Patent Filing Responsibilities and Costs. The invention and patent rights set forth herein shall apply to any patent applications filed and patents obtained in any country, and each party is responsible for its own costs of preparing, prosecuting, issuing, and maintaining patents covering sole inventions in any country; except NASA and the Contractor and/or other party(s) may, upon the reporting of any invention (sole or joint) or in any license option granted, mutually agree otherwise for any country as to patent application preparation, filing and prosecution responsibilities and costs, and maintenance responsibilities and costs.
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