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Inventions and Patents. You agree that all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, trade secrets, systems, software developments, ideas, results, methods, designs, artwork, analyses, drawings, reports, copyrights, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) which relate to the Company’s or any of its Affiliates’ businesses, research and development or existing products (or products under development) or services and which are conceived, developed or made by you (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) during your employment with the Company, together with all intellectual property rights therein, including, but not limited to, any patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing, but only with respect to the treatment of cancer in humans and COVID-19 (collectively referred to herein as “Work Product”), is the exclusive property of the Company and/or its Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the foregoing, # the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be the sole owner of all right, title and interest in such Work Product, including all intellectual property rights relating to such Work Product, without you retaining any license or other residual right whatsoever, # any rights to any new or an existing Work Product are automatically conveyed, assigned and transferred to the Company pursuant to this agreement, and # Work Product, for purposes of this Agreement, shall only consist of Work Product as defined by the foregoing definition but solely limited to that business, research and development or existing products (or products under development) or services and which are conceived, developed or made by you (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) during your employment with the Company, together with all intellectual property rights therein, relating to cancer in humans and COVID-19, and no other applications; with all other applications belonging to you. You hereby waive and renounce to all moral rights related, directly or indirectly, to any such existing or new Work Product. You will take reasonable steps to promptly disclose such Work Product to the Board and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Board (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm such ownership (including the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company and its Affiliates in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product.

The Executive agrees that all processes, technologies and inventions (collectively, “Inventions”), including new contributions, improvements, ideas and discoveries, whether patentable or not, conceived, developed, invented or made by him during the Term shall belong to the Company, provided that such Inventions grew out of the Executive’s work with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, are related in any manner to the business (commercial or experimental) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or are conceived or made on the Company’s time or with the use of the Company’s facilities or materials. The Executive shall further: # promptly disclose such Inventions to the Company, # assign to the Company, without additional compensation, all patent and other rights to such Inventions for the United States and foreign countries, # sign all papers necessary to carry out the foregoing, and # give testimony in support of the Executive’s inventorship.

Inventions and Patents. Employee acknowledges that all # inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analysis, drawings, reports, processes, novel concepts, ideas, copyrights, trademarks and service marks relating to any present or prospective activities of Company, including but not limited to structures, processes, software, formula, techniques and improvements to the foregoing or to know how, and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable) that relate to the Company Business, # research and development and # existing or future products or services that are, to any extent, conceived, developed or made by Employee while employed by Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of Company (“Work Product”) belong to Company or such subsidiary or affiliate. Employee shall promptly disclose such Work Product to Company and, at the cost and expense of Company, perform all actions reasonably necessary or requested by Company (whether during or after the Term) to establish and confirm such ownership (including, without limitation, executing assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments).

Inventions and Patents. You agree that all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, trade secrets, systems, software developments, ideas, results, methods, designs, artwork, analyses, drawings, reports, copyrights, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) which relate to the Company’s or any of the Company Affiliates’ businesses, research and development or existing products (or products under development) or services and which are conceived, developed or made by you (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) during your employment with the Company, together with all intellectual property rights therein, including without limitation any patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing (collectively referred to herein as “Work Product”), is the exclusive property of the Company and/or the Company Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the foregoing, # the Company or any of the Company Affiliates shall be the sole owner of all right, title and interest in such Work Product, including without limitation all intellectual property rights relating to such Work Product, without you retaining any license or other residual right whatsoever, and # any rights to any new or an existing Work Product are automatically conveyed, assigned and transferred to the Company pursuant to this letter agreement. You hereby waive and renounce to all moral rights related, directly or indirectly, to any such existing or new Work Product. You will take reasonable steps to promptly disclose such Work Product to the Board and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Board (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm such ownership (including without limitation the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company and the Company Affiliates in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product.

