Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights (a) At the initiative of ProPhase or Licensor, the Parties shall consult in good faith with each other regarding the filing, prosecution, and maintenance of all Licensed Patents. The Licensed Patents shall be diligently filed, prosecuted and maintained by Licensor using reputable counsel. Licensor shall keep ProPhase reasonably informed with regard to the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of the Licensed Patents, including by providing ProPhase (or its designee) copies of office actions issued from patent offices, proposed responses to such office actions, and any other patent related filings, to be made to such patent authority in the Territory sufficiently in advance of submitting such filings or responses so as to allow for a reasonable opportunity for ProPhase to review and comment thereon. Licensor shall consider in good faith any such comments for incorporation into such draft. Licensor represents that during the Term that (a) all Licensed Patents will be diligently prosecuted in the respective patent offices in the Territory in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, (b) all Licensed Patents will be filed and maintained properly and correctly, (c) Licensor will pay all applicable fees on or before the due date for payment, and (d) all Licensed Patents will identify each and every inventor of the claims thereof as determined in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Patent is filed. Prophase shall reimburse Global BioLife for reasonable attorney fees and patent office costs associated with the prosecution and maintenance of the Licensed Patents on a quarterly basis commencing on September 30, 2022. (b) If, at any time during the Term, the Parties may mutually agree that it is undesirable, as to one or more countries, to file, prosecute or maintain any Licensed Patent, then Global BioLife shall have discretion to refrain from filing, prosecuting and/or maintaining any Licensed Patent or permitting the Licensed Patent to lapse. (c) The Parties shall cooperate with each other and discuss, in good faith, the Patent Rights within the Licensed Patents Covering the Licensed Compound and Licensed Products to enable Prophase to make filings with Regulatory Authorities, as required or allowed in connection with (A) in the United States, the FDA’s Orange Book and (B) outside the United States, under the national implementations of Article 10.l(a)(iii) of Directive 2001/EC/83 or other international equivalents thereof. Global BioLife shall cooperate with Prophase’s reasonable requests in connection therewith, including meeting any submission deadlines, in each case, to the extent required or permitted by applicable law. (d) The Parties shall cooperate in obtaining Patent Term Extensions pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 156 and foreign counterparts and equivalents thereof, including supplementary protection certificates, to the extent such extensions are available with respect to the applicable Patent Rights (“Extension Activities”).
Patent Prosecution and Maintenance 14.1 REGENTS will diligently prosecute and maintain the United States and foreign patent applications and patents under REGENTS' PATENT RIGHTS, subject to LICENSEE’S reimbursement REGENTS’ out of pocket costs under Paragraph 14.3 below, and all patent applications and patents under REGENTS’ PATENT RIGHTS will be held in the name of REGENTS. REGENTS will have sole responsibility for retaining and instructing patent counsel, but continued use of such counsel at any point in the patent prosecution process subsequent to initial filing of a U.S. patent application covering the INVENTION shall be subject to the approval of LICENSEE. If LICENSEE rejects three of REGENTS’ choice of prosecution counsel, then REGENTS may select new prosecution counsel without LICENSEE’s consent. REGENTS shall promptly provide LICENSEE with copies of all relevant documentation so that LICENSEE may be currently informed and apprised of the continuing prosecution and LICENSEE agrees to keep this documentation confidential in accordance with Article 26. LICENSEE may comment upon such documentation, provided, however, that if LICENSEE has not commented upon such documentation in reasonable time for REGENTS to sufficiently consider LICENSEE’s comments prior to the deadline for filing a response with the relevant government patent office, REGENTS will be free to respond appropriately without consideration of LICENSEE's comments. LICENSEE and LICENSEE's patent counsel will have the right to consult with patent counsel chosen by REGENTS. 14.2 REGENTS will use reasonable efforts to prepare or amend any patent application to include claims reasonably requested by LICENSEE to protect the LICENSED PRODUCTS contemplated to be SOLD or to be practiced under this AGREEMENT. 14.3 Subject to Paragraphs 14.4 all past, present, and future costs for preparing, filing, prosecuting, and maintaining all United States and foreign patent applications, and patents under REGENTS’ PATENT RIGHTS will be borne by LICENSEE, so long as the licenses granted to LICENSEE herein are exclusive. Payments are due within thirty (30) days after receipt of invoice from REGENTS. If, however, REGENTS reduces the exclusive licenses granted herein to non-exclusive licenses pursuant to Paragraphs 7.3, 7.4, or 7.5 and REGENTS grants additional license(s), the costs of preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining such patent applications and patents will be divided equally among the licensed parties from the effective date of each subsequently granted license AGREEMENT. 14.4 LICENSEE's obligation to underwrite and to pay all domestic and foreign patent filing, prosecution, and maintenance costs will continue for so long as this AGREEMENT remains in effect, provided, however, that LICENSEE may terminate its obligations with respect to any given patent application or patent in any or all designated countries upon three (3) months’ written notice to REGENTS. REGENTS will use its best efforts to curtail patent costs when such a notice is received from LICENSEE. REGENTS may continue prosecution and/or maintenance of such applications or patents at its sole discretion and expense; provided, however, that LICENSEE will have no further right or licenses thereunder.
Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents (a) Subject to any Adolor third party agreements, Adolor shall prepare, file prosecute and maintain in the Territory and at its own costs, upon consultation with Santen, the Adolor Patents and any jointly owned patents. Adolor shall notify Santen of the status of all patent filings (including, without limitation, the grant of any Adolor Patents) and, upon the request of Santen, shall provide advance copies of any papers relating to the filing, prosecution, or maintenance of such Adolor Patents. For Adolor Patents and patent applications, and for jointly owned patents and patent applications, Santen shall reimburse Adolor for one-half of any and all costs for the filing, prosecution, or maintenance of such patents and patent applications incurred by Adolor. Adolor shall submit an invoice for reimbursement of such patent costs to Santen and Santen shall pay such invoice within thirty (30) days of submission by Adolor. Santen shall have the right to audit the patent costs subject to reimbursement once per year. Such audit rights shall expire twenty- four (24) months after an invoice is submitted by Adolor for payment. (b) Subject to Section 8.04 (b), all amounts for patent applications paid by Santen under Section 8.02 (a) for each country of the Territory shall be creditable on a country-by-country basis against future Royalties payable to Adolor by Santen for each such country; provided, however, that no more than **% of the Royalties payable for any period in such country shall be paid by crediting amounts paid by Santen under Section 8.02(a), and further **=Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. provided that Santen may carry forward all amounts paid under Section 8.02(a) for crediting against future Royalties in such country under this Section 8.02(b) until such amounts are exhausted.
Prosecution and Maintenance Wyeth shall be responsible for the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance (including, without limitation, any interferences, oppositions, reissue proceedings and reexaminations), of the Wyeth Patents. Wyeth shall reasonably consult with DOV with respect to the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Wyeth Primary Patents and DOV agrees to reasonably cooperate with Wyeth in such activities. Wyeth shall keep DOV advised of the status of such activities and shall also inform DOV in a timely manner of any material communications Wyeth receives from the relevant patent office with respect to such activities. Wyeth shall give notice to DOV of any desire to cease preparation, filing, prosecution or maintenance of any Wyeth Primary Patent on a country-by-country basis, and in such case, DOV shall have the right to elect to continue preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Wyeth Primary Patent. In the event that DOV elects to continue any such activities for such Wyeth Primary Patent, DOV shall reasonably consult with Wyeth with respect thereto and shall consider in good xxxxx Xxxxx’x reasonable views with respect to such activities, and Wyeth agrees to transfer to DOV all information reasonably requested by DOV for DOV to conduct such activities and to otherwise reasonably cooperate with DOV in such actions. DOV shall keep Wyeth advised of the status of such actions and shall also inform Wyeth in a timely manner of any material communications DOV receives from the relevant patent office with respect to such activities. Each party shall bear its own costs with respect to any preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of any Wyeth Patent for which it is responsible. Upon DOV’s reasonable request, Wyeth shall consider in good faith prosecuting in a separate Patent application any claim(s) concerning Product or Marketed Product that if separated into a separate Patent would thereby qualify as a “Wyeth Primary Patent” under clause (iv) of that definition instead of being included in another Wyeth Patent that is a “Wyeth Secondary Patent” hereunder, provided that (i) such separation and additional Patent shall not adversely affect the patentability, validity or enforceability any of the other Wyeth Patents or any other Patents owned or controlled by Wyeth or any of its Affiliates, and (ii) DOV shall be responsible for any incremental out-of-pocket costs incurred by Wyeth for preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining such additional Patent.
