Patent Transfer Agreement
Patent
title:
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Composite
for Lyophilized Powder of Atracurium
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Patent
number:
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ZL
200710127756.2
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Transferor:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx
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Address:
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1-2403,
00 Xxxxxxxx Xx. X, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 000000,
P.R.China
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Transferee:
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Dong
Ying (Jiangsu) Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
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Address:
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Xxxxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxx Economic and Technological Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 000000, X.X.Xxxxx
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Place
of Signing:
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Nanjing,
Jiangsu, P.R.China
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Date
of Signing:
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December
22, 2009
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Introduction
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Whereas, Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxx and Xxx Xxxx (jointly, the ”Transferors”, and
individually, a “Transferor”), own the patent of "Composition for Lyophilized
Powder of Atracurium", patent number 200710127756.2, publication number
101084896A, notification number i100531734C, with an application date of June
26th, 2007, authorization date of August 26th, 2009, publication date of
December 12th, 2007, and the patent term of 20 years (expiration date is June
25th, 2027) (the “Patent”).
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Whereas, Dong Ying (Jiangsu) Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (the Transferee”), desires
to acquire the Patent.
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Whereas, the Transferors consent to transfer, sell and assign the patent right
they own to the Transferee.
Both
parties hereby agree as follows:
Section
1. The documents transferred
1. All
patent application documents submitted to State Intellectual Property Office of
the People's Republic of China,including patent
specification, claims, attached figure, abstract and abstract attached figure,
petition, opinion statement and bibliographic data change, examination and
approval decision of recovery of right after loss of the right, and
others.
2. All
documents issued to the Transferors by State Intellectual Property Office of the
People's Republic of China, including notice of acceptance, intermediate
files,authorization
decision and certificate of patent.
3. Any
contracts licensing the implementation of the Patent, issued by the Transferors
to any third party, including any and all appendices to the
contract(s).
4. All
documents recognized by State Intellectual Property Office of the People's
Republic of China that support the validation of the Patent, including the
voucher to pay for any annual fees for the Patent, or a decision to maintain the
effectiveness of the Patent by State Intellectual Property Office of the
People's Republic of China or Patent Re-examination Board or a people's
court.
5. All
documents issued by a governing authority or the related executive department of
the State Council to approve assignment.
Section
2. Time and place for delivering the documents
1. Time
to deliver documents
The
Transferors to deliver all documents mentioned in Section 1 of this agreement to
the Transferee within 10 days after this contract (the “Agreement”) is signed by
both parties
2. The
place to deliver documents
The
place to deliver all documents is the location of the
Transferee.
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Section
3. Payment term
The
total price of the Patent is eight million (8,000,000) newly issued shares of
common stock (the “Common Shares”) and such number of shares of preferred stock
(the “Preferred Shares”) that bears approximately 51% voting power of
Sinobiopharma, Inc. (the “Company”) (the Common Shares and Preferred Shares,
collectively referred to herein as the “Securities”), the receipt and
sufficiency of which the parties acknowledge. The purchase price shall be
allocated to the Transferors as follows:
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1.
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Within
ten (10) days of execution of this Agreement, eight million (8,000,000)
shares of common stock of the Company will be paid to Xxx Xxxx as
consideration for his interest in the
Patent.
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2.
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Prior
to issuance of the preferred stock to Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxx, the Company shall
undertake its commercially reasonable best efforts to (i) seek
shareholder, board, and relevant governmental approval to authorize a
class of blank check preferred stock, and (ii) following the effectiveness
of the corporate action described in this Section 2.2(i), designate a
series of preferred stock with supervoting rights. Within ten (10) days of
designating a series of preferred stock pursuant to the relevant state and
Federal corporate and securities laws and regulations, the Company shall
issue such number of shares of preferred stock of the Company as to give
Xxxxx Xxxxx approximately 51% of the voting rights and 0% of the equity
rights of the Company.
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Section
4. Representations and warranties
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1.
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Transferors
hereby severally not jointly represent and warrant
that:
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(a)
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The
Transferors have the legal right and requisite power and authority to make
and enter into this Agreement, and to perform its obligations hereunder
and to comply with the provisions hereof. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by each Transferor has been duly authorized
by all necessary Transferee action on its part. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by Transferor and constitute the valid and
binding obligation of each Transferor enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally and except that the availability of
equitable remedies, including specific performance, is subject to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be
brought.
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(b)
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The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by each Transferor
and the compliance by each Transferor with the provisions hereof, do not
and will not (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) conflict
with, or result in any violation of, or default under, or give rise to any
right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation under
any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease or
other agreement, instrument, permit, concession, franchise, license,
judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation
applicable to each Transferor or any of its properties or assets, other
than any such conflicts, violations, defaults, or other effects which,
individually or in the aggregate, do not and will not prevent, restrict or
impede Transferor’s performance of its obligations under and compliance
with the provisions of this Agreement and the other transaction documents
executed in connection
herewith.
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(c)
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No
consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration
or filing with, any governmental or regulatory authority or any other
person or entity (other than any of the foregoing which have been obtained
and, at the date in question, are then in effect) is required under
existing laws as a condition to the execution, delivery or performance of
this Agreement by each Transferor.
