Common use of Patents and Publications Clause in Contracts

Patents and Publications. The Guest shall perform the following: a. Furnish the duly authorized representatives of Argonne and/or the Department with complete information on every invention, discovery, or improvement arising from or related to work of Argonne and made or conceived by the Guest during the period of association with Argonne. b. Waive any claim for a pecuniary award or compensation under the Atomic Energy Acts of 1946 and 1954, as they may be amended from time to time, with respect to such invention, discovery, or improvement. c. Assign worldwide, free from any obligation, all of the rights, title, and interest of the Guest in such invention, discovery or improvement arising from or related to work of Argonne to the Department or to the UChicago as and when requested without compensation, and without cost to the Guest. d. Assist upon request in every way proper in obtaining and enforcing patents on such invention, discovery, or improvement in any and all countries, including executing all documents as may be requested in connection therewith. So long as the Guest is associated with Argonne, such assistance shall be without additional charge for time. After termination of this association, such assistance shall be at Government or UChicago expense, by formal arrangement. e. Treat proprietary data or other technical, business, or financial data in the form of recorded information which the Guest receives or is given access to pursuant to the association by the Guest with Argonne, in accordance with any restrictive legend contained thereon, unless other use is specifically authorized in writing by the Department. The obligations with respect to such data shall continue after termination of this association. f. Not ▇▇▇▇, register, or otherwise assert any claim to copyright in any data or computer software first produced during the Guest’s association with Argonne arising from or related to work of Argonne without prior written authorization of the Department and Argonne. g. It is recognized that during the course of and subsequent to the association by the Guest with Argonne, the Guest may desire to publish, within the limits of security requirements, information regarding scientific or technical developments made in the course of the association. In order that public disclosure of such information will not adversely affect the patent and data interests of the Department or the UChicago, patent approval for release and publication shall be secured from Argonne’s Patent Counsel prior to any such release or publication.

Patents and Publications. The Guest shall perform the following: a. Furnish the duly authorized representatives of Argonne UChicago and/or the Department with complete information on every invention, discovery, or improvement arising from or related to work of Argonne and made or conceived by the Guest during the period of association with Argonne. b. Waive any claim for a pecuniary award or compensation under the Atomic Energy Acts of 1946 and 1954, as they may be amended from time to time, with respect to such invention, discovery, or improvement. c. Assign worldwide, free from any obligation, all of the rights, title, and interest of the Guest in such invention, discovery or improvement arising from or related to work of Argonne to the Department or to the UChicago as and when requested without compensation, and without cost to the Guest. d. Assist upon request in every way proper in obtaining and enforcing patents on such invention, discovery, or improvement in any and all countries, including executing all documents as may be requested in connection therewith. So long as the Guest is associated with Argonne, such assistance shall be without additional charge for time. After termination of this association, such assistance shall be at Government or UChicago expense, by formal arrangement. e. Treat proprietary data or other technical, business, or financial data in the form of recorded information which the Guest receives or is given access to pursuant to the association by the Guest with Argonne, in accordance with any restrictive legend contained thereon, unless other use is specifically authorized in writing by the Department. The obligations with respect to such data shall continue after termination of this association. f. Not ▇▇▇▇, register, or otherwise assert any claim to copyright in any data or computer software first produced during the Guest’s association with Argonne arising from or related to work of Argonne without prior written authorization of the Department and ArgonneUChicago. g. It is recognized that during the course of and subsequent to the association by the Guest with Argonne, the Guest may desire to publish, within the limits of security requirements, information regarding scientific or technical developments made in the course of the association. In order that public disclosure of such information will not adversely affect the patent and data interests of the Department or the UChicago, patent approval for release and publication shall be secured from Argonne’s Patent Counsel prior to any such release or publication.