Filing Prosecution and Maintenance of Patent Rights. BioMarin shall be responsible, at BioMarin’s expense, for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of Patent Rights within the BioMarin Patent Rights and BioMarin/Genzyme Patent Rights, and Genzyme shall be responsible, at Genzyme’s expense, for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of Patent Rights within the Genzyme Patent Rights. For so long as any of the license grants set forth in Article 3 hereof remain in effect and upon request of the other Party, each of BioMarin and Genzyme agrees to file and prosecute patent applications and maintain the Patent Rights for which it is responsible in all countries in the Territory selected by the Steering Committee. Each of BioMarin and Genzyme shall consult with and keep the other Party fully informed of important issues relating to the preparation and filing (if time permits), prosecution and maintenance of such patent applications and patents, and shall furnish to the other Party copies of documents relevant to such preparation, filing, prosecution or maintenance in sufficient time prior to filing such document or making any payment due thereunder to allow for review and comment by the other Party and, to the extent possible in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, the responsible Party shall incorporate all such comments.
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Sources: Collaboration Agreement (Genzyme Corp), Collaboration Agreement (Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc)