Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance. 7.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Article 7, the IC agrees to take responsibility for, but to consult with, the Licensee in the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and shall furnish copies of relevant patent-related documents to the Licensee.
7.2 Upon the IC’s written request, the Licensee shall assume the responsibility for the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and shall, on an ongoing basis, promptly furnish copies of all patent-related documents to the IC. In this event, the Licensee shall, subject to the prior approval of the IC, select registered patent attorneys or patent agents to provide these services on behalf of the Licensee and the IC. The IC shall provide appropriate powers of attorney and other documents necessary to undertake this action to the patent attorneys or patent agents providing these services. The Licensee and its attorneys or agents shall consult with the IC in all aspects of the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of patent applications and patents included within the Licensed Patent Rights and shall provide the IC sufficient opportunity to comment on any document that the Licensee intends to file or to cause to be filed with the relevant intellectual property or patent office.
7.3 At any time, the IC may provide the Licensee with written notice that the IC wishes to assume control of the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights. If the IC elects to reassume these responsibilities, the Licensee agrees to cooperate fully with the IC, its attorneys, and agents in the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and to provide the IC with complete copies of any and all documents or other materials that the IC deems necessary to undertake such responsibilities. The Licensee shall be responsible for all costs associated with transferring patent prosecution responsibilities to an attorney or agent of the IC’s choice.
7.4 Each party shall promptly inform the other as to all matters that come to its attention that may affect the preparation, filing, prosecution, or maintenance of the Licensed Patent Rights and permit each other to provide co...
Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance. 7.1 The IC agrees to take responsibility for the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights.
Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance. 7.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Article 7, PHS agrees to take responsibility for all aspects of the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights; provided that PHS shall, on an ongoing basis, promptly furnish to Licensee copies of relevant patent-related documents in order to provide Licensee an opportunity to provide comments regarding such documents to PHS. In the event that Licensee provides comments to PHS, PHS will consider such comments in good faith and, if reasonable, revise such documents to include Licensee’s comments.
7.2 At any time, PHS may provide Licensee with written notice that PHS wishes to assume control of the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights. If PHS elects to reassume these responsibilities, Licensee agrees to cooperate fully with PHS, its attorneys, and agents in the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and to provide PHS with complete copies of any and all documents or other materials that PHS deems necessary to undertake such responsibilities. Licensee shall be responsible for all costs associated with transferring patent prosecution responsibilities to an attorney or agent of PHS’ choice.
7.3 Each party shall promptly inform the other as to all matters that come to its attention that may affect the preparation, filing, prosecution, or maintenance of the Licensed Patent Rights and permit each other to provide comments and suggestions with respect to the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of Licensed Patent Rights, which comments and suggestions shall be considered by the other party.
Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance. Xxxxxxxxx shall have sole decision-making authority for all actions relating to Xxxxxxxxx Patents and Patents invented pursuant to activities conducted under this Agreement; provided that Lilly shall have sole decision-making authority for all actions relating to Patents invented pursuant to activities conducted under this Agreement invented solely by Lilly inventors or agents of Lilly (such Patents, the “Lilly Patents”). The intellectual property subcommittee of the JSC shall have sole decision-making authority for all actions relating to Patents jointly owned by Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx pursuant to activities conducted under this Agreement (such Patents, the “Jointly Owned Patents”). Such actions include Patent Prosecution, defense, listing in regulatory publications (as applicable), patent term extension, abandonment, maintenance and enforcement, all of which will be conducted at Xxxxxxxxx’x sole expense. Xxxxxxxxx shall establish an overall strategy for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of Xxxxxxxxx Patents. Lilly shall establish an overall strategy for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of Lilly Patents. The intellectual property subcommittee shall establish an overall strategy for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of Jointly Owned Patents. The primary objective of such strategy shall be to provide patent exclusivity for the Products and uses thereof in the Territory. Xxxxxxxxx shall keep the JSC and Lilly informed of the status of all actions taken in the Territory with respect to Xxxxxxxxx Patents. Lilly shall keep the JSC and Xxxxxxxxx informed of the status of all actions taken in the Territory with respect to Lilly Patents. The intellectual property subcommittee of the JSC shall keep Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx informed of the status of all actions taken in the Territory with respect to Jointly Owned Patents. In particular, the informing entity shall (a) regularly and promptly provide the informed entities with copies of all prospective patent applications and patent applications filed hereunder and other material submissions and correspondence with government agencies concerning Xxxxxxxxx Patents, Lilly Patents and any Jointly Owned Patents as applicable, in sufficient time to allow for review and comment by the informed entities; and (b) provide the informed entities and their patent counsels with an opportunity to consult with the informing entity and its patent counsel regarding the filing and contents of any such application, amendment, ...
Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance agrees to take responsibility for the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights.
Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance. 8.1 The Regents shall file, prosecute and maintain the patents and applications comprising Regents' Patent Rights. Such patents shall be held in the name of The Regents and shall be obtained with counsel of The Regents' choice. The Regents shall provide IntraBiotics with copies of each patent application, office action, response to office action, request for terminal disclaimer, and request for reissue or reexamination of any patent or patent application under Regents' Patent Rights. The Regents will give due consideration to any comments or suggestions by IntraBiotics related to patent prosecution, and The Regents will not unreasonably deny a request by IntraBiotics to change patent counsel. The Regents shall be able to take action to preserve rights and minimize costs whether or not IntraBiotics has commented.
8.2 All reasonable costs incurred beginning on [ * ] and during the term of this Agreement in the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of patent applications and patents in Regents' Patent Rights shall be borne by IntraBiotics.
