Common use of Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents Included in Joint Foreground IP Clause in Contracts

Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents Included in Joint Foreground IP. The cost of obtaining and maintaining any patents or patent applications included in the Joint Foreground IP shall be shared equally by the Parties. The Parties shall make the initial decision on whether to seek patent protection on Joint Foreground IP. Either Party, at any time, shall have the right to decline to participate in the cost of obtaining or maintaining any patent on Joint Foreground IP, and in such event, the nonpaying Party shall assign, subject to the licenses and rights granted in this Agreement, its ownership interest in such patent to the Party paying the cost of obtaining or maintaining such patent; provided, however, the non-paying Party shall have a license to practice the inventions under any such patent to use and practice such patent (a) in the case of BHGE as the non-paying Party, the BHGE Field of Use and (b) in the case of GE Aviation as the non-paying Party, the Licensed Aviation Field of Use and Marine Field of Use.

Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents Included in Joint Foreground IP. The cost of obtaining and maintaining any patents or patent applications included in the Joint Foreground IP shall be shared equally by the Parties. The Parties shall make the initial decision on whether to seek patent protection on Joint Foreground IP. Either Party, at any time, shall have the right to decline to participate in the cost of obtaining or maintaining any patent on Joint Foreground IP, and in such event, the nonpaying Party shall assign, subject to the licenses and rights granted in this Agreement, its ownership interest in such patent to the Party paying the cost of obtaining or maintaining such patent; provided, however, the non-paying Party shall have a license to practice the inventions under any such patent to use and practice such patent (a) in the case of BHGE ADGTJV as the non-paying Party, the BHGE JV Field of Use and (b) in the case of GE Aviation as the non-paying Party, the Licensed Aviation Field of Use and Marine Field of Use.

Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents Included in Joint Foreground IP. The cost of obtaining and maintaining any patents or patent applications included in the Joint Foreground IP shall be shared equally by the Parties. The Parties shall make the initial decision on whether to seek patent protection on Joint Foreground IP. Either Party, at any time, shall have the right to decline to participate in the cost of obtaining or maintaining any patent on Joint Foreground IP, and in such event, the nonpaying Party shall assign, subject to the licenses and rights granted in this Agreement, its ownership interest in such patent to the Party paying the cost of obtaining or maintaining such patent; provided, however, the non-paying Party shall have a license to practice the inventions under any such patent to use and practice such patent (a) in the case of BHGE ADGTJV as the non-paying Party, the BHGE JV Field of Use and (b) in the case of GE Aviation Aerospace as the non-paying Party, the Licensed Aviation Field of Use and Marine Field of Use.