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Patent Prosecution and Maintenance. 14.1 REGENTS will diligently prosecute and maintain the United States and foreign patent applications and patents under REGENTS' PATENT RIGHTS, subject to LICENSEE’S reimbursement REGENTS’ out of pocket costs under Paragraph 14.3 below, and all patent applications and patents under REGENTS’ PATENT RIGHTS will be held in the name of REGENTS. REGENTS will have sole responsibility for retaining and instructing patent counsel, but continued use of such counsel at any point in the patent prosecution process subsequent to initial filing of a U.S. patent application covering the INVENTION shall be subject to the approval of LICENSEE. If LICENSEE rejects three of REGENTS’ choice of prosecution counsel, then REGENTS may select new prosecution counsel without LICENSEE’s consent. REGENTS shall promptly provide LICENSEE with copies of all relevant documentation so that LICENSEE may be currently informed and apprised of the continuing prosecution and LICENSEE agrees to keep this documentation confidential in accordance with Article 26. LICENSEE may comment upon such documentation, provided, however, that if LICENSEE has not commented upon such documentation in reasonable time for REGENTS to sufficiently consider LICENSEE’s comments prior to the deadline for filing a response with the relevant government patent office, REGENTS will be free to respond appropriately without consideration of LICENSEE's comments. LICENSEE and LICENSEE's patent counsel will have the right to consult with patent counsel chosen by REGENTS.
14.2 REGENTS will use reasonable efforts to prepare or amend any patent application to include claims reasonably requested by LICENSEE to protect the LICENSED PRODUCTS contemplated to be SOLD or to be practiced under this AGREEMENT.
14.3 Subject to Paragraphs 14.4 all past, present, and future costs for preparing, filing, prosecuting, and maintaining all United States and foreign patent applications, and patents under REGENTS’ PATENT RIGHTS will be borne by LICENSEE, so long as the licenses granted to LICENSEE herein are exclusive. Payments are due within thirty (30) days after receipt of invoice from REGENTS. If, however, REGENTS reduces the exclusive licenses granted herein to non-exclusive licenses pursuant to Paragraphs 7.3, 7.4, or 7.5 and REGENTS grants additional license(s), the costs of preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining such patent applications and patents will be divided equally among the licensed parties from the effective date of each...
Patent Prosecution and Maintenance. (a) LICENSEE, at its own expense, utilizing patent attorneys of its choice, shall be responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of patent applications and patents within the Patent Rights in at least the following countries: [***]. Any such filings shall be in the name of UNIVERSITY and LICENSEE shall be acting in the best interest of UNIVERSITY in filing, prosecuting and maintaining the Patent Rights. LICENSEE, or its patent counsel shall provide UNIVERSITY on an ongoing basis with copies of all documentation relating to such filing, prosecution and maintenance and UNIVERSITY shall keep this documentation confidential.
(b) UNIVERSITY shall fully cooperate with LICENSEE in preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining any patent applications and patents in the Patent Rights. LICENSEE, or its patent counsel, shall consult with UNIVERSITY in all aspects of the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of Patent Rights and shall provide [***] Certain information in this document has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. UNIVERSITY sufficient opportunity to comment on any document that LICENSEE intends to file or to cause to be filed with the relevant intellectual property or patent office. LICENSEE, or its patent counsel, shall provide UNIVERSITY on an ongoing basis with copies of all documentation relating to such prosecution and UNIVERSITY shall keep this documentation confidential.
(c) LICENSEE shall apply for an extension of the term of any patent in Patent Rights if appropriate under the US Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act and/or European, Japanese and other foreign counterparts thereof. LICENSEE shall prepare all documents for such applications, and UNIVERSITY shall execute such documents and take any other additional action as LICENSEE may reasonably request in connection therewith.
Patent Prosecution and Maintenance. (a) LICENSEE agrees to diligently prosecute and maintain the patents and patent applications described under the Patent Rights. LICENSEE shall provide UNIVERSITY with copies of all relevant documentation relating to such prosecution and UNIVERSITY shall keep this documentation confidential. The counsel shall take instructions only from LICENSEE. Additional filings related to the Invention shall determine inventorship in accordance with US patent law and ownership shall follow inventorship. All patent filings and all patent prosecution decisions and related filings (e.g. responses to office actions) shall be at LICENSEE’s final discretion (prosecution includes, but is not limited to, interferences, oppositions and any other inter partes matters originating in a patent office).
(b) LICENSEE shall consider amending any patent application in Patent Rights to include claims reasonably requested by UNIVERSITY to protect the products contemplated to be sold by LICENSEE under this Agreement.
(c) If LICENSEE decides to discontinue prosecution or maintenance of any Patent Right, LICENSEE agrees to notify UNIVERSITY in sufficient time for UNIVERSITY to decide whether they wish to assume responsibility for that patent or application. UNIVERSITY will notify LICENSEE of their decision in a timely manner. If UNIVERSITY reasonably disagrees with the abandonment of said Patent Right LICENSEE shall continue prosecution or maintenance of such Patent Right as set forth in Sections 5.1(a) and (b).
