Patent Family definition

Patent Family means all patents and patent applications that share a common priority application, excluding continuations in part, but including any divisionals, continuations, reissues, reexaminations, extensions, foreign counterparts or equivalents. For the avoidance of doubt, if any patent or patent application is subject to a terminal disclaimer with any other patent or patent application such patent or patent application and such other patent or patent application shall be deemed one (1) Patent Family for the purposes of this Agreement.

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Patent Family means all the documents having at least one priority in common, including the priority document(s) themselves. For the avoidance of doubt, “documents” refers to patents, utility models, and applications therefor.

Patent Family means a set comprised of all Patents (a) that are linked or entitled to be linked through one or more claims of benefit or priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 120 or 119 (or the equivalent laws or regulation of any other patent authority) or by a terminal disclaimer pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 253 or 37 CFR § 1.321 (or the equivalent laws or regulation of any other patent authority) or (b) that are, or are entitled to be, foreign counterparts, reissues, divisionals, extensions, continuations or continuations-in-part with respect to any other Patent in such set.

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If at any time it is determined that a Patent (including patent applications, regardless of status) exists or existed that is part of the same Patent Family corresponding to one or more of the Assigned Patents and such Patent was not identified as an Assigned Patent, then, in addition to any other remedies Purchaser may have under this Agreement, Seller shall upon notice from Purchaser promptly assign such Patent (and any Patents that may have issued therefrom) to Purchaser.
The preceding sentence is not intended to, and shall not, prevent Genentech from characterizing the technical aspects of one or more claims of the PDL Patent Family in prosecuting its own patent applications or in litigation with a Third Party concerning either a Genentech patent or a Third Party patent.
PDL expressly acknowledges and agrees that Genentech cannot control, and that Genentech therefore shall not be held responsible or liable for, the actions of any Third Party (including but not limited to its development, commercialization or marketing partners) that may decide to challenge the validity or enforceability of any of the PDL Patent Family in any court, agency (including, without limitation, the USPTO), or tribunal, or in any litigation, arbitration, interference, or other proceeding.
No challenge to the validity, enforceability, or inventorship of any application or patent in the Non-US Tuschl II Patent Family made by Merck outside of the United States shall have the effect of terminating Merck’s rights under Merck Option Agreement.
Alnylam, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, MIT and UMass and their Affiliates shall not initiate, or knowingly support or assist any third party with, any legal or administrative proceeding that seeks to invalidate, revoke, reexamine, challenge inventorship or render unenforceable any patents in The Tuschl I Patent Family or The Tuschl II Patent Family, including any proceeding before the USPTO.

More Definitions of Patent Family

Patent Family means a collection of patent documents that cover the same invention and whose members have the same priorities;

Patent Family. Any patent applications filed and any patents granted which originate from the same priority document, which patent application(s) and patent(s) include claims to an invention as determined in accord with Paragraph 1.12 above.

Patent Family means a group of Patents that share any priority relationship.

Patent Family means a group of patents related by priority numbers claimed. These patents are related, and often protect the same invention in different countries.

Patent Family means, with respect to a Patent (the “Subject Patent”), a group of Patents that consists of: (a) all Patents that claim priority to the same non-provisional Patent application as the Subject Patent, and all Patent applications from which priority is claimed by the Subject Patent and all Patents issuing from such Patent applications; (b) all foreign counterparts of the Subject Patent and the Patent applications and Patents described in clause (a) above; and (c) all Patents and Patent applications that are subject to a terminal disclaimer that disclaims the term of any such Patent or Patent application beyond the term of the Subject Patent.

Patent Family means, with respect to a patent or patents, and/or a patent application or applications (the “Reference Patents or Applications”), (a) any and all reissues, reexaminations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, and foreign counterparts thereof (“Derived Patents”); (b) any patents which issue from or claim a priority date to the Reference Patents or Applications or the Derived Patents (“Daughter Patents”); (c) any and all patents, patent applications or provisional applications from which the Reference Patents or Applications, the Derived Patents or the Daughter Patents claim priority directly or through another patent or patent applications (“Grandparent/Parent Patents or Applications”); (d) any and all reissues, reexaminations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, and foreign counterparts of the Grandparent/Parent Patents or Applications; (e) any patents which issue from or claim a priority date to the Grandparent/Parent Patents or Applications (“Sister Patents or Applications”); (f) any and all reissues, reexaminations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, and foreign counterparts of the Sister Patents or Applications; and (g) any patents which issue from or claim a priority to the Sister Patents or Applications.

Patent Family means a collection of patent applications having at least one priority in common, including the priority documents themselves;