Prosecute and Maintain definition

Prosecute and Maintain means, with regard to a Patent Right, the preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintenance of such Patent Right, as well as handling re-examinations, reissues, and requests for patent term extensions with respect to such Patent Right, together with the conduct of interferences, the defense of oppositions and other similar proceedings with respect to the particular Patent Right. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” will not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent Right.
Prosecute and Maintain shall have the correlative meaning.
Prosecute and Maintain with regard to a Patent shall mean the preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintenance of such Patent, as well as re-examinations, reissues, requests for patent term extensions and the like with respect to such Patent, together with the conduct of interferences, the defense of oppositions and other similar proceedings with respect to the particular Patent.

Examples of Prosecute and Maintain in a sentence

  • JCR will Prosecute and Maintain the JCR Patent Rights at its sole discretion and sole cost.

  • Acumen will Prosecute and Maintain the Collaboration Patent Rights at its sole discretion and sole cost.


More Definitions of Prosecute and Maintain

Prosecute and Maintain means, with respect to the applicable Patent Rights, the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Patent Rights, as well as re-examinations, reissues, appeals, and requests for patent term adjustments and patent term extensions with respect to such Patent Rights, together with the initiation or defense of interferences, the initiation or defense of oppositions, post grant review, and other similar proceedings with respect to the particular Patent Rights, and any appeals therefrom. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” shall not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to Patent Rights.
Prosecute and Maintain has the correlative meaning.
Prosecute and Maintain means, with regard to a Patent, the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Patent, as well as re-examinations, reissues, appeals, and requests for patent term adjustments and patent term extensions with respect to such Patent, together with the initiation or defense of interferences, oppositions, inter partes review, derivations, re-examinations, post-grant proceedings and other similar proceedings (or other defense proceedings with respect to such Patent, but excluding the defense of challenges to such Patent as a counterclaim in an infringement proceeding) with respect to the particular Patent, and any appeals therefrom. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” shall not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent.
Prosecute and Maintain means, with regard to a Patent Right, the preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintenance of such Patent Right, as well as re-examinations, reissues, and requests for patent term adjustments, patent term extensions and supplementary protection certificates with respect to such Patent, together with the initiation or defense of interferences, the initiation or defense of oppositions, revocation and invalidity proceedings, and other similar proceedings with respect to the particular Patent, and any appeals therefrom. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” shall not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent.
Prosecute and Maintain means, with regard to a Patent, the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Patent, as well as re-examinations, reissues and appeals with respect to such Patent, together with the initiation or defense of interferences, oppositions, inter partes review, derivations, re-examinations, post-grant proceedings and other similar proceedings (or other defense proceedings with respect to such Patent, but excluding the defense of challenges to such Patent as a counterclaim in an infringement proceeding) with respect to the particular Patent, and any appeals therefrom, and actions to obtain patent term extensions and supplementary protection certificates with respect to such Patent and the like. For clarification, “Prosecution and Maintenance” or “Prosecute and Maintain” will not include any other enforcement actions taken with respect to a Patent.
Prosecute and Maintain means activities directed to (a) preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining Patent Rights, (b) managing and settling any interference, opposition, re-issue, reexamination, supplemental examination, invalidation (including inter partes or post-grant review proceedings), revocation, nullification or cancellation proceeding relating to the foregoing, but excluding managing and settling the defense of challenges to Patent Rights in a declaratory judgment action or as part a counterclaim in an infringement proceeding.
Prosecute and Maintain or “Prosecution and Maintenancewith respect to a particular Patent, means (a) all activities associated with the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such Patent, and (b) all Patent Defense Matters with respect to such Patent.