PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
This 24th day of February, 1998, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., an Ohio
corporation ("Assignor") with its principal place of business and mailing
address at 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, in consideration of
ten dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, assigns, mortgages and pledges to
ABN AMRO Bank N.V., a bank organized under the laws of The Netherlands, acting
as agent for the Secured Creditors under that certain Security Agreement
referred to below, with its mailing address at 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, and its successors and assigns ("Assignee"), and grants to
Assignee a continuing security interest in, the following property:
(i) Each patent and patent application listed on Schedule A-1
hereto and all of the inventions described and claimed therein and any
and all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part or extensions
thereof; and
(ii) Each patent license listed on Schedule A-2 hereto and all
royalties and other sums due or to become due under or in respect of
each such patent license, together with the right to xxx for and collect
all such royalties and other sums; and
(iii) All proceeds of the foregoing, including without limitation
any claim by Assignor against third parties for damages by reason of
past, present or future infringement of any patent listed on Schedule
A-1 hereto or of any patent licensed under a patent license listed on
Schedule A-2 hereto, in each case together with the right to xxx for and
collect said damages;
in each case, to secure performance of all Obligations of Assignor as set out in
that certain Security Agreement bearing even date herewith by and between
Assignor and Assignee (the "Agreement").
Assignor does hereby further acknowledge and affirm that the rights and
remedies of Assignee with respect to the assignment, mortgage, pledge and
security interest in the patents, patent applications and patent licenses made
and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Agreement, the terms and
provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth
herein.
All terms defined in the Agreement, whether by reference or otherwise,
when used herein, shall have their respective meanings set forth therein, unless
the context requires otherwise.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor has caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date and year last above written.
EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC.
(CORPORATE SEAL)
By /s/ XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX
____________________________
Its President
________________________
ATTEST:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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(Type or Print Name)
/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Its Secretary
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as agent
/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
------------------------------- By /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX /s/ XXXX XXXXXX
(Type or Print Name) _______________________________________
Its Group Vice President GVP
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XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX
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(Type or Print Name)
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XXXXX XX Xxx Xxxx )
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COUNTY OF New York )
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I, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, a Notary Public in and for said County, in the State
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx, President of
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
Secretary of said corporation, who are personally known to me to be the same
persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument as such President
and _______________ Secretary, respectively, appeared before me this day in
person and acknowledged that they signed and delivered the said instrument as
their own free and voluntary act and as the free and voluntary act and deed of
said corporation for the uses and purposes therein set forth; and the said
________________ Secretary then and there acknowledged that he, as custodian
of the corporate seal of said corporation, did affix the corporate seal of said
corporation to said instrument as his own free and voluntary act and as the
free and voluntary act of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein
set forth.
Given under my hand and notarial seal, this 24th day of February, 1998.
/s/ XXXXXXXXX XXXXX
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(NOTARIAL SEAL) Notary Public
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My Commission Expires: (Type or Print Name)
11/17/99
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XXXXX XX Xxx Xxxx )
_______________ )
) SS
COUNTY OF New York )
______________ )
I, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, a Notary Public in and for said County, in the State
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Group Vice President of
ABN AMRO Bank N.V., a bank organized under the laws of The Netherlands, who is
personally known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing instrument as such Group Vice President appeared before me this day
in person and acknowledged that he signed and delivered the said instrument as
his own free and voluntary act and as the free and voluntary act and deed of
said corporation for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
Given under my hand and notarial seal, this 24th day of February, 1998.
/s/ XXXXXXXXX XXXXX
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(NOTARIAL SEAL) Notary Public
XXXXXXXXX XXXXX
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My Commission Expires: (Type or Print Name)
11/17/99
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STATE OF New York )
_______________ )
) SS
COUNTY OF New York )
______________ )
I, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, a Notary Public in and for said County, in the State
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Xxxx Xxxxxx, Group Vice President of
ABN AMRO Bank N.V., a bank organized under the laws of The Netherlands, who is
personally known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing instrument as such Group Vice President appeared before me this day
in person and acknowledged that he signed and delivered the said instrument as
his own free and voluntary act and as the free and voluntary act and deed of
said corporation for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
Given under my hand and notarial seal, this 24th day of February, 1998.
