Patents and Inventions. The Contractor shall promptly and fully report to the Department any discovery or invention arising out of or developed in the course of performance of this Agreement. If the services under this Agreement are supported by a federal grant of funds, the Contractor shall promptly and fully report to the federal government for the federal government to make a determination as to whether patent protection on such invention shall be sought and how the rights in the invention or discovery, including rights under any patent issued thereon, shall be disposed of and administered in order to protect the public interest.
Patents and Inventions. The Executive agrees that any Inventions made, conceived or completed by the Executive during the term of the Executive’s service, solely or jointly with others, which are made with the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or Confidential Information, or which relate at the time of conception or reduction to purpose of the Invention to the business of the Company or the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or which result from any work performed by the Executive for the Company, will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and all Trade Secrets, Confidential Information, copyrightable works, works of authorship, and all patents, registrations or applications related thereto, all other intellectual property or proprietary information and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable and copyrightable and whether or not reduced to tangible form or practice) which relate to the business, research and development, or existing or future products or services of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and which are conceived, developed or made by the Executive during the Executive’s employment with the Company (“Work Product”) will be deemed to be “work made for hire” (as defined in the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §101 et seq., as amended) and owned exclusively by the Company. To the extent that any Work Product is not deemed to be a “work made for hire” under applicable law, and all right, title and interest in and to such Work Product have not automatically vested in the Company, the Executive hereby (a) irrevocably assigns, transfers and conveys, and will assign transfer and convey, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all right, title and interest in and to the Work Product on a worldwide basis to the Company (or such other person or entity as the Company may designate), without further consideration, and (b) waives all moral rights in or to all Work Product, and to the extent such rights may not be waived, agrees not to assert such rights against the Company or its respective licensees, successors, or assigns. In order to permit the Company to claim rights to which it may be entitled, the Executive agrees to promptly disclose to the Company in confidence all Work Product which the Executive makes arising out of the Executive’s employment with the Company. The Executive will assist the Company in obtaining patents on all Work Product patentable by the Company in the United States and in ...
Patents and Inventions. 13.1 LICENSEE, in its discretion, shall assume responsibility for and direct the filing, prosecution, and maintenance of the patent applications and patents within the PATENT RIGHTS (“PATENT RESPONSIBILITY”) using the patent attorney and/or law firm of its choice; provided that such patent attorney and/or law firm (“COUNSEL”) has entered into an outside counsel contract with UT SOUTHWESTERN.
13.2 If LICENSEE notifies BOARD in writing that LICENSEE is assuming PATENT RESPONSIBILITY then the following provisions shall apply:
a. LICENSEE shall be responsible for payment of all fees and costs arising from filing, prosecution, and maintenance of the patent applications and patents within the PATENT RIGHTS and will directly pay COUNSEL for all such fees and costs;
b. LICENSEE will provide BOARD, in a timely manner, copies of any and all patent applications included in PATENT RIGHTS, as well as copies of any patent prosecution related documents received or filed during the prosecution thereof including, but not limited to, office actions and responses. BOARD shall have the right to review and comment upon patent applications, responses to office actions and other substantive patent documents prior to filing and the right to have such documents revised prior to filing to reflect such comments provided such comments do not conflict with recommendation of COUNSEL; and
c. if LICENSEE does not intend to file, prosecute or maintain any patent application or patent within the PATENT RIGHTS in a particular country, LICENSEE shall notify BOARD in writing at least 30 days before the time limit, if any, set forth in the applicable laws and regulations for the taking of an action required or permitted with respect to the filing, prosecution, or maintenance of the applicable patent application or patent, then BOARD may elect, at its sole discretion and expense, to undertake the preparation, filing, prosecution, or maintenance of such patent application or patent in such country at its own expense, and such patent application or patent shall no longer be included in the PATENT RIGHTS licensed to LICENSEE under this AGREEMENT.
