Patent Prosecution definition

Patent Prosecution means the responsibility and authority for (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting applications (of all types) for any Patent, (b) paying, filing and maintenance fees relating to any Patent, (c) managing any interference, opposition, re-issue, reexamination, revocation, nullification, or cancellation proceeding relating to the foregoing, (d) deciding to abandon Patent(s) and (e) settling any interference, opposition, revocation, nullification or cancellation proceeding.
Patent Prosecution means the responsibility and authority for (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting applications (of all types) for any Patent (including any decision whether to file a further divisional application), (b) managing any interference, opposition, re-issue, reexamination, invalidation proceedings, revocation, nullification, or cancellation proceeding relating to the foregoing, (c) deciding to abandon Patent(s), (d) listing in regulatory publications (as applicable), (e) patent term extension, and (f) settling any interference, opposition, revocation, nullification or cancellation proceeding.
Patent Prosecution or “Prosecution” means, with respect to a Patent, (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting applications (of all types) for such Patent, (b) paying filing, issuance and maintenance fees relating to such Patent, (c) managing and conducting any interference, opposition, invalidation, re-issue, reexamination, revocation, nullification, post-grant review, inter partes review, derivation proceeding, cancellation proceeding or other similar administrative proceeding or administrative appeal thereof with respect to such Patent, and (d) settling any interference, opposition, revocation, nullification or cancellation proceeding.

Examples of Patent Prosecution in a sentence

  • LICENSEE must provide to the REGENTS the completed LICENSEE contact information form attached hereto as APPENDIX B concurrent to execution of this AGREEMENT and incorporated herein by this reference, showing the contacts responsible for (i) Patent Prosecution, (ii) Progress Reports, (iii) Royalty Reports, and (iv) Invoices.

  • Codexis shall remain obligated to pay its share of any Patent Prosecution expenses incurred prior to the applicable effective date of termination.

  • For clarity, each Party will bear its own internal costs (i.e., those costs that are not Patent Prosecution Costs) with respect to its Prosecution activities for the Product Specific Patents.

  • Non-payment of Patent Prosecution Costs may be deemed by The Regents as an election by the Licensee not to maintain such application(s) or patent(s).

  • Subject to Section 9.2(b) and (c), BMS shall bear one hundred percent (100%) of the Patent Prosecution Costs for the Product Specific Patents, and shall have lead responsibility and decision-making control for such Prosecution of the Product Specific Patents.


More Definitions of Patent Prosecution

Patent Prosecution means activities directed to (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting applications (of all types) for any Patent Right, (b) managing any interference, opposition, re-issue, reexamination, supplemental examination, invalidation proceedings (including inter partes or post-grant review proceedings), revocation, nullification, or cancellation proceeding relating to the foregoing Patent Rights, (c) maintaining issued Patent Right(s), (d) listing in regulatory publications such as the Orange Book and its equivalents (as applicable), (e) obtaining patent term extensions, supplementary protection certificates and the like for issued Patent Right(s), and maintenance thereof, and (f) managing, including settling, any interference, opposition, reexamination, invalidation, revocation, nullification or cancellation proceeding relating to issued Patent Right(s).
Patent Prosecution means activities directed to (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting applications (of all types) for any Patent Rights, (b) managing any interference, opposition, re-issue, reexamination, supplemental examination, invalidation proceedings (including inter partes or post-grant review proceedings), revocation, nullification, or cancellation proceeding relating to the foregoing, (c) deciding whether to abandon, extend or maintain Patent Rights, (d) listing in regulatory publications (as applicable), and (e) settling any interference, opposition, reexamination, invalidation, revocation, nullification or cancellation proceeding, but excluding the defense of challenges to such patent or patent application as a counterclaim in an infringement proceeding with respect to the particular patent or patent application, and any appeals therefrom. For purposes of clarity, “Patent Prosecution” will not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a patent or patent application.
Patent Prosecution means, with respect to particular Patent Rights, (a) preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications (including, but not limited to, provisional, non-provisional, reissue, reexamination, continuing, continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional, and substitute applications and any foreign counterparts thereof) of such Patent Rights; (b) maintaining such Patent Rights; and (c) managing or conducting any interference or opposition or similar proceedings relating to the foregoing.
Patent Prosecution has the meaning specified in Section 7.2.1 hereof.
Patent Prosecution has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(a).
Patent Prosecution means the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of patent and/or patent applications, including, without limitation, activities in connection with any patentability opinions, inventorship determinations, re-examinations, reissues, interferences and/or opposition activities arising out of the foregoing, but excluding interferences and/or opposition activities in connection with interferences and/or oppositions between the Regents, Wellstat, and/or Repligen. For the avoidance of doubt, Patent Prosecution shall not include activities in connection with the patent arbitration contemplated by Article 2 of this Agreement.
Patent Prosecution. Patent Prosecution shall mean the filing, prosecution, maintenance or extension of a Patent, including without limitation, interferences, nullity suits and re-examinations.