Common use of SPECIAL ADR PROCEDURES FOR INTERFERENCES INITIATED Clause in Contracts

SPECIAL ADR PROCEDURES FOR INTERFERENCES INITIATED. BY THE UNITED STATES PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE ("USPTO"). In the event that the USPTO declares an Interference between a Patent ***, the Parties will promptly (and in no event later than ten business days following receipt of notice of the Interference from the USPTO) begin an arbitration proceeding ("Interference Arbitration"). Without precluding the right of the Senior Party, as defined in the USPTO regulations, to initiate the Interference Arbitration sooner, the Junior Party, as defined in the USPTO regulations, in the Interference as declared shall have the obligation to initiate the Arbitration by filing and serving the Demand for Arbitration on the other Party and with the AAA within the time limit.

SPECIAL ADR PROCEDURES FOR INTERFERENCES INITIATED. BY THE UNITED STATES PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE ("USPTO"). In the event that the USPTO declares an Interference between a Patent ***[ * ], the Parties will promptly (and in no event later than ten business days following receipt of notice of the Interference from the USPTO) begin an arbitration proceeding ("Interference Arbitration"). Without precluding the right of the Senior Party, as defined in the USPTO regulations, to initiate the Interference Arbitration sooner, the Junior Party, as defined in the USPTO regulations, in the Interference as declared shall have the obligation to initiate the Arbitration by filing and serving the Demand for Arbitration on the other Party and with the AAA within the time limit.