8.3 IntraBiotics shall have the right to request patent protection on the Inventions in foreign countries if available and if it so desires. IntraBiotics must notify The Regents within [ * ] of the filing of the corresponding United States application of its decision to obtain foreign patents. This notice concerning foreign filing shall be in writing, must identify the countries desired, and reaffirm IntraBiotics' obligation to underwrite the costs thereof. The absence of such a notice from IntraBiotics to The Regents shall be considered an election not to secure foreign rights.
8.4 If IntraBiotics elects not to secure foreign patent rights, The Regents shall have the right to file patent applications at its own expense in any country in which IntraBiotics has not elected to secure patent rights, and such applications and resultant patents shall not be subject to this Agreement.
Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance. 6.2.1 Penn Patent Rights will be held in the name of Penn; provided that […***…]. Penn Patent Rights shall be obtained with counsel selected by Penn and reasonably acceptable to Licensee (“Patent Counsel”). Upon […***…] written request, […***…] shall file, prosecute and maintain in accordance with the terms of this Agreement one or more patent applications claiming solely one or more Licensed Products. […***…] shall control all actions and decisions with respect to the filing, prosecution and maintenance of Penn Patent Rights and will […***…] will instruct Patent Counsel to copy […***…] on all correspondence related to Penn Patent Rights (including copies of each patent application, office action, response to office action, request for terminal disclaimer, and request for reissue or reexamination of any patent or patent application) and to interact with Licensee with respect to the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of Penn Patent Rights. […***…] has the right to take action to preserve rights and minimize cost whether or not […***…] has commented, and will use reasonable efforts to not allow any Penn Patent Right for which Licensee is licensed and is underwriting the costs to lapse or become abandoned without Licensee’s written authorization under this Agreement, except for filing of continuations, divisionals, or the like that substitute for the lapsed application, provided that, and without limiting Section 6.2.3, […***…] shall have no requirement to file, prosecute, or maintain Penn Patent Rights if Licensee is not current with the Patent Cost obligations as set forth in this Agreement and Licensee does not cure any lapse with respect Patent Cost obligations within […***…] of receiving written notice thereof. For the purposes of this Agreement, “maintenance” of the Penn Patent Rights includes interference proceedings, re-examinations, inter parties patent review proceedings before the USPTO or a similar patent administration outside the US (including opposition proceedings at the EPO). For further clarity, validity challenges raised in infringement litigation will be handled per Section 6.
Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance. 7.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Article 7, the NIH agrees to take responsibility for the Licensee in the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and shall, on an ongoing basis, promptly furnish copies of all relevant patent‑related documents to the Licensee. NIH shall instruct the law firm prosecuting the Licensed Patent Rights to furnish, upon execution of this Agreement and on a continuous basis thereafter as long as the Agreement is in effect, copies of relevant patent-related documents to Licensee, including all drafts of patent applications filings, domestic and foreign, amendments thereto, related correspondence and other related documents, sufficiently in advance to allow Licensee to comment thereon prior to filing or submission. NIH shall, in good faith, take into consideration all reasonable comments provided by Licensee relating to the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights, provided however, that if Licensee has not commented prior to the relevant action deadline, NIH shall be free to act without consideration of Licensee's comments.
7.2 Upon the NIH’s written request or upon any determination by the NIH not to proceed or continue with the preparation, filing, prosecution, or maintenance (or combination thereof) of any patent application or patent included in the Licensed Patent Rights, the NIH shall provide the Licensee with written notice of such determination at least sixty (60) days prior to the deadline for taking any action for such patent application or patent or the date on which the abandonment of any such patent or application would become effective, whichever is earlier, and the Licensee shall have the right but not the obligation to assume the responsibility for the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of any and all patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patent Rights and shall, on an ongoing basis, promptly furnish copies of all relevant patent‑related documents to the NIH. In this event, the Licensee shall select registered patent attorneys or patent agents to provide these services on behalf of the Licensee and the NIH. The NIH shall provide appropriate powers of attorney and other documents necessary to undertake this action to the patent attorneys or patent agents providing these services. The Licensee...
Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance. InNexus will (i) prepare, file, prosecute and maintain all InNexus Patents in such countries as may be determined by the parties, (ii) consult with Beglend as to the preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining of such patent applications and patents, and (iii) furnish to Beglend copies of all significant documents relevant to any such preparation, filing, prosecution or maintenance; and
(a) InNexus shall furnish such documents and consult with Beglend in sufficient time before any action by InNexus is due to allow Beglend to provide comments thereon, which comments InNexus shall consider;
(b) InNexus shall bear all costs and expenses for preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining such patents and patent applications;
(c) Beglend shall cooperate, in all reasonable ways and at InNexus' cost, in connection with the preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining InNexus Patents;
(d) should InNexus decide that it does not desire to file, maintain or prosecute any InNexus Patent in one or more countries, it shall promptly advise Beglend thereof and, at the request of Beglend, InNexus shall (i) in the case of InNexus patents which are owned by InNexus, assign to Beglend its rights in and to such patent or patent application in such country or countries, or (ii) in the case of InNexus patents which are licensed, provide Beglend with such rights to prosecute and maintain such patent or patent application as may be permitted, and Beglend will thereafter file, prosecute and/or maintain the same at Beglend's own cost, to the extent that Beglend desires to do so.
Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance. Subject to the foregoing, the responsibility for filing, prosecuting and maintaining Patent Rights shall be as follows:
