Prosecution and Maintenance of Joint Patents; Abandonment Sample Clauses

Prosecution and Maintenance of Joint Patents; Abandonment. 7.3.1 IAVI, TGC, CHOP and CRI agree to discuss in good faith and implement a mutually agreeable patent strategy and, unless specifically provided for between the Parties, to designate [*] responsible for the preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance and defense of Joint Patent Rights with respect to all Joint Inventions that may be patentable (the “Lead Party”). [*] associated with filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Joint Patent Rights.
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Prosecution and Maintenance of Joint Patents; Abandonment. The Parties agree to discuss in good faith a mutually agreeable Patent strategy with respect to all Joint Inventions that may be patentable. With respect to all Joint Inventions for which the Parties agree patent protection should be sought, Xxxxxxx Pharma and Lynx shall cooperate in good faith to file, prosecute and maintain the Joint Patents in the Territory covering such Joint Inventions, and the Parties shall jointly bear all expenses associated therewith. However, either Party may choose at any time not to continue to pay any such prosecution and maintenance costs with respect to a particular Joint Patent, and shall immediately thereafter assign all its rights in such Joint Patent claiming a Joint Invention to the Party that pays all such costs. In the event that a Party elects not to cooperate in prosecuting a Patent application on a particular Joint Invention, the other Party may do so at its sole discretion and expense, and all rights in such Joint Invention and the Joint Patent claiming such invention shall be assigned to such Party.
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Prosecution and Maintenance of Joint Patents; Abandonment. The JRDC shall determine and implement a patent strategy with respect to all Joint Inventions and Other Joint Inventions that may be patentable. With respect to all Joint Inventions and Other Joint Inventions for which the JRDC determines patent protection should be sought, the JRDC shall direct, and the Parties shall cooperate in, the preparation, filing and prosecution of Joint Patents, and the Parties shall discuss and agree on the content and form of relevant patent applications and any other relevant matters before such applications are made. Each Party shall consider in good faith any comments from the other regarding steps to strengthen such Joint Patents.
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Prosecution and Maintenance of Joint Patents; Abandonment. The JRDC shall determine and implement a patent strategy with respect to all Joint Inventions and Other Joint Inventions that may be patentable. With respect to all Joint Inventions and Other Joint Inventions for which the JRDC determines patent protection should be sought, the JRDC shall direct, and the Parties shall cooperate in, the preparation, filing and prosecution of Joint Patents, and the Parties shall discuss and agree on the content and form of relevant patent applications and any other relevant matters before such applications are made. Each Party shall consider in good faith any comments from the other regarding steps to strengthen such Joint Patents. CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED.
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Prosecution and Maintenance of Joint Patents; Abandonment. The Parties agree to discuss in good faith and implement a mutually agreeable patent strategy with respect to all Joint Inventions that may be patentable. With respect to all Joint Inventions for which the Parties agree patent protection should be sought, the Parties shall cooperate in the preparation, filing and prosecution of Joint Patents and shall discuss and agree on the content and form of relevant patent applications and any other relevant matters before such applications are made. Each Party shall consider in good faith any comments from the other regarding steps that might be taken to strengthen such Joint Patents. Medeva shall have the right to file, prosecute and maintain such Joint Patents worldwide, and the Parties shall bear all Patent Costs associated therewith equally. Medeva shall take no significant steps relating to Joint Patents without the prior approval of TGC for so long as TGC is paying its share of the Patent Costs relating thereto. In the event that Medeva elects not to prosecute a patent application on a particular Joint Invention, TGC may do so at its sole discretion and expense, and all rights in such Joint Invention and the Joint Patent claiming such invention shall be assigned to TGC. Either Party may choose at any time not to continue to pay any such prosecution and maintenance costs with respect to a particular Joint Patent, and shall thereafter assign all its rights in such Joint Patent to the Party that pays all such costs. Such assignment shall take place in a timely manner to enable the non-assigning Party to meet any external requirement concerning prosecution matters and paying prosecution and maintenance costs. In the event that a Party elects, at any time, not to participate in the preparation, filing and prosecution of any patent application covering a Joint Invention, such Party shall provide reasonable assistance to the other Party, at the expense of such other Party, with respect to any activities determined by such other Party as necessary to obtain patent protection for such Joint Invention.
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Prosecution and Maintenance of Joint Patents; Abandonment. The Parties agree to discuss in good faith and implement a mutually agreeable patent strategy with respect to all Joint IP that may be patentable. With respect to all Joint IP for which the Parties agree patent protection should be sought, the Parties shall cooperate in the preparation, filing and prosecution of Joint Patents, and shall discuss and agree on the content and form of relevant patent applications and any other relevant matters before such applications are made. Each Party shall consider in good faith any comments from the other regarding steps to strengthen such Joint Patents. Information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An unredacted version of this exhibit has been separately filed with the Commission.
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Prosecution and Maintenance of Joint Patents; Abandonment. The Parties agree to discuss in good faith and implement a mutually agreeable patent strategy with respect to all Joint IP that may be patentable. With respect to all Joint IP for which the Parties agree patent protection should be sought, the Parties shall cooperate in the preparation, filing and prosecution of Joint Patents, and shall discuss and agree on the content and form of relevant patent applications and any other relevant matters before such applications are made. Each Party shall consider in good faith any comments from the other regarding steps to strengthen such Joint Patents.
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  • Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights ALNYLAM will have the right and responsibility to file, prosecute and maintain patent protection in the Territory for all ALNYLAM Patent Rights. [ * ]

  • Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents Patent Costs ----------------------------------------------------

  • Filing Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights 7.1 Patent Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance.

  • Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents RENOVIS agrees to file, prosecute and maintain in the Territory, upon appropriate consultation with MERCK, the RENOVIS Patent Rights licensed to MERCK under this Agreement; provided, however, with respect to Joint Information and Inventions that are not Improvements to RENOVIS Patent Rights or RENOVIS Technology, MERCK shall have the first right to file patent applications for such Joint Information and Inventions. With respect to RENOVIS Information and Inventions, RENOVIS may elect not to file and if so MERCK shall have the right to file patent applications. In such event, RENOVIS shall execute such documents and perform such acts at RENOVIS’ expense as may be reasonably necessary to effect an assignment of such Patent Rights to MERCK in a timely manner to allow MERCK to continue such prosecution or maintenance. In each case, the filing Party shall give the non-filing Party an opportunity to review the text of the application before filing, shall consult with the non-filing Party with respect thereto, and shall supply the non-filing Party with a copy of the application as filed, together with notice of its filing date and serial number. RENOVIS shall keep MERCK advised of the status of the actual and prospective patent filings and upon the request of MERCK, provide advance copies of any papers related to the filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patent filings. RENOVIS shall promptly give notice to MERCK of the grant, lapse, revocation, surrender, invalidation or abandonment of any Patent Rights licensed to MERCK for which RENOVIS is responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance. With respect to all filings hereunder, the filing Party shall be responsible for payment of all costs and expenses related to such filings.

  • Patent Prosecution and Maintenance 8.1 Pursuant to Section 3.1, LICENSEE shall bear the cost of all patent expenses, past and future, associated with the preparation, filing, prosecution, issuance and maintenance of U.S. Patent applications and U.S. Patents included within the PATENT RIGHTS. Such filings and prosecution shall be by counsel of UNIVERSITY’s choosing and shall be in the name of UNIVERSITY or UNIVERSITY and joint owner if jointly owned. UNIVERSITY shall keep LICENSEE advised as to the prosecution of such applications by forwarding to LICENSEE copies of all official correspondence, (including, but not limited to, applications, office actions, responses, etc.) relating thereto. LICENSEE shall have the first right to request filings, prosecute, and maintain patent applications and patents included within the PATENT RIGHTS, however, all such action instructed by LICENSEE shall be requested of UNIVERSITY and, UNIVERSITY shall (i) have a right to make comments thereto, and (ii) timely instruct its counsel to act in accord with LICENSEE’s instructions. In the event of a disagreement between LICENSEE and UNIVERSITY regarding such prosecution or maintenance, UNIVERSITY shall have the right to make the final decisions for all matters associated with such prosecution and maintenance, however, UNIVERSITY shall be responsible for any and all costs associated with prosecution and maintenance matters in which UNIVERSITY made a final determination pursuant to this section. In order to facilitate LICENSEE’s rights to comment and advise Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to portions of this agreement as indicated by “[***]” and such confidential portions have been deleted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY will provide, to the extent that it is able, copies of all such official correspondence and any proposed responses by UNIVERSITY at least twenty (20) business days prior to any filing or response deadlines. UNIVERSITY shall diligently prosecute such patent applications included within the Patent Rights and shall seek strong and broad claims under the Patent Rights. UNIVERSITY shall not abandon prosecution or maintenance of any Patent Rights without notifying LICENSEE in a timely manner of UNIVERSITY’s intention and reason therefore and providing LICENSEE with reasonable opportunity to comment upon such abandonment and to assume responsibility for prosecution or maintenance of such Patent Rights.

  • Patent Filing Prosecution and Maintenance 7.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Article 7, Licensee agrees to take responsibility for, but to consult with, the PHS 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 PHS.

  • Prosecution and Maintenance Each party retains the sole right to protect at its sole discretion the Intellectual Property and Technology owned by such party, including, without limitation, deciding whether to file and prosecute applications to register patents, copyrights and mask work rights included in such Intellectual Property, whether to abandon prosecution of such applications, and whether to discontinue payment of any maintenance or renewal fees with respect to any patents included in such Intellectual Property.

  • Filing, Prosecution and Maintenance Each of Dyax and Genzyme shall be responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of all patent applications and patents which make up its Patent Rights. The Steering Committee shall designate either Dyax or Genzyme as the Party responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of all patent applications and patents which make up the Joint Patent Rights. For so long as any of the license grants set forth in Article 3 hereof remain in effect and upon request of the other Party, each of Dyax and Genzyme agrees to file and prosecute patent applications and maintain the patents covering the Patent Rights for which it is responsible in all countries in the Territory selected by the Steering Committee. Each of Dyax and Genzyme shall consult with and keep the other fully informed of important issues relating to the preparation and filing (if time permits), prosecution and maintenance of such patent applications and patents, and shall furnish to the other Party copies of documents relevant to such preparation, filing, prosecution or maintenance in sufficient time prior to filing such document or making any payment due thereunder to allow for review and comment by the other Party and, to the extent possible in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, the filing Party shall incorporate all such comments.

  • Maintenance of Patents 12 5.5. Prosecution of Patent Application................................................. 12 5.6.

  • 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.

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