Primary Filing Countries definition
Examples of Primary Filing Countries in a sentence
If the Patent Coordinators determine that each Party has a 50% inventorship interest or are otherwise unable to determine inventorship as between the Parties as provided herein, the Management Committee shall determine, in good faith, for each item of Joint Patent Rights or other patentable Joint Technology, which of the Parties shall be responsible for filing, prosecuting, maintaining and enforcing patent rights with respect thereto in the Primary Filing Countries.
The Party to which the majority of the inventorship of such patentable Joint Technology is attributed in accordance with the foregoing procedures shall be responsible for the preparation of patent applications for such Joint Technology and shall file, prosecute and maintain such patent applications in the Primary Filing Countries at its cost and expense.
If either Party, alone, desires that a particular patent application be filed in a country or countries in addition to the Primary Filing Countries, then that Party shall pay all costs and expenses for filing, prosecution and maintenance of patent applications filed in such additional countries.
If both Parties desire that a particular patent application be filed in a country or countries in addition to the Primary Filing Countries, then the responsibility for payment of the costs and expenses of filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patent applications shall be as set forth in this Section 9.6(b), as applicable.