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(d)
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Each
Transferor understands that the Common Shares are, and the Preferred
Shares, when issued, will be, “restricted securities” and have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”) or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the
Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for
distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation
of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no
present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of
the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no
direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to
distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this
representation and warranty not limiting such Transferor’s right to sell
the Securities pursuant to a registration statement or otherwise in
compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws) in violation
of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law. Such Transferor is acquiring the Securities hereunder in
the ordinary course of its business and not with a view to resale or
distribution.
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(e)
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Each
Transferor, either alone or together with its representatives, has such
knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters
so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective
investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of
such investment.
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(f)
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Each
Transferor, as of the date hereof, is, and on each date on which it
acquires or converts his Securities will be either: (i) an “accredited
investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act; (ii) a
“qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the
Securities Act; or (iii) an investor not not acquiring the Securities as a
result of, and will not itself engage in, any “directed selling efforts”
(as defined in Regulation S (“Regulations S”) promulgated by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) in the United States in respect
of the Securities which would include any activities undertaken for the
purpose of, or that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of,
conditioning the market in the United States for the resale of the
Securities; provided, however, that the Transferor may sell or otherwise
dispose of the Securities in accordance with applicable
law.
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2.
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Xxxxx
Xxxxx hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that should the
Company by reason of failure after commercially reasonable best efforts to
obtain sufficient shareholder or governmental approval to authorize any
blank check preferred stock, he hereby waives his right to use of the
dispute provisions under Section 7.2 of this
Agreement.
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3.
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Transferee
hereby represents and warrants
that:
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(a)
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Transferee
has the legal right and requisite power and authority to make and enter
into this Agreement, and to perform its obligations hereunder and to
comply with the provisions hereof. The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by Assignee have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on its part. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement by Transferee do not and will not contravene the charter,
bylaws or other organizational documents of Assignee. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by Transferee and constitutes the valid
and binding obligation of Transferee enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally and except that the availability of
equitable remedies, including specific performance, is subject to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be
brought.
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(b)
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The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Transferee and
the compliance by Transferee with the provisions hereof and thereof, do
not and will not (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default under, or give
rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any
obligation under any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, lease or other agreement, instrument, permit, concession,
franchise, license, judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule
or regulation applicable to Assignee or any of its properties or assets,
other than any such conflicts, violations, defaults, or other effects
which, individually or in the aggregate, do not and will not prevent,
restrict or impede Transferee’s performance of its obligations under and
compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other transaction
documents executed in connection
herewith.
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(c)
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No
consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration
or filing with, any governmental or regulatory authority or any other
person or entity (other than any of the foregoing which have been obtained
and, at the date in question, are then in effect) is required under
existing laws as a condition to the execution, delivery or performance of
this Agreement by Transferee.
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Section
5. Transition period
1.
The Transferors should maintain the validity of the Patent from the date of this
Agreement is signed to the date of registration in the Transferee’s name as
approved by the State Patent Office. During this period, any annual or
maintenance fees of the Patent should be paid by the Transferors.
2.
If the Transferors or Transferee cannot fulfill this Agreement because of a
force majeure, this Agreement is terminated automatically.
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Section
5. Penalties for Violation
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1.
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For
Transferors:
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If the
Transferors refuse to deliver all the documents specified in Section 1 of this
Agreement or refuse to transfer the Patent under the terms and provisions of
this Agreement, Transferee is entitled to terminate this Agreement and require
the Transferors to transfer back any consideration paid to the Transferors plus
a penalty payment of RMB100,000 to Transferors.
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2.
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For
Transferee:
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If
Transferee fails to pay the consideration specified in this Agreement, the
Transferors have the right to terminate this Agreement and request the
Transferee to return all documents plus a penalty fee of RMB100,000 to
Transferors.
Section
6. Further Assurances.
Each
party to this Agreement agrees to execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and
record, and to cause to be executed, acknowledged, delivered, filed and
recorded, such further certificates, instruments, and documents and to do, and
cause to be done, all such other acts and things, as may be required by law, or
as may, in the reasonable opinion of the other party hereto, be necessary or
advisable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.
Section
7. Disputes
1.
All parties should amicably negotiate to solve the disputes by themselves if any
dispute happens during this Agreement period.
2. If the
disputes cannot be solved by negotiation, any party may appeal for the
Administrative Authority for Patent Affairs, or appeal to higher authority
court.
Section
8. Validation conditions of the agreement
This
Agreement becomes effective after both parties have signed.
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO FOLLOW]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be
executed in duplicate originals by its duly authorized officers or
representatives.
Transferors:
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Transferee:
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/s/ Xxx
Xxxx
Xxx
Xxxx
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/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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/s/ Dong Ying (Jiangsu) Pharmaceutical Co.
Ltd.
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Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxx (Jiangsu) Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
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December
22, 2009
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December
22, 2009
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The
undersigned agrees to be bound by the provisions of Section 3 of the foregoing
Agreement.
By: /s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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