuant to this Consortium Agreement and shall have to file patent applications for such Foreground in their own name(s) and at their own expense. Joint owners of Foreground shall agree between them on who shall be responsible for the timely prosecution and maintenance of all such Foreground and the Participant that is nominated to be so responsible shall be entitled to charge the other joint owners with a percentage of the costs of so doing as agreed between the joint owners. In the absence of any agreement to the contrary between joint owners such costs shall be equally shared.