Common use of Option of Licensee to Prosecute and Maintain Patents Clause in Contracts

Option of Licensee to Prosecute and Maintain Patents. Each Party shall give [***] days ([***]) advanced written notice to the other Party (the “Notified Party”) of any desire to cease prosecution and/or maintenance of the patents and patent applications set forth in Schedule C or Schedule D including a desire to not maintain pendency, in each country, of at least one member of the family of any such patent or application. If the Notified Party provides written notice, within the [***] days, of a desire to continue prosecution or maintenance of the patents and patent applications on which the other Party desires to cease prosecution and/or maintenance, then such other Party shall permit the Notified Party to do so at the expense of the Notified Party.