Common use of Reexamination and Reissue Clause in Contracts

Reexamination and Reissue. Lilly shall defend in a ---------------------------------------- reasonable manner any patent encompassed within the Lilly Intellectual Property Rights in any reexamination or reissue proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the applicable foreign equivalent. Before Lilly initiates a reissue proceeding, or before either party initiates a reexamination proceeding, the parties shall consult as to the desirability or necessity of such a proceeding. Such proceedings will not be abandoned prior to a final decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals or Patent Office Board of Interferences and the applicable foreign equivalent without the consent of Xxxxxxx, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld taking into consideration, inter alia, the merits of the action of the Patent and Trademark Office and the applicable foreign equivalent, priority dates provable by any interference party (should an interference be involved), and the technological and commercial importance of the subject matter of the claims of the application or patent involved expenses shall be borne as provided in Section 4.03. -7-

Reexamination and Reissue. Lilly shall defend in a ---------------------------------------- reasonable manner any patent encompassed within the Lilly Lily Intellectual Property Rights in any reexamination or reissue proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the applicable foreign equivalent. Before Lilly initiates a reissue proceeding, or before either party initiates a reexamination proceeding, the parties shall consult as to the desirability or necessity of such a proceeding. Such proceedings will not be abandoned prior to a final decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals or Patent Office Board of Interferences and the applicable foreign equivalent without the consent of Xxxxxxx, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld taking into consideration, inter alia, the merits of the action of the Patent and Trademark Office and the applicable foreign equivalent, priority dates provable by any interference party (should an interference be involved), and the technological and commercial importance important of the subject matter of the claims of the application or patent involved expenses shall be borne as provided in Section 4.03. -7-Article V --------- Disclosure of Agreement -----------------------

Reexamination and Reissue. Lilly shall defend in a ---------------------------------------- reasonable manner any patent encompassed within the Lilly Intellectual Property Rights in any reexamination or reissue proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the applicable foreign equivalent. Before Lilly initiates a reissue proceeding, or before either party initiates a reexamination proceeding, the parties shall consult as to the desirability or necessity of such a proceeding. Such proceedings will not be abandoned prior to a final decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals or Patent Office Board of Interferences and the applicable foreign equivalent without the consent of Xxxxxxx, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld taking into consideration, inter alia, the merits of the action of the Patent and Trademark Office and the applicable foreign equivalent, priority dates provable by any interference party (should an interference be involved), and the technological and commercial importance of the subject matter of the claims of the application or patent involved expenses shall be borne as provided in Section 4.03. -7-.

Reexamination and Reissue. Lilly shall defend in a ---------------------------------------- reasonable manner any patent encompassed within the Lilly Intellectual Property Rights in any reexamination or reissue proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the applicable foreign equivalent. Before Lilly initiates a reissue proceeding, or before either party initiates a reexamination proceeding, the parties shall consult as to the desirability or necessity of such a proceeding. Such proceedings will not be abandoned prior to a final decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals or Patent Office Board of Interferences and the applicable foreign equivalent without the consent of Xxxxxxx, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld taking into consideration, inter alia, the merits of the action of the Patent and Trademark Office and the applicable foreign equivalent, priority dates provable by any interference party (should an interference be involved), and the technological and commercial importance of the subject matter of the claims of the application or patent involved expenses shall be borne as provided in Section 4.03. -7-Article V

Reexamination and Reissue. Lilly shall defend in a ---------------------------------------- reasonable manner any patent encompassed within the Lilly Intellectual Property Rights in any reexamination or reissue proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the applicable foreign equivalent. Before Lilly initiates a reissue proceeding, or before either party initiates a reexamination proceeding, the parties shall consult as to the desirability or necessity of such a proceeding. Such proceedings will not be abandoned prior to a final decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals or Patent Office Board of Interferences and the applicable foreign equivalent without the consent of Xxxxxxx, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld taking into consideration, inter alia, the merits of the action of the Patent and Trademark Office and the applicable foreign equivalent, priority dates provable by any interference party (should an interference be involved), and the technological and commercial importance of the subject matter of the claims of the application or patent involved expenses shall be borne as provided in Section 4.03. -7--6- ARTICLE V --------- DISCLOSURE OF AGREEMENT -----------------------