Inventions and Patents. Executive acknowledges that all # inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analysis, drawings, reports, processes, novel concepts and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable) that relate to the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ or affiliates’ actual or anticipated businesses, # research and development and # existing or future products or services that are, to any extent, conceived, developed or made by Executive while employed by the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company (“Work Product”) belong to the Company or such subsidiary or affiliate. Executive shall promptly disclose such Work Product to the Board and, at the cost and expense of the Company, perform all actions reasonably necessary or requested by the Board (whether during or

The Executive agrees that all processes, technologies and inventions (collectively, “Inventions”), including new contributions, improvements, ideas and discoveries, whether patentable or not, conceived, developed, invented or made by him during the Term shall belong to the Company, provided that such Inventions grew out of the Executive’s work with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, are related in any manner to the business (commercial or experimental) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or are conceived or made on the Company’s time or with the use of the Company’s facilities or materials. The Executive shall further: # promptly disclose such Inventions to the Company, # assign to the Company, without additional compensation, all patent and other rights to such Inventions for the United States and foreign countries, # sign all papers necessary to carry out the foregoing, and # give testimony in support of the Executive’s inventorship.

The Executive agrees that all processes, technologies and inventions (collectively, “Inventions”), including new contributions, improvements, ideas and discoveries, whether patentable or not, conceived, developed, invented or made by her during the Term shall belong to the Company, provided that such Inventions grew out of the Executive’s work with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, are related in any manner to the business (commercial or experimental) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or are conceived or made on the Company’s time or with the use of the Company’s facilities or materials. The Executive shall further: # promptly disclose such Inventions to the Company; # assign to the Company, without additional compensation, all patent and other rights to such Inventions for the United States and foreign countries; # sign all papers necessary to carry out the foregoing; and # give testimony in support of the Executive’s inventorship.

The Executive agrees that all processes, technologies and inventions (collectively, “Inventions”), including new contributions, improvements, ideas and discoveries, whether patentable or not, conceived, developed, invented or made by him during the Term shall belong to the Company, provided that such Inventions grew out of the Executive’s work with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, are related in any manner to the business (commercial or experimental) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or are conceived or made on the Company’s time or with the use of the Company’s facilities or materials. The Executive shall further: # promptly disclose such Inventions to the Company; # assign to the Company, without additional compensation, all patent and other rights to such Inventions for the United States and non-U.S. countries; # sign all papers necessary to carry out the foregoing; and # give testimony in support of the Executive’s inventorship.

I assign to the Company, waive all claims to moral rights to, will hold for the Company’s exclusive benefit, and will confirm assignment of in writing without compensation, unless otherwise stipulated and required by law (e.g. the German employee invention law) , my entire right, title and interest in any inventions, discoveries, techniques, processes, devices, improvements, refinements, modifications, methods, ideas, concepts, know-how, trade secrets or Works of Authorship (as defined below) conceived, made and/or reduced to practice by me, either solely or jointly with others, and whether patentable or not (“Inventions”), during my employment with the Company and which fall within the scope of the Company’s actual or anticipated business or research and development, whether made within or outside of my usual work hours, and whether on or off Company premises (“Employee Inventions”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, I understand that this agreement does not require assignment of any Invention to the extent such Invention qualifies for protection under Section 2870 of the California Labor Code, Section 49.44.140 of the Revised Code of Washington, 765 Illinois Compiled Statutes 1060, [Section 44-] 130 of the Kansas Statutes, or [Section 181.78] of the 2010 Minnesota

Inventions and Patents. Executive acknowledges that all # inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analysis, drawings, reports, processes, novel concepts and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable) that relate to the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ or affiliates’ actual or anticipated businesses, # research and development and # existing or future products or services that are, to any extent, conceived, developed or made by Executive while employed by the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company (“Work Product”) belong to the Company or such subsidiary or affiliate. Executive shall promptly disclose such Work Product to the Board and, at the cost and expense of the Company, perform all actions reasonably necessary or requested by the Board (whether during or after the Term) to establish and confirm such ownership (including, without limitation, executing assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments).

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