(d) Should LICENSEE in its sole discretion decide to apply for an extension of the term of any patent in Patent Rights if appropriate under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 and/or European, Japanese and other foreign counterparts of this law., LICENSEE shall prepare all documents for such application, and UNIVERSITY shall execute such documents and take any other additional action as LICENSEE reasonably requests in connection therewith.
Patent Prosecution and Maintenance. (a) Company shall have the sole responsibility to file, prosecute and maintain all patent applications and patents included in the Licensed Patents and the Program Patents. If requested by Company and subject to Licensor’s agreement, Licensor will file, prosecute and maintain all such patent applications and patents (the “Patent Prosecution Services”) as directed by Company, provided Licensor may at any time cease to provide the Patent Prosecution Services by written notice to Company.
(b) To the extent Licensor is not providing the Patent Prosecution Services, Company shall provide Licensor (or its designee) with an opportunity to review and discuss with Company prosecution strategy and to consult with Company on the content of patent filings. Specifically, prior to filing prosecution documents or new patent applications, Company will give Licensor (or its designee) at least [***] days to review drafts of the foregoing and comment on such drafts. Company will reasonably consider Licensor’s comments with respect to such drafts.
(c) Company shall be responsible for all costs, fees and expenses incurred from and after the Effective Date in connection with the filing and prosecution of all patent applications and patents included in the Licensed Patents and the Program Patents. To the extent Licensor is providing the Patent Prosecution Services, Company will reimburse Licensor within [***] days of receipt of invoice for all Third Party costs, fees and expenses incurred by Licensor in connection with the Patent Prosecution Services; other than Third Party costs, Licensor will not charge Company for the Patent Prosecution Services. [***].
(d) Company agrees to notify Licensor in writing in a timely manner if it does not desire to support the continued prosecution or appeals or maintenance of any patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patents or the Program Patents. In the event Company declines to pursue, or does not, within [***] days following written request from Licensor, take reasonably requested action with respect to, the filing, prosecution or maintenance of any patent applications or patents included in the Licensed Patents or Program Patents, Licensor may, at its own expense, continue to prosecute or maintain such application or patent, and such patent application or patent shall cease to be included in the Licensed Patents or Program Patents, as applicable, under this Agreement.
Patent Prosecution and Maintenance. 9.1.1 Kite shall, at its sole cost, be responsible for all the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance after the Effective Date of the Licensed Patent Rights listed under the heading Eshhar patents listed on Exhibit A or related thereto (the “Eshhar Patent Rights”). Kite shall give Cabaret an opportunity to review and comment on the text of each patent application subject to this Section 9.1.1 before filing, and shall supply Cabaret with a copy of such patent application as filed, together with notice of its filing date and serial number. Cabaret shall, at Kite’s expense, cooperate with Kite, execute all lawful papers and instruments and make all rightful oaths and declarations as may be necessary in the preparation, prosecution and maintenance of all patents and other filings referred to in this Section 9.
1.1. If Kite, in its sole discretion, decides to abandon the preparation, filing, prosecution or maintenance of any patent or patent application subject to this Section 9.1.1, then Kite shall notify Cabaret in writing thereof and following the date of such notice (a) Cabaret shall be responsible for and shall control, at its sole cost, the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such patents and patent applications, and (b) Kite thereafter shall have no license under this Agreement to such patent or patent application.
9.1.2 To the extent Cabaret is permitted to grant such rights to Kite, Kite shall have all rights of Cabaret regarding the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance after the Effective Date of all patents and patent applications within the Licensed Patent Rights other than the Eshhar Patent Rights.
Patent Prosecution and Maintenance. (a) Provided that LICENSEE has reimbursed Cornell for Patent Costs pursuant to Paragraph 3.2, Cornell shall diligently prosecute and maintain the United States and, if available, foreign patents, and applications in Patent Rights using counsel of its choice. Cornell shall provide LICENSEE with copies of all relevant documentation relating to such prosecution and LICENSEE shall keep this documentation confidential. The counsel shall take instructions only from Cornell, and all patents and patent applications in Patent Rights shall be assigned solely to Cornell.
(b) Cornell shall consider amending any patent application in Patent Rights to include claims reasonably requested by LICENSEE to protect the products contemplated to be sold as Licensed Products by LICENSEE under this Agreement.
