Common use of FILING PATENT APPLICATIONS Clause in Contracts

FILING PATENT APPLICATIONS. A party who owns Patent Rights to an Agreement Invention may, in its sole discretion, file patent applications claiming those Patent Rights. The owning party may file anywhere in the world, solely in its own name, and at its own expense. The party who owns Patent Rights to an Agreement Invention need not file any patent application for it and need not maintain any patent application it has filed.