13.3 Until such time as LICENSEE notifies BOARD that LICENSEE is assuming PATENT RESPONSIBILITY as provided in Section 13.2 or if LICENSEE notifies BOARD in writing that it wishes BOARD to assume PATENT RESPONSIBILITY, the following provisions shall apply:
a. BOARD will work closely with LICENSEE to develop a suitable strategy for the prosecution and main...
Patents and Inventions. 14.1 If after consultation with PLx, both parties agree that a patent application should be filed for Licensed Subject Matter, Board will prepare and file the appropriate patent applications, and PLx will pay the cost of searching, preparing, filing, prosecuting, and maintaining same. If PLx notifies Board that it does not intend to pay the costs of an application, or if PLx does not respond or make an effort to agree with Board on the disposition of rights in the subject invention, then Board may file an application at its own expense, such invention shall not be included in Patent Rights or Additional Patent Rights for the purposes of this Agreement, and PLx will have no rights to such invention. Board will provide PLx a copy of any patent application for which PLx has paid the costs of searching, preparing, and filing, as well as copies of any documents received or filed with the respective patent office during the prosecution thereof. With respect to any patent applications hereunder for which PLx is obligated to bear the costs, PLx shall be entitled to select legal counsel engaged by Board to prepare and prosecute same, subject to the approval of UTHSC-H, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Prior to PLx’s declining to pay the costs of searching, preparing, filing, and prosecuting such patent application in accordance with this Section 14, Board and UTHSC-H shall not offer such invention or discovery to, or discuss such invention or discovery with, any third party.
14.2 At the election of Board through UTHSC-H, PLx will either pay patent legal counsel directly for patent expenses or will reimburse UTHSC- H for such patent expenses. Patent expense payment delinquencies (whether owed directly to patent legal counsel or to UTHSC-H) will be considered a payment default for purposes of Section 7.4. At its discretion, UTHSC-H may allow PLx to instruct patent legal counsel directly, provided, that (a) UTHSC-H is copied on all correspondence regarding Patent Rights or Additional Patent Rights, (b) UTHSC-H will maintain final authority in all decisions regarding the prosecution and maintenance of the Patent Rights or Additional Patent Rights, (c) UTHSC-H may revoke this authorization to instruct patent legal counsel directly at any time, and (d) the patent legal counsel remains counsel to UTHSC-H with an appropriate contract (and shall not jointly represent PLx unless requested by PLx and approved by UTHSC-H, and an appropriate engageme...
Patents and Inventions. The Executive agrees that any inventions made, conceived or completed by him during the term of his service, solely or jointly with others, which are made with the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or Confidential Information, or which relate at the time of conception or reduction to purpose of the invention to the business of the Company or the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or which result from any work performed by the Executive for the Company, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Executive promises to assign such inventions to the Company. The Executive also agrees that the Company shall have the right to keep such inventions as trade secrets, if the Company chooses. The Executive agrees to assign to the Company the Executive’s rights in any other inventions where the Company is required to grant those rights to the United States government or any agency thereof. In order to permit the Company to claim rights to which it may be entitled, the Executive agrees to disclose to the Company in confidence all inventions which the Executive makes arising out of the Executive’s service and all patent applications filed by the Executive within one year after the termination of his service. The Executive shall assist the Company in obtaining patents on all inventions, designs, improvements and discoveries patentable by the Company in the United States and in all foreign countries, and shall execute all documents and do all things necessary to obtain letters patent, to vest the Company with full and extensive title thereto.
Patents and Inventions. A. Xxxxxx agrees to assign and xxxxxx does assign to Buyer the entire and exclusive right, title, and interest to all designs, models, photographs, drawings, ideas, inventions (whether or not patentable), and improvements whatsoever, conceived, discovered, or developed by Seller, or Seller’s employees, specifically related to or in connection with performance of this Order, shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of Buyer. Seller agrees to promptly disclose to Buyer all such ideas, inventions, and improve- ments, and, on demand and at Buyer’s expense, assist and require and bind Seller’s employees to assist, in preparation, execution, and delivery of any disclosures, patent applications or other papers required by Buyer to obtain and enforce patents in the United States and foreign countries, and to execute and deliver to Buyer any assignment or other document which Buyer deems necessary to perfect Buyer’s right, title and interest in and to said ideas, inventions, and improvements.