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 comments and suggestions with respect to the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of the Licensed Patent Rights, which comments and suggestions shall be considered by the other party.
Patent Term Extensions The Parties shall use reasonable efforts to obtain all available supplementary protection certificates, patent term restorations, and other extensions (collectively, “Extensions”) of the Acceleron Patent Rights and Joint Patent Rights (including those available under the Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act). Each Party shall execute such authorizations and other documents and take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the other Party to obtain such Extensions. The Parties shall cooperate with each other in gaining Extensions wherever applicable to Acceleron Patent Rights or Joint Patent Rights. The holder of the applicable NDA may determine what Extensions of any such Patent Rights shall be made; provided that, if in any country such holder has an option to extend the patent term for only one of several patents, the first Party shall consult with the other Party before making the election. If more than one patent is eligible for such an Extension, the Parties shall select in good faith a strategy that shall maximize patent protection and commercial value for each Licensed Product. All filings for such Extensions, as determined by the holder of the applicable NDA, shall be made by the Party to whom responsibility for Prosecution of the Acceleron Patent Rights or Joint Patent Rights are assigned, and the owner of record of the applicable Patent Right shall assist with such filings; provided that, in the event that the Party to whom such responsibility is assigned elects not to file for an Extension, such Party shall (a) inform the other Party of its intention not to file, (b) grant the other Party the right to file for such Extension in the Patent Rights’ owner’s name, and (c) provide all necessary assistance in connection therewith. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) pursuant to the Shire Agreement, Shire and Acceleron will consult in selecting Patent Rights to extend the patent term with respect to “Licensed Products” under the Shire Agreement, and Shire shall make the decision in all countries of the world other than those of North America with respect to such “Licensed Products” under the Shire Agreement, and the filings for Extensions with respect thereto will be made by the party who is responsible for Prosecuting Patent Rights under the Shire Agreement, and, as such, Celgene’s rights under this Section 8.9 are subject to Shire’s prior rights; and (ii) Acceleron shall keep Celgene informed of all elections with respect to Extensions made pursuant to the Shire Agreement that affect Acceleron Patent Rights, and, to the extent that Shire is making any such elections, Acceleron shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause Shire to take the actions specified by this Section 8.9 in a manner consistent with the Shire Agreement; provided that Acceleron will not be in breach of its obligations under this Section 8.9 if, after using such commercially reasonable efforts, it is unable to comply with such obligations because of actions taken or not taken by Shire.
