Patent Prosecution. (a) Intrexon shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Intrexon Patents. At the reasonable request of Intrexon, ZIOPHARM shall cooperate with Intrexon in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at Intrexon’s expense. Under no circumstances shall ZIOPHARM (a) file, attempt to file, or assist anyone else in filing, or attempting to file, any Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that claims or uses or purports to claim or use or relies for support upon an Invention owned by Intrexon or use, attempt to use, or assist anyone else in using or attempting to use, the Intrexon Know-How, Intrexon Materials, or any Confidential Information of Intrexon to support the filing of a Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that contains claims directed to the Intrexon IP, Intrexon Materials, or the Intrexon Channel Technology. (b) ZIOPHARM shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any Patents claiming Inventions that are owned by ZIOPHARM or its Affiliates and not assigned to Intrexon under Section 6.1(c) ( “ZIOPHARM Program Patents”). At the reasonable request of ZIOPHARM, Intrexon shall cooperate with ZIOPHARM in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at ZIOPHARM’s expense. (c) The Prosecuting Party shall be entitled to use patent counsel selected by it and reasonably acceptable to the non-Prosecuting Party (including in-house patent counsel as well as outside patent counsel) for the prosecution of the Intrexon Patents and ZIOPHARM Program Patents, as applicable. The Prosecuting Party shall: (i) regularly provide the other Party in advance with reasonable information relating to the Prosecuting Party’s prosecution of Patents hereunder, including by providing copies of substantive communications, notices and actions submitted to or received from the relevant patent authorities and copies of drafts of filings and correspondence that the Prosecuting Party proposes to submit to such patent authorities (it being understood that, to the extent that any such information is readily accessible to the public, the Prosecuting Party may, in lieu of directly providing copies of such information to such other Party, provide such other Party with sufficient information that will permit such other Party to access such information itself directly); (ii) consider in good faith and consult with the non-Prosecuting Party regarding its timely comments with respect to the same; provided, however, that if, within fifteen (15) days after providing any documents to the non-Prosecuting Party for comment, the Prosecuting Party does not receive any written communication from the non-Prosecuting Party indicating that it has or may have comments on such document, the Prosecuting Party shall be entitled to assume that the non-Prosecuting Party has no comments thereon; (iii) consult with the non-Prosecuting Party before taking any action that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse impact on the scope of claims within the Intrexon Patents and ZIOPHARM Program Patents, as applicable.
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Samples: Exclusive Channel Partner Agreement (Intrexon Corp), Exclusive Channel Partner Agreement (Ziopharm Oncology Inc), Exclusive Channel Collaboration Agreement (Ziopharm Oncology Inc)
Patent Prosecution. (a) Intrexon shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Intrexon Patents. At the reasonable request of Intrexon, ZIOPHARM Elanco shall cooperate with Intrexon in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at Intrexon’s expense. Under no circumstances shall ZIOPHARM Elanco: (a) file, attempt to file, or assist anyone else in filing, or attempting to file, any Patent patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that claims or uses or purports to claim or use or relies for support upon an Invention owned by Intrexon, Intrexon IP, Intrexon Materials or Intrexon Channel Technology; or (b) use, attempt to use, or assist anyone else in using or attempting to use, the Intrexon Know-How, Intrexon Materials, Intrexon Channel Technology or any Confidential Information of Intrexon to support the filing of a Patent patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that contains claims directed to the Intrexon IP, Intrexon Materials, or the Intrexon Channel Technology.
(b) ZIOPHARM Elanco shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any Patents claiming Inventions that are owned by ZIOPHARM Elanco or its Affiliates and not assigned to Intrexon under Section 6.1(c) ( (“ZIOPHARM Elanco Program Patents”). At the reasonable request of ZIOPHARMElanco, Intrexon shall cooperate with ZIOPHARM Elanco in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at ZIOPHARMElanco’s expense.
(c) The Prosecuting Party prosecuting party shall be entitled to use patent counsel selected by it and reasonably acceptable to the non-Prosecuting Party (including in-house patent counsel as well as outside patent counsel) for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Intrexon Patents and ZIOPHARM Program Patents, as applicableunder this Section 6.2. The Prosecuting Party prosecuting party shall:
(i) regularly provide the other Party in advance with reasonable information sufficient details relating to the Prosecuting Partyprosecuting party’s prosecution of Patents hereunderhereunder to permit such other Party to access prosecution information itself directly; provided that, to the extent that any such prosecution information is not readily accessible to the public, the prosecuting party will provide copies of the appropriate information (including by providing copies of substantive communications, notices and actions submitted to or received from the relevant patent authorities and copies of drafts of filings and correspondence that the Prosecuting Party proposes to submit to such patent authorities (it being understood that, to the extent that any such information is readily accessible to the public, the Prosecuting Party may, in lieu of directly providing copies of such information authorities) to such other Party; and Portions herein identified by [*****] have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, provide such other Party as amended. A complete copy of this document has been filed separately with sufficient information that will permit such other Party to access such information itself directly);the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(ii) consider in good faith and consult with the non-Prosecuting Party prosecuting party regarding its timely comments with respect to the same; provided, however, that if, within fifteen (15) days after providing any documents to the non-Prosecuting Party for commentof a due date, the Prosecuting Party prosecuting party does not receive any written communication from the non-Prosecuting Party prosecuting party indicating that it has or may have comments on such document, the Prosecuting Party prosecuting party shall be entitled to assume that the non-Prosecuting Party prosecuting party has no comments thereon;
(iii) consult . In accordance with the non-Prosecuting Party before taking any action above time lines, for patent applications that would reasonably be expected relate solely to have Licensed Products, Intrexon will coordinate a material prosecution strategy toward commercial goals, working objectively in good faith to accommodate therein Elanco’s reasonable and timely suggestions and input; provided such suggestions and input do not propose an adverse impact on the scope of claims within the position to another Intrexon Patents and ZIOPHARM Program Patents, as applicablePatent.