B. Seller shall require each of its personnel who will perform Work pursuant to this Order to execute Xxxxx’s form number C-100C, entitled “Contractor Intellectual Property Agreement”, to be provided by Buyer. The signed “Contractor Intellectual Property Agreement” must be provided to Buyer for each of Seller’s personnel prior to their beginning Work.
Patents and Inventions. PROVIDER may elect to retain the entire right, title and interest to any invention conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the performance of this Agreement as provided by 37 CFR 401. In the event any invention results from work performed jointly by PROVIDER and COUNTY, the invention(s) shall be jointly owned.
Patents and Inventions. 6.1 If after consultation with LICENSEE both parties agree that a new patent application should be filed for LICENSED SUBJECT MATTER, UTMDACC will prepare and file appropriate patent applications, and LICENSEE will pay the cost of searching, preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining same. If LICENSEE notifies UTMDACC that it does not intend to pay the cost of an application, or if LICENSEE does not respond or make an effort to agree with UTMDACC on the disposition of rights of the subject invention, then UTMDACC may file such application at its own expense and LICENSEE’s rights to such application under this AGREEMENT shall terminate in their entirety; provided, however, that if LICENSEE files and maintains patents in the MAJOR MARKET. COUNTRIES, UTMDACC may not terminate LICENSEE’s rights to applications filed in other jurisdictions. UTMDACC will provide LICENSEE with a copy of the application for which LICENSEE has paid the cost of filing, as well as copies of any documents received or filed during prosecution thereof. UTMDACC shall consult with LICENSEE in a timely manner concerning (i) scope and content of all patent applications within the PATENT RIGHTS prior to filing such patent applications, and (ii) content of and proposed responses to official actions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office and foreign patent offices during prosecution of any patent applications within the PATENT RIGHTS. For purposes of this Paragraph 6.1, “timely” shall mean sufficiently in advance of any decision by UTMDACC or any deadline imposed upon written response by UTMDACC so as to allow LICENSEE to meaningfully review such decision or written response and also provide comments to UTMDACC in advance of such decision or deadline to allow comments of LICENSEE respect to the PATENT RIGHTS to be considered and incorporated into UTMDACC’s decision or written response. The parties agree that they share a common legal interest to get valid enforceable patents and that LICENSEE will keep all privileged information received pursuant to this Section confidential.
Patents and Inventions. Recipients of agreements which support experimental, developmental, or research work shall be subject to applicable regulations governing patents and inventions, including the government-wide regulations issued by the Department of Commerce at 37 CFR 401, Rights to Inventions Made by Non-profit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements. These regulations do not apply to any agreement made primarily for educational purposes.
Patents and Inventions. Executive agrees that any inventions made, conceived or completed by him during the term of his service, solely or jointly with others, which are made with the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or Confidential Information, or which relate at the time of conception or reduction to purpose of the Invention to the business of the Company or the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or which result from any work performed by Executive for the Company, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Executive promises to assign such inventions to the Company. Executive also agrees that the Company shall have the right to keep such inventions as Trade Secrets, if the Company chooses. Executive agrees to assign to the Company Executive’s rights in any other inventions where the Company is required to grant those rights to the United States government or any agency thereof. In order to permit the Company to claim rights to which it may be entitled, Executive agrees to disclose to the Company in confidence all inventions which Executive makes arising out of Executive’s service and all patent applications filed by Executive within one year after the termination of his service. Executive shall assist the Company in obtaining patents on all inventions, designs, improvements and discoveries patentable by the Company in the United States and in all foreign countries and shall execute all documents and do all things necessary to obtain letters patent, to vest the Company with full and extensive title thereto during and after the term of this Agreement.