(c) LICENSEE may elect to terminate its reimbursement obligations with respect to any patent application or patent in Patent Rights upon three (3) months' written notice to Cornell. Cornell shall use reasonable efforts to curtail further Patent Costs for such application or patent when such notice of termination is received from LICENSEE. Cornell, in its sole discretion and at its sole expense, may continue prosecution and maintenance of said application or patent, and LICENSEE shall have no further license with respect thereto. Non-payment of any portion of Patent Costs with respect to any application or patent may be deemed by Cornell as an election by LICENSEE to terminate its reimbursement obligations with respect to such application or patent. Cornell is not obligated to file, prosecute, or maintain Patent Rights outside of the territory at any time or to file, prosecute, or maintain Patent Rights to which Licensee has terminated its License hereunder.
Patent Prosecution and Maintenance. From and after the date of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 3 shall control the prosecution and maintenance of any patent or patent application included within Scripps Patent Rights. Subject to the requirements, limitations and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Scripps shall direct and control (i) the preparation, filing and prosecution of the United States and foreign patent applications within Scripps Patent Rights (including any interferences and foreign oppositions) and (ii) maintain the patents issuing therefrom. Scripps shall select the patent attorney, subject to Licensee's written approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Both parties hereto agree that Scripps may, at its sole discretion, utilize Scripps' Office of Patent Counsel in lieu of outside counsel for patent prosecution and maintenance described herein, and the fees and expenses incurred by Scripps with respect to work done by such Office of Patent Counsel shall be paid as set forth below. Licensee shall have full rights of consultation with the patent attorney so selected on all matters relating to Scripps Patent Rights. Scripps shall use its best efforts to implement all reasonable requests made by Licensee with regard to the preparation, filing, prosecution and/or maintenance of the patent applications and/or patents within Scripps Patent Rights.
Patent Prosecution and Maintenance. For all Institute-Funded Inventions for which patent protection is pursued, RECIPIENT shall provide an annual written report to the INSTITUTE regarding the status of pending applications and issued patents that are Institute-Funded IPR.
Patent Prosecution and Maintenance. From and after the date of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 8 shall control the prosecution of any patent application and maintenance of any patent included within Licensed Patent Rights. TSRI shall (a) direct and control the preparation, filing and prosecution of the United States and foreign patent applications within Licensed Patent Rights (including without limitation any reissues, reexaminations, appeals to appropriate patent offices and/or courts, interferences and foreign oppositions); and (b) maintain the patents issuing therefrom. TSRI shall select the patent attorney, subject to Licensee’s written approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Both parties agree that TSRI shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to utilize TSRI’s Office of Patent Counsel in lieu of or in addition to independent counsel for patent prosecution and maintenance described herein, and the fees and expenses associated with the work done by such Office of Patent Counsel and/or independent patent counsel with regard to the preparation, filing and prosecution of patent applications and maintenance of patents included within Licensed Patent Rights shall be paid as set forth below. Licensee shall have full rights of consultation with the patent attorney so selected on all matters relating to Licensed Patent Rights. TSRI shall use its reasonable efforts to implement all reasonable and timely requests made by Licensee with regard to the preparation, filing, prosecution and/or maintenance of the patent applications and/or patents within Licensed Patent Rights.
Patent Prosecution and Maintenance. 6.1 Following the Effective Date, Company shall, at Company’s expense, diligently prosecute and maintain the Patent Rights (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time after the date hereof), including the filing of patent applications, extensions, continuations, continuations in part, divisionals, re-examinations, or re-issue applications which Company determines may be required to advance the purposes of this Agreement or otherwise to protect the rights and licenses granted hereunder. Company shall keep Licensor reasonably well informed with respect to the status and progress of any such applications, prosecutions and maintenance activities and will consult in good faith with the Licensor and take into account Licensor’s comments and requests with respect thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company shall diligently seek and maintain broad intellectual property protection for the Licensed Products and Licensed Processes to protect Licensor’s rights and shall not reduce or narrow the scope of any claim of the Patent Rights without Licensor’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Both parties shall reasonably cooperate with each other to facilitate the application and prosecution of the Patent Rights pursuant to this Agreement. As of the Effective Date, Licensor has incurred $[…***…] for fees and costs, including attorney’s fees, relating to the filing, prosecution and maintenance of the Patent Rights (the “Patent Costs”). Company shall reimburse Licensor for […***…] in two equal payments, one due on the Effective Date and the other on […***…], provided, however, […***…] percent ([…***…]%) of the Patent Costs ($[…***…]) shall be credited against the fee owed to Licensor under Article 4.4.3 and ([…***…]%) of the Patent Costs ($[…***…]) shall be credited against the fee owed to Licensor under Article 4.4.4.
6.2 Subject to Company’s obligation to diligently seek and maintain patent protection for a Licensed Products and Licensed Processes, Company may elect to abandon any patent applications or issued patents in the Patent Rights. Following such abandonment, Licensor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to commence or continue such prosecution and to maintain any such Patent Rights under its own control and at its own expense and Company shall no longer have any rights under or to such abandoned Patent Rights, except for those rights that any third party not a party to this Agreement would have relating ...