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Samples: Exclusive Channel Collaboration Agreement (Intrexon Corp), Exclusive Channel Collaboration Agreement (Intrexon Corp), Exclusive Channel Collaboration Agreement (Intrexon Corp)
Patent Prosecution. (a) Intrexon shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Intrexon Patents. At the reasonable request of Intrexon, ZIOPHARM shall cooperate with Intrexon in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at Intrexon’s expense. Under no circumstances shall ZIOPHARM (a) file, attempt to file, or assist anyone else in filing, or attempting to file, any Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that claims or uses or purports to claim or use or relies for support upon an Invention owned by Intrexon or use, attempt to use, or assist anyone else in using or attempting to use, the Intrexon Know-How, Intrexon Materials, or any Confidential Information of Intrexon to support the filing of a Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that contains claims directed to the Intrexon IP, Intrexon Materials, or the Intrexon Channel Technology.
(b) ZIOPHARM shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any Patents claiming Inventions that are owned by ZIOPHARM or its Affiliates and not assigned to Intrexon under Section 6.1(c) ( “ZIOPHARM Program Patents”). At the reasonable request of ZIOPHARM, Intrexon shall cooperate with ZIOPHARM in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at ZIOPHARM’s expense. Portions herein identified by [*****] have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. A complete copy of this document has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(c) The Prosecuting Party shall be entitled to use patent counsel selected by it and reasonably acceptable to the non-Prosecuting Party (including in-house patent counsel as well as outside patent counsel) for the prosecution of the Intrexon Patents and ZIOPHARM Program Patents, as applicable. The Prosecuting Party shall:
(i) regularly provide the other Party in advance with reasonable information relating to the Prosecuting Party’s prosecution of Patents hereunder, including by providing copies of substantive communications, notices and actions submitted to or received from the relevant patent authorities and copies of drafts of filings and correspondence that the Prosecuting Party proposes to submit to such patent authorities (it being understood that, to the extent that any such information is readily accessible to the public, the Prosecuting Party may, in lieu of directly providing copies of such information to such other Party, provide such other Party with sufficient information that will permit such other Party to access such information itself directly);
(ii) consider in good faith and consult with the non-Prosecuting Party regarding its timely comments with respect to the same; provided, however, that if, within fifteen (15) days after providing any documents to the non-Prosecuting Party for comment, the Prosecuting Party does not receive any written communication from the non-Prosecuting Party indicating that it has or may have comments on such document, the Prosecuting Party shall be entitled to assume that the non-Prosecuting Party has no comments thereon;
(iii) consult with the non-Prosecuting Party before taking any action that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse impact on the scope of claims within the Intrexon Patents and ZIOPHARM Program Patents, as applicable.
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Samples: Exclusive Channel Partner Agreement (Intrexon Corp), Exclusive Channel Partner Agreement (Intrexon Corp)
Patent Prosecution. (a) Intrexon shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Intrexon Patents. At the reasonable request of Intrexon, ZIOPHARM Adeona shall cooperate with Intrexon in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at Intrexon’s expense. Under no circumstances shall ZIOPHARM Adeona (a) file, attempt to file, or assist anyone else in filing, or attempting to file, any Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that claims or uses or purports to claim or use or relies for support upon an Invention owned by Intrexon or use, attempt to use, or assist anyone else in using or attempting to use, the Intrexon Know-How, Intrexon Materials, or any Confidential Information of Intrexon to support the filing of a Patent application, either in the United States or elsewhere, that contains claims directed to the Intrexon IP, Intrexon Materials, or the Intrexon Channel Technology.
(b) ZIOPHARM Adeona shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to conduct and control the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any Patents claiming Inventions that are owned by ZIOPHARM Adeona or its Affiliates and not assigned to Intrexon under Section 6.1(c) ( “ZIOPHARM Adeona Program Patents”). At the reasonable request of ZIOPHARMAdeona, Intrexon shall cooperate with ZIOPHARM Adeona in connection with such filing, prosecution, and maintenance, at ZIOPHARMAdeona’s expense.
(c) The Prosecuting Party shall be entitled to use patent counsel selected by it and reasonably acceptable to the non-Prosecuting Party (including in-house patent counsel as well as outside patent counsel) for the prosecution of the Intrexon Patents and ZIOPHARM Adeona Program Patents, as applicable. The Prosecuting Party shall:
(i) regularly provide the other Party in advance with reasonable information relating to the Prosecuting Party’s prosecution of Patents hereunder, including by providing copies of substantive communications, notices and actions submitted to or received from the relevant patent authorities and copies of drafts of filings and correspondence that the Prosecuting Party proposes to submit to such patent authorities (it being understood that, to the extent that any such information is readily accessible to the public, the Prosecuting Party may, in lieu of directly providing copies of such information to such other Party, provide such other Party with sufficient information that will permit such other Party to access such information itself directly);
(ii) consider in good faith and consult with the non-Prosecuting Party regarding its timely comments with respect to the same; provided, however, that if, within fifteen (15) days after providing any documents to the non-Prosecuting Party for comment, the Prosecuting Party does not receive any written communication from the non-Prosecuting Party indicating that it has or may have comments on such document, the Prosecuting Party shall be entitled to assume that the non-Prosecuting Party has no comments thereon;
(iii) consult with the non-Prosecuting Party before taking any action that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse impact on the scope of claims within the Intrexon Patents and ZIOPHARM Adeona Program Patents, as applicable.
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Samples: Exclusive Channel Collaboration Agreement (Adeona Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Exclusive Channel Collaboration Agreement (Adeona Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)