Common use of Property Inventions and Patents Clause in Contracts

Property Inventions and Patents. (a) The Employee has attached hereto, as Schedule A, a list describing any Inventions (as defined below), which belong to the Employee, which were made by the Employee prior to his employment with the Company, which relate to the Company Group and which are not assigned to the Company under this Agreement (the “Prior Inventions”). The Employee agrees that all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos, products, equipment and all similar or related information and materials (whether patentable or unpatentable) (collectively, “Inventions”) which relate to the Company Group’s actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Employee (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed (if and to the extent such Inventions result from any work performed for the Company, any use of the Company’s premises or property or any use of the Company’s Confidential Information) by the Company (including those conceived, developed or made prior to the date of this Agreement) together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, tradename and service xxxx applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing (collectively referred to herein as, the “Work Product”), excluding all Prior Inventions, belong in all instances to the Company or such affiliate. To the extent that any of the Prior Inventions are incorporated into the product, process or machine of the Company or any affiliate by the Employee, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Prior Invention as a part of or in connection with such product, process or machine. The Employee will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company’s General Counsel or his designee and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company’s General Counsel or his designee (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm the Company’s ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company Group (whether during or after the Employment Period) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. The Employee recognizes and agrees that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States and that to the extent Work Product constitutes works for hire, the Work Product is the exclusive property of the Company, and all right, title and interest in the Work Product vests in the Company. To the extent Work Product is not works for hire, the Work Product, and all of the Employee’s right, title and interest in Work Product, including without limitation every priority right, is hereby assigned to the Company.

Property Inventions and Patents. (a) The Employee has attached hereto, as Schedule A, a list describing any Inventions (as defined below), which belong to the Employee, which were made by the Employee prior to his employment with the Company, which relate to the Company Group and which are not assigned to the Company under this Agreement (the “Prior Inventions”). The Employee Executive agrees that all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos, products, equipment and all similar or related information and materials (whether patentable or unpatentable) (collectively, “Inventions”) which relate to the Company GroupCompany’s or any of its affiliates’ actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Employee Executive (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed (and for the Restricted Period if and to the extent such Inventions result from any work performed for the Company, any use of the Company’s premises or property or any use of the Company’s Confidential Information) by the Company (including those conceived, developed or made prior to the date of this Agreement) together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, tradename and service xxxx applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing (collectively referred to herein as, the “Work Product”), excluding all Prior Inventions, belong in all instances to the Company or such affiliate, provided, however, Inventions shall not include any products or services arising out of and solely related to Executive’s outside board of directors activities. To the extent that any of the Prior Inventions are incorporated into the product, process or machine of the Company or any affiliate by the Employee, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Prior Invention as a part of or in connection with such product, process or machine. The Employee Executive will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company’s General Counsel or his designee Board and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company’s General Counsel or his designee Board (whether during or after Executive’s employment with the Employment PeriodCompany) to establish and confirm the Company’s ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company Group or any of its affiliates (whether during or after Executive’s employment with the Employment PeriodCompany) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. The Employee Executive recognizes and agrees that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States and that to the extent Work Product constitutes works for hire, the Work Product is the exclusive property of the Company, and all right, title and interest in the Work Product vests in the Company. To the extent Work Product is not works for hire, the Work Product, and all of the EmployeeExecutive’s right, title and interest in Work Product, including without limitation every priority right, is hereby assigned to the Company. Executive shall assist and cooperate, at the Company’s reasonable expense, with the Company and its affiliates in obtaining for the Company and its affiliates the grant of letters patent, copyrights and any other intellectual property rights relating to the Work Product in the United States and/or such other countries as the Company and its affiliates may designate. With respect to Work Product, Executive shall, during Executive’s employment with the Company and at any time thereafter, execute all applications, statements, instruments of transfer, assignment, conveyance or confirmation, or other documents, furnish all such information to the Company and its affiliates and take all such other appropriate lawful actions as the Company or its affiliates requests. In the event that Executive does not promptly sign such applications, statements, instruments of transfer, assignment, conveyance or confirmation, or other documents, Executive hereby appoints the Company’s Chief Financial Officer with limited power of attorney to sign them. This power of attorney is a right coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

Property Inventions and Patents. (a) The Employee has attached hereto, as Schedule AB, a list describing any Inventions (as defined below), which belong to the Employee, which were made by the Employee prior to his employment with the Company, which relate to the Company Group and which are not assigned to the Company under this Agreement (the “Prior Inventions”). The Employee agrees that all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos, products, equipment and all similar or related information and materials (whether patentable or unpatentable) (collectively, “Inventions”) which relate to the Company Group’s actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Employee (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed (and for the Non-Compete Period if and to the extent such Inventions result from any work performed for the Company, any use of the Company’s premises or property or any use of the Company’s Confidential Information) by the Company (including those conceived, developed or made prior to the date of this Agreement) together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, tradename and service xxxx applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing (collectively referred to herein as, the “Work Product”), excluding all Prior Inventions, belong in all instances to the Company or such affiliate. To the extent that any of the Prior Inventions are incorporated into the product, process or machine of the Company or any affiliate by the Employee, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Prior Invention as a part of or in connection with such product, process or machine. The Employee will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company’s General Counsel or his designee Board and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company’s General Counsel or his designee Board (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm the Company’s ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company Group (whether during or after the Employment Period) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. The Employee recognizes and agrees that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States and that to the extent Work Product constitutes works for hire, the Work Product is the exclusive property of the Company, and all right, title and interest in the Work Product vests in the Company. To the extent Work Product is not works for hire, the Work Product, and all of the Employee’s right, title and interest in Work Product, including without limitation every priority right, is hereby assigned to the Company.

