Joint Patent Application definition
Examples of Joint Patent Application in a sentence
Likewise, if a Party (the “Opting-out Party”) wishes to discontinue the prosecution and maintenance of a Joint Patent Application, the other Party, at its sole option (the “Continuing Party”), may continue such prosecution and maintenance.
In such event, the Opting-out Party shall execute such documents and perform such acts at the Continuing Party’s expense as may be reasonably necessary to effect an assignment of such Joint Patent Application to the Continuing Party (in such country or all countries, as applicable) in a timely manner to allow the Continuing Party to prosecute and maintain such patent application.
In such event, the Opting-out Party shall execute in a timely manner and at the Continuing Party’s reasonable expense an assignment of such Joint Patent Application or Joint Patent to the Continuing Party (in such country or all countries, as applicable) and any additional documents as may be necessary to allow the Continuing Party to prosecute and maintain such Joint Patent Application or Joint Patent.
If a Party (the “Opting-out Party”) wishes to discontinue the prosecution and maintenance (or sharing in the costs with respect thereto) of a Joint Patent Application or Joint Patent (in one or more countries), the other Party, at its sole option (the “Continuing Party”), may continue such prosecution and maintenance.
Any Jointly Owned Invention, Joint Patent Application or Joint Patent so assigned shall thereafter be owned solely by the Continuing Party or Filing Party (as applicable), shall no longer be considered jointly owned, and the Non-Filing Party or Opting-out Party (as applicable) shall have no right to practice under such Joint Patent Application or Joint Patent in the applicable country or countries.
Any Joint Patent Application or Jointly Owned Invention so assigned shall thereafter be owned solely by the Continuing Party or Filing Party (as applicable), and the Opting-out Party or Non-filing Party (as applicable) shall have no right to practice under such Joint Patent Application or any patent claiming such Jointly Owned Invention in the applicable country or countries and, for the avoidance of doubt, any such patent, when issued, shall not be a Joint Patent.
In any event, the Parties shall consult and reasonably cooperate with one another in the preparation, filing, prosecution (including prosecution strategy) and maintenance of such each Joint Patent Application and shall [*].
If either Party elects not to pay its portion of any shared costs for a Joint Patent Application, the other Party may proceed with such Joint Patent Application in its own name and at its sole expense, in which case the Party electing not to pay its share of costs will assign its entire right, title and interest in and to such Joint Patent Application to the other Party.
Likewise, if a Party (the “Opting-out Party”) wishes to discontinue the prosecution and maintenance (or sharing in the costs with respect thereto) of a Joint Patent Application (in one or more countries), the other Party, at its sole option (the “Continuing Party”), may continue such prosecution and maintenance.
In such event, the Opting-out Party shall execute such documents and perform such acts at the Continuing Party’s [*] to effect an assignment of such Joint Patent Application to the Continuing Party (in such country or all countries, as applicable) in a timely manner to allow the Continuing Party to prosecute and maintain such patent application.