Patent Obligations Sample Clauses

The Patent Obligations clause defines the responsibilities of the parties regarding the use, disclosure, and protection of patented inventions within the scope of the agreement. Typically, it requires each party to respect the other's patent rights, avoid unauthorized use or infringement, and may outline procedures for notifying each other of potential patent issues or for handling jointly developed inventions. This clause serves to allocate risk and ensure that both parties are clear on their duties related to patents, thereby reducing the likelihood of disputes or inadvertent infringement.
Patent Obligations. (a) During the Term, Assignor shall, at is own cost, in accordance with its standard procedures and with good practice, and subject to the rights of Licensee under the License Agreement, use its commercially reasonable efforts (including making payment of appropriate fees to the USPTO) to, (i) prosecute and maintain in full force and effect each pending patent application worldwide included in the Patents; (ii) maintain and keep in full force and effect any issued Patents in each of the countries worldwide in which Assignor has an issued patent, and (iii) maintain all Know-How relating to the Products in strict confidence other than disclosure to Licensee in accordance with the License Agreement. Assignor shall provide notice to Assignee of all information relating to the prosecution and/or validity or enforceability of any patent or application in the Patents, including all correspondence to and from the USPTO or any other patent office in which any patent application is pending or from which any patent has issued. If practicable, such notice to Assignee shall be in sufficient time to allow Assignee to comment, or act pursuant to section (b) below, on matters which may have a material effect on the scope, validity, or enforceability of any of the Patents. (b) Assignor shall not during the Term without the prior written consent of Assignee abandon any of the Patents or Know-How, or sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of the Patents or Know-How to any Person and shall not grant any licenses thereunder other than (i) the license in the License Agreement, (ii) the license in the Quencher Agreement, and (iii) any license for use outside the Field of Use as defined in the License Agreement or the Quencher Agreement that does not and would not materially interfere with or impair the value of the Assigned Interests. Assignee shall have, at its option, the right to have Assignor assign to Assignee all right, title and interest in any Patent that Assignor decides to abandon. (c) Assignor hereby grants to Assignee an irrevocable power of attorney with power of substitution to act in the place and stead of Assignor in performing the actions specified in (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above. Such power is acknowledged by Assignor to be coupled with an interest and shall be exercisable during the Term immediately upon Assignor's breach of the covenant in (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above. Upon the expiry of the Clean-Up Period, this power shall terminate provided that if at the end...
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Patent Obligations. (a) Assignor shall, at is own cost, in accordance with its standard procedures and with good practice, and subject to the rights of Licensee under the License Agreement, use its commercially reasonable efforts (including making payment of appropriate fees to the USPTO) to, (i) prosecute and maintain in full force and effect each pending patent application worldwide included in the Patents, in particular, validate EP 0 819 133 in at least Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain and Italy by April 2, 2008; (ii) maintain and keep in full force and effect any issued Patents in each of the countries worldwide in which Assignor has an issued patent, and (iii) maintain all Know-How relating to the Products in strict confidence other than disclosure to Licensee in accordance with the License Agreement. Assignor shall provide notice to Assignee of all information relating to the prosecution and/or validity or enforceability of any patent or application in the Patents, including all correspondence to and from the USPTO or any other patent office in which any patent application is pending or from which any patent has issued. If practicable, such notice to Assignee shall be in sufficient time to allow Assignee to comment, or act pursuant to section (b) below, on matters which may have a material effect on the scope, validity, or enforceability of any of the Patents. (b) Assignor shall not without the prior written consent of Assignee abandon any of the Patents or Know-How, or sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of the Patents or Know-How to any Person and shall not grant any licenses thereunder other than (i) the license in the License Agreement, (ii) the license in the Quencher Agreement, and (iii) any license for use outside the Field of Use as defined in the License Agreement or the Quencher Agreement that does not and would not materially interfere with or impair the value of the Assigned Interests. Assignee shall have, at its option, the right to have Assignor assign to Assignee all right, title and interest in any Patent that Assignor decides to abandon. (c) Assignor hereby grants to Assignee an irrevocable power of attorney with power of substitution to act in the place and stead of Assignor in performing the actions specified in (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above. Such power is acknowledged by Assignor to be coupled with an interest and shall be exercisable immediately upon Assignor’s breach of the covenant in (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above.
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Patent Obligations. 6.1 BIOS shall maintain at its own cost during the term of this Agreement the PATENT RIGHTS. 6.2 VGI hereby grants BIOS a worldwide non-exclusive royalty-free perpetual license to exploit any improvements in relation to CAS Technology conceived or invented by VGI during the term of this Agreement, for BIOS' own non-commercial research use (except that the research may be part of a grant or contract research agreement for which a fee is paid), including, without limitation, all patents and patent applications related thereto, whether in existence as of the date of the Agreement or coming into existence hereafter. 6.3 VGI shall ▇▇▇▇ and shall require its distributors, agents, sublicensees, transferees, and importers to ▇▇▇▇ LICENSED PRODUCTS, made, used or sold in the United States with all applicable United States patent numbers and notices required by U.S. law.
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Patent Obligations. Prior to or promptly following Closing as set forth in Section 3.13(a) hereing, Isonics will issue 20,000 shares of Isonics stock to ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and 5,000 shares to Cato Research in satisfaction of its obligations to acquire the North American rights to ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ patents, and will pay $10,000 to Cato Research in fulfillment of a portion of its cash payment obligations to acquire such patent rights.
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Patent Obligations. 6.1 BIOS shall maintain at its own cost during the term of this Agreement the PATENT RIGHTS. 6.2 VGI hereby grants BIOS a worldwide non-exclusive royalty-free perpetual license to exploit any improvements in relation to CAS Technology conceived or invented by VGI during the term of this Agreement, for BIOS' own non-commercial research use (except that the research may be part of a grant or contract research agreement for which a fee is paid), including, without limitation, all patents and patent applications related thereto, whether in existence as of the date of the Agreement or coming into existence hereafter. 6.3 VGI shall ▇▇▇▇ and shall require its distributors, agents, sublicensees, transferees, and importers to ▇▇▇▇ LICENSED PRODUCTS, made, used or sold in the United States with all applicable United States patent numbers and notices required by U.S. law.
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