Common use of Patenting Responsibility Clause in Contracts

Patenting Responsibility. NRC shall bear the responsibility and pay the cost to obtain and maintain Patents in the countries that NRC chooses to file an application directly or through the national phase of a PCT application. NRC shall use reasonable efforts to obtain those Patents and shall not allow those Patents to lapse for failure to comply with maintenance obligations. If applications (including the national phase of a PCT application) could be filed in countries, which NRC has not chosen, they may be requested by the Licensee and shall be filed by NRC if the Licensee bears all expenses including without limitation the cost of maintaining those Patents.