Common use of Protected Data Clause in Contracts

Protected Data. If a patent is issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the patent office of any foreign country based on any information asserted to be Protected Data, the Government will no longer treat any data contained in such issued patent as Protected Data. In addition, if any information asserted to be Protected Data results in or becomes a Subject Invention, as that term is defined in the patent rights clause of this agreement, the Government will only treat such data as Protected Data until the Recipient has filed its initial patent application.