/s/ XXXXXXXXX XXXXX
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(NOTARIAL SEAL) Notary Public
XXXXXXXXX XXXXX
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My Commission Expires: (Type or Print Name)
11/17/99
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SCHEDULE A-1
TO PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
U.S. PATENT NUMBERS
AND PENDING U.S. PATENT APPLICATION NUMBERS
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U.S. PATENT EXPIRATION
NUMBER TITLE OF PATENT INVENTOR(S) DATE ISSUED DATE
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4,249,930 Ionic Compounds Formed From Iron and Urea Xxxxxxxx 2/10/81 3/8/99
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4,292,357 Zinc/Zinc Oxide Laminated Anode Assembly Xxxxxxx et al. 9/29/81 7/25/99
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4,422,667 Suspension For A Tractor-Scraper Perry 12/27/83 12/30/2001
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4,425,412 Lead/Acid Battery Having Horizontal Plates Xxxxxxxx et al. 1/10/84 5/26/2002
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4,477,540 Metal-Gas Cell With Electrolyte Reservoir Xxxxxx et al. 10/16/84 10/3/2003
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4,477,546 Lattice For A Battery Electrode Substrate Xxxxxxx et al. 10/16/84 2/3/2003
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4,537,759 Production Of Elemental Silicon From Impure Xxxxxx et al. 8/27/85 6/27/2003
Silane Feed
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4,554,056 Impregnation Of Nickel Electrodes Using Xxxxxxxx 11/19/85 4/18/2005
Electric PH Control Circuits
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4,626,335 Lithium Alloy Anode For Thermal Cells Xxxx et al. 12/2/86 9/26/2005
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4,663,819 Method of Mounting A Metal Yoke To A Xxxxxxx 5/12/87 11/4/2005
Composite Tube
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4,699,965 Heat Curable Solventless Liquid Prepolymer Xxxxxx et al. 10/13/87 6/28/2005
And Novel Monomer Derived Hexylcarbitol For
Use Therewith
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4,772,296 Method of Purifying And Depositing Group Xxxxx 9/20/88 5/12/2007
IIIA and Group VA Compounds To Produce
Epitaxial Films
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4,812,521 Elastomer Modified Epoxies Xxxxxx 3/14/89 9/21/2007
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4,894,299 Cell Having A Dome-Shaped Solid Ceramic Xxxxx 1/16/90 12/2/2008
Electrolyte
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4,939,271 Mercapto-Modified N-(R-Oxymethyl) Xxxxxx 7/3/90 1/5/2009
Acrylamide-Rubber/Formable Monomer/(Meth)
Acrylonitrile Terpolymers
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4,952,195 Graphite Drive Shaft Assembly Xxxxxxx 8/28/90 9/28/2007
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4,979,632 Portable Vessel For The Safe Storage of Xxx 12/25/90 5/9/2010
Explosives
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4,986,721 Extendable Boom Fork Life Vehicle Xxxxxx et al. 1/22/91 9/17/2009
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5,189,819 Trenching Apparatus Xxxxxxxx et al. 3/2/93 5/8/2011
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5,228,222 Digging And Propulsion Unit For A Trenching Xxxxxxxx et al. 7/20/93 9/17/2012
Apparatus
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5,247,743 Method And Apparatus For Digging Trenches Xxxxxxxx et al. 9/28/93 7/2/2012
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5,249,379 Mounting Structure For The Linear Actuators Xxxxx et al. 10/5/93 9/15/2012
Of A Trenching Apparatus
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5,257,463 Method And Apparatus For Cooling Or Heating Xxxxxxx et al. 11/2/93 5/5/2012
Battery Cells During Electrical Testing
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5,416,962 Method of Manufacture of Vibration Damper Xxxxxxxxxx 5/23/95 12/8/2013
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5,464,701 Leakproof, Valve Regulated, Rey 11/7/95 2/27/2015
Maintenance-Free Lead Acid Battery
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5,518,833 Nonwoven Electrode Construction Xxxxxxxxxx et al. 5/21/96 5/24/2014
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5,564,448 Container Washing Apparatus And System Lincoln 10/15/96 12/14/2014
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Des. 367,255 Battery Rey 2/20/96 2/20/2010
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SCHEDULE A-2
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TO PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
PATENT LICENSES
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