Common use of Foreign Filing Decisions Clause in Contracts

Foreign Filing Decisions. No later than nine (9) months following the filing date of a priority patent application with respect to an Invention or Joint Invention made under the Research Program filed according to Section 15.2.1 above, the Parties shall consult together to determine whether such priority application with respect to such Invention or Joint Invention should be abandoned without replacement; abandoned and refiled; proceeded within the country of filing only; or used as the basis for a claim of priority under the Paris Convention for corresponding applications in or designating other countries. The Parties shall consult together to ensure that so far as practicable the texts filed in the United States and in other countries contain the same information and claim the same scope of protection.

Foreign Filing Decisions. No later than nine (9) months following the filing date of a priority patent application with respect to an Invention or Joint Invention made under the Research Program RESEARCH PROGRAM filed according to Section 15.2.1 13.2.1 above, the Parties parties shall consult together together, through the LRC or otherwise, to determine whether such priority application with respect to such Invention or Joint Invention should be abandoned without replacement; abandoned and refiled; proceeded within the country of filing only; or used as the basis for a claim of priority under the Paris Convention for corresponding applications in or designating other countries. The Parties parties shall consult together to ensure that so far as practicable legally and commercially practicable, the texts filed in the United States U.S.A. and in other countries contain the same information and claim the same scope of protection.