Joint Patents With respect to any potentially patentable Joint Invention, the Parties shall meet and agree upon which Party shall prosecute and maintain Patent applications covering such Joint Invention (any such Patent application and any Patents issuing therefrom, a “Joint Patent”) in particular countries and jurisdictions throughout the world. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, Xxxxxx will prosecute and maintain any Joint Patents in the Licensed Territory, and Onconova will prosecute and maintain the Joint Patents outside the Licensed Territory, subject to the Parties coordinating their efforts as appropriate to make such prosecution activities as efficient, convenient, and harmonious as possible. The Parties ** all expenses of filing, prosecuting and maintaining such Joint Patents. The Party that prosecutes a Joint Patent (the “Prosecuting Party”) shall provide the other Party the opportunity to review and comment on any and all such prosecution efforts regarding the applicable Joint Patent in the particular jurisdictions, and such other Party shall provide the Prosecuting Party reasonable assistance in such efforts; provided that the Prosecuting Party shall have final control over such prosecution efforts after reasonably considering the other Party’s comments, if any. The Prosecuting Party shall provide the other Party with a copy of all material communications from any Patent authority in the applicable jurisdictions regarding the Joint Patent being prosecuted by such Party, and shall provide drafts of any material filings or responses to be made to such patent authorities a reasonable amount of time in advance of submitting such filings or responses. In particular, each Party agrees to provide the other Party with all information necessary or desirable to enable the other Party to comply with any duty of candor and/or duty of disclosure requirements of any Patent authority. Except to the extent a Party is restricted by the licenses granted by such Party to the other Party under the terms of this Agreement, and/or the other covenants contained in this Agreement, each Party shall be entitled to practice, and grant licenses to Third Parties and Affiliates of such Third Parties to practice, the Joint Patents and all Joint Inventions without restriction or an obligation to account to the other Party, and the other Party shall consent and hereby consents, without additional consideration, to any and all such licenses.
Patent Term Extension The Parties will cooperate in selecting a patent within the Patent Rights to seek a term extension for or supplementary protection certificate under in accordance with the applicable laws of any country. Each Party agrees to execute any documents and to take any additional actions as the other Party may reasonably request in connection therewith.
Patent Maintenance All annuity and maintenance fees that are necessary in order to keep the Patents in force as of the Effective Date have been paid by Seller, and no payment of annuities or fees, or papers to be filed in patent offices, are required to be made within the three-month period after the Effective Date.
Research Collaboration 3.7.1 Aarvik shall carry out the activities of each Work Item and deliver the required Data Package and/or deliverables in accordance with the applicable SOW. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Aarvik shall, in accordance with the applicable SOWs and the timeline approved by JRC, apply the Aarvik IP to (i) design and synthesize Collaboration Compounds, and (ii) by itself or through subcontractor(s), [***]. During the Research Term, if any Party identifies any Third Party Patent or Know-How that is necessary or reasonably useful for any activity under the SOWs but has not been included in the Aarvik IP, then such Party shall immediately inform the other Party and the Parties shall discuss in good faith the need of obtaining a license from such Third Party. 3.7.2 No later than [***] ([***]) days after completion of the [***], Aarvik shall, to the extent not already provided to ArriVent, deliver the Data Packages and all other deliverables required under the [***], as well as the results of the Patentability and FTO Analysis as described in Section 3.2.3, to ArriVent. ArriVent shall have the sole discretion to decide whether or not to advance any Collaboration Compound and which Collaboration Compound(s) will be advanced for further studies beyond the [***]. ArriVent shall inform Axxxxx of its decision in writing. If AxxxXxxx decides to advance the Collaboration Program to [***], ArriVent shall make the payment for the [***] pursuant to Section 6.2.1. 3.7.3 If, upon completion of the [***] for the Collaboration Program, AxxxXxxx decides not to advance the Collaboration Program to [***], ArriVent may terminate the Collaboration Program. If AxxxXxxx decides to advance the Collaboration Program to [***], ArriVent shall make the payment for the [***] pursuant to Section 6.2.1. 3.7.4 No later than [***] ([***]) days after completion of the [***], Aarvik shall, to the extent not already provided to ArriVent, deliver all Data Packages and deliverables required under the [***] to ArriVent. ArriVent shall have the sole discretion to decide whether or not to advance any Collaboration Compound and which Collaboration Compound(s) will be advanced for further studies beyond the [***]. ArriVent shall inform Axxxxx of its decision in writing. 3.7.5 No later than [***] ([***]) days after completion of the [***], Aarvik shall, to the extent not already provided to ArriVent, deliver all Data Packages and deliverables required under the [***] to ArriVent. 3.7.6 Within [***] ([***]) days after completion of the [***], Aarvik shall deliver to ArriVent a full report on all key results and findings of the Collaboration Program, and such other data, results and information as ArriVent may deem necessary for it to determine whether or not to exercise the Option (the “Full Report”).