Property Inventions and Patents. (a) The Employee has attached hereto, as Schedule A, a list describing any Inventions (as defined below), which belong to the Employee, which were made by the Employee prior to his employment with the Company, which relate to the Company Group and which are not assigned to the Company under this Agreement (the “Prior Inventions”). The Employee agrees that all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos, products, equipment and all similar or related information and materials (whether patentable or unpatentable) (collectively, “Inventions”) which relate to the Company Group’s actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Employee (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed (if and to the extent such Inventions result from any work performed for the Company, any use of the Company’s premises or property or any use of the Company’s Confidential Information) by the Company (including those conceived, developed or made prior to the date of this Agreement) together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, tradename and service xxxx applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing (collectively referred to herein as, the “Work Product”), excluding all Prior Inventions, belong in all instances to the Company or such affiliate. To the extent that any of the Prior Inventions are incorporated into the product, process or machine of the Company or any affiliate by the Employee, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty-royalty- free, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Prior Invention as a part of or in connection with such product, process or machine. The Employee will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company’s General Counsel or his designee and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company’s General Counsel or his designee (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm the Company’s ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company Group (whether during or after the Employment Period) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. The Employee recognizes and agrees that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States and that to the extent Work Product constitutes works for hire, the Work Product is the exclusive property of the Company, and all right, title and interest in the Work Product vests in the Company. To the extent Work Product is not works for hire, the Work Product, and all of the Employee’s right, title and interest in Work Product, including without limitation every priority right, is hereby assigned to the Company.

Property Inventions and Patents. (a) The Employee has attached hereto, as Schedule A, a list describing any Inventions (as defined below), which belong to the Employee, which were made by the Employee prior to his employment with the Company, which relate to the Company Group and which are not assigned to the Company under this Agreement (the “Prior Inventions”). The Employee agrees that all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos, products, equipment and all similar or related information and materials (whether patentable or unpatentable) (collectively, “Inventions”) which relate to the Company Group’s actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Employee (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed (if and to the extent such Inventions result from any work performed for the Company, any use of the Company’s premises or property or any use of the Company’s Exhibit 10.21 Confidential Information) by the Company (including those conceived, developed or made prior to the date of this Agreement) together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, tradename and service xxxx mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing (collectively referred to herein as, the “Work Product”), excluding all Prior Inventions, belong in all instances to the Company or such affiliate. To the extent that any of the Prior Inventions are incorporated into the product, process or machine of the Company or any affiliate by the Employee, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Prior Invention as a part of or in connection with such product, process or machine. The Employee will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company’s General Counsel or his designee and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company’s General Counsel or his designee (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm the Company’s ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company Group (whether during or after the Employment Period) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. The Employee recognizes and agrees that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States and that to the extent Work Product constitutes works for hire, the Work Product is the exclusive property of the Company, and all right, title and interest in the Work Product vests in the Company. To the extent Work Product is not works for hire, the Work Product, and all of the Employee’s right, title and interest in Work Product, including without limitation every priority right, is hereby assigned to the Company.

Property Inventions and Patents. (a) The Employee has attached hereto, as Schedule A, a list describing any Inventions (as defined below), which belong to the Employee, which were made by the Employee prior to his employment with the Company, which relate to the Company Group and which are not assigned to the Company under this Agreement (the “Prior Inventions”). The Employee agrees that all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos, products, equipment logos and all similar or related information and materials (whether patentable or unpatentable) (collectively, “Inventions”) which relate relates to the Company GroupCompany’s or any of its Affiliates’ actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Employee (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed (and for the Non-Compete Period if and to the extent such Inventions result Work Product (as hereinafter defined) results from any work performed for the CompanyCompany or any of its Affiliates, any use of the Company’s or any of its Affiliates’ premises or property or any use of the Company’s or any of its Affiliates’ Confidential Information) by the Company (including those conceived, developed or made prior to the date of this Agreement) together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, tradename and service xxxx applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing (collectively referred to herein as, the “Work Product”), excluding all Prior Inventions, belong in all instances to the Company or such affiliate. To the extent that any of the Prior Inventions are incorporated into the product, process or machine of the Company or any affiliate by the Employee, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Prior Invention as a part of or in connection with such product, process or machineAffiliate. The Employee will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company’s General Counsel or his designee Managers and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company’s General Counsel or his designee Managers (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm the Company’s or such Affiliates’ ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company Group or any of its Affiliates (whether during or after the Employment Period) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. The Employee recognizes and agrees that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States and that to the extent Work Product constitutes works for hire, the Work Product is the exclusive property of the Company, and all right, title and interest in the Work Product vests in the Company. To the extent Work Product is not works for hire, the Work Product, and all of the Employee’s right, title and interest in Work Product, including without limitation every priority right, is hereby assigned to the Companyor corresponding foreign law.