Background Technology means all Software, data, know-how, ideas, methodologies, specifications, and other technology in which Contractor owns such Intellectual Property Rights as are necessary for Contractor to grant the rights and licenses set forth in Section 14.1, and for the State (including its licensees, successors and assigns) to exercise such rights and licenses, without violating any right of any Third Party or any Law or incurring any payment obligation to any Third Party. Background Technology must: (a) be identified as Background Technology in the Statement of Work; and (b) have been developed or otherwise acquired by Contractor prior to the date of the Statement of Work, or have been developed by Contractor outside of its performance under the Statement of Work. Background Technology will also include any general consulting tool or methodology created by Contractor, which will not be required to be identified in the Statement of Work.
Collaboration Patents means any and all Patents that claim or cover any of the Collaboration Know-How.
Product Patents means any and all United States patents and patent applications, all divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, re-issues, extensions or foreign counterparts thereof, now or hereafter owned or controlled ("controlled" being used in the sense of having the right to grant licenses thereunder) by PERIMMUNE, covering the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale and/or importation of the Product, including but not limited to, the U.S. Patent No. 5,407,912 attached hereto as Exhibit B.
Collaboration Patent Rights means Patent Rights claiming Collaboration Know-How.
Background IPR means any Intellectual Property Rights (other than Project IPR) belonging to either party before the Commencement Date or not created in the course of or in connection with the Project;
Patent Rights means all patents and patent applications, including all divisionals, continuations, substitutions, continuations-in-part, re-examinations, reissues, additions, renewals, extensions, registrations, and supplemental protection certificates and the like of any of the foregoing.
Background IP means all IP and IP Rights owned or controlled by Seller prior to the effective date or outside the scope of this Contract.
Licensed Patents means (a) all United States patents and patent applications listed in Exhibit A, as modified pursuant to Section 2.6.1, including patents arising from such patent applications; and (b) any re-examination certificates thereof, and their foreign counterparts and extensions, continuations, divisionals, and re-issue applications; provided that “Licensed Patents” will not include any claim of a patent or patent application covering any Manufacturing Technology.
Product Technology means the Product Know-How and Product Patents.
Program Patents has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.2.
Background Invention means an Invention conceived and first actually reduced to practice before the Effective Date.
Novartis shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Joint Patents means all Patents claiming any Joint Invention.
Program Technology means Program Know-How and Program Patents.
Joint Patent Rights means Patent Rights that contain one or more claims that cover Joint Technology.
Licensed Patent Rights means:
(a) Patent applications (including provisional patent applications and PCT patent applications) or patents listed in Appendix A, all divisions and continuations of these applications, all patents issuing from these applications, divisions, and continuations, and any reissues, reexaminations, and extensions of these patents;
(b) to the extent that the following contain one or more claims directed to the invention or inventions disclosed in 2.9(a):
(i) continuations-in-part of 2.9(a);
(ii) all divisions and continuations of these continuations-in-part;
(iii) all patents issuing from these continuations-in-part, divisions, and continuations;
(iv) priority patent application(s) of 2.9(a); and
(v) any reissues, reexaminations, and extensions of these patents;
(c) to the extent that the following contain one or more claims directed to the invention or inventions disclosed in 2.9(a): all counterpart foreign and U.S. patent applications and patents to 2.9(a) and 2.9(b), including those listed in Appendix A; and
(d) Licensed Patent Rights shall not include 2.9(b) or 2.9(c) to the extent that they contain one or more claims directed to new matter which is not the subject matter disclosed in 2.9(a).
Program Patent Rights means any Patent Rights that contain one or more claims that cover Program Inventions.
Licensee Technology means the Licensee Know-How and Licensee Patents.
Licensor Technology means the Licensor Patents, the Licensor Know-How, Licensor Materials, and Non-Patent Rights Controlled by Licensor or its Affiliates embodied in Licensor Know-How or Licensor Materials.
Regents' Patent Rights means REGENTS' rights in (a) the patent and patent applications expressly identified in Appendix C and their foreign counterparts;
Supplier Background IPR means Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Supplier before the Call Off Commencement Date, for example those subsisting in the Supplier's standard development tools, program components or standard code used in computer programming or in physical or electronic media containing the Supplier's Know-How or generic business methodologies; and/or Intellectual Property Rights created by the Supplier independently of this Call Off Contract,
Manufacturing Technology means any and all patents, patent applications, know-how, and all intellectual property rights associated therewith that are owned or controlled by Licensor, and including all tangible embodiments thereof, that are necessary or useful for the manufacture of adeno-associated viruses, adeno-associated virus vectors, research or commercial reagents related thereto, Licensed Products, or other products, including manufacturing processes, technical information relating to the methods of manufacture, protocols, standard operating procedures, batch records, assays, formulations, quality control data, specifications, scale up, any and all improvements, modifications, and changes thereto, and any and all activities associated with such manufacture. Any and all chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC), drug master files (DMFs), or similar materials provided to regulatory authorities and the information contained therein are deemed Manufacturing Technology.
Collaboration IP means Collaboration Know-How and Collaboration Patents.
Joint Inventions has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
Third Party Technology means all Intellectual Property and products owned by third parties and licensed pursuant to Third Party Licenses.
Licensee Patents means any Patents within the Control of Licensee as of the Effective Date and at any time during the Term relating to the Product.