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Inventions Retained and Licensed. [Exhibit B] attached hereto contains a full and exhaustive list describing with particularity all inventions, original works of authorship, developments, improvements, and trade secrets which were made or otherwise created by Employee prior to the commencement of Employee’s employment hereunder (collectively “Prior Inventions”). Such Prior Inventions belong solely to Employee or belong to Employee jointly with another as listed therein, which relate in any way to any of the Company’s proposed businesses, products or research and development, and which are not assigned to the Company hereunder; or, if no such list is attached, Employee represents that there are no such Prior Inventions. If, in the course of employment with the Company, Employee incorporates into a Company product or service a Prior Invention owned by Employee or in which Employee has an interest, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to make, have made, copy, modify, make derivative works of, use, sell and otherwise distribute such Prior Invention as part of or in connection with such product, process or machine.

Company shall be the sole owner, in perpetuity, throughout the universe in any and all languages, of all right, title and interest in and to the results and proceeds of Recipient’s services performed for or on behalf of Company (“Work Product”), whether under a current written or oral employment agreement, a prior employment agreement or any other agreement. Such Work Product includes, without limitation, all material of any kind and nature whatsoever – whether tangible or intangible – produced, conceived, developed, acquired, obtained, created and/or furnished by or submitted to Recipient prior to or during Recipient’s employment by Company, including without limitation, all materials, ideas, concepts, formats, suggestions, developments, arrangements, packages, computer programs, source code, object code, documentation, plans, drawings, designs, specifications, calculations, renderings, models, prototypes, copyrights and other intellectual property or intangible rights. Any work in connection with such services shall be considered a “work made for hire” under the Copyright Law of the United States, and Recipient recognizes and agrees that Company is the sole author and copyright (and any other intellectual property) holder of such work. Any Work Product created and/or submitted to Company during Recipient’s employment shall automatically become the sole property of Company.

Retained Rights. Axsome retains all rights under the Licensed Intellectual Property, any and all other Patent Rights and Know-How owned or Controlled by Axsome or its Affiliates for use thereof either # outside the Territory for any and all purposes or # in the Territory but outside of the Field, and no such rights (either [(a) or (b)])]) are granted under this Agreement to Licensee. Axsome further retains all rights under the Licensed Trademarks (or any Trademark identical or similar to any Licensed Trademark) for use outside of the Territory

Retained Rights. Subject to [Section 10.8] and the remainder of this Agreement, each Party retains all right, title and interest in and to, in the case of Unum, all ACTR T-cells and, in the case of SGI, all SGI Antibodies except to the extent expressly granted hereunder, including the right to use, in the case of Unum and its Affiliates, all ACTR T-cells and, in the case of SGI and its Affiliates, all SGI Antibodies for internal, non-clinical research purposes.

Retained Rights. Except as expressly provided in [Sections 2.1 and 2.2]2], all rights in and to the Althea IP, and any trademarks or other intellectual property rights of Althea and its Affiliates, are hereby retained by Althea and its Affiliates. For the purpose of clarity, Allena acknowledges and agrees that the rights and license granted to Allena under Althea IP pursuant to [Sections 2.1 and 2.2]2] exclude any right to Develop, make, have made, use, sell, have sold, offer for sale or import any active ingredient other than a Product Candidate or Licensed Product.

Inventions. To the extent permitted by local law, you agree and/or reaffirm the terms of all agreements related to inventions that you signed at the inception of or during your employment, and agree to promptly disclose and assign to BMS all of your interest in any and all inventions, discoveries, improvements and business or marketing concepts related to the current or contemplated business or activities of BMS, and which are conceived or made by you, either alone or in conjunction with others, at any time or place during the period you are employed by BMS. Upon request of BMS, including after your termination, you agree to execute, at BMS’s expense, any and all applications, assignments, or other documents which BMS shall determine necessary to apply for and obtain letters patent to protect BMS’s interest in such inventions, discoveries, and improvements and to cooperate in good faith in any legal proceedings to protect BMS’s intellectual property.

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Inventions. The Employee shall disclose promptly to the Company any and all conceptions and ideas for inventions, improvements, and valuable discoveries, whether patentable or not, which are conceived or made by the Employee solely or jointly with another during the period of employment or within one (1) year thereafter and which are related to the business or activities of the Company. The Employee hereby assigns and agrees to assign all her interest therein to Company or its nominee. Whenever requested by the Company, the Employee shall execute any and all applications, assigns or other instruments that the Company shall deem necessary to apply for and obtain Letters of Patents of the United States or any foreign country or to otherwise protect the Company’s interest therein. These obligations shall continue beyond termination of employment with respect to inventions, improvements and valuable discoveries, whether patentable or not, conceived, made or acquired by the Employee during the period of employment or within one year thereafter, and shall be binding upon the Employee’s heirs, assigns, executors, administrators and other legal representatives.

Inventions. Grantee does hereby assign to the Company the entire right, title and interest in any Invention which is or was made or conceived, either solely or jointly with others, during his/her employment with the Company, including after the Date of Termination. Grantee attests that he/she has disclosed (or promptly will disclose, if after the Date of Termination) to the Company all such Inventions. Grantee will, if requested, promptly execute and deliver to the Company a specific assignment of title for any such Invention and will at the expense of the Company, take all reasonably required action by the Company to patent, copyright or otherwise protect the Invention.

Rights to Inventions. Company shall become the exclusive owner of, and ICV hereby assigns to Company, all concepts, inventions, improvement, designs, programs, formulas, know-how, methods, products, processes and writings, whether copyrightable or patentable, listed as deliverables on this Agreement with respect to performance of Services.

Assignment of Inventions. All inventions, modifications, alterations, enhancements, betterments, ideas, designs, techniques, know-how or discoveries which are the result, directly or indirectly, from Employee’s employment and/or affiliation with the Company and/or the Employee’s access to Confidential Information (collectively “Inventions”) shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and are considered a “work made for hire" for the purposes of the Company’s rights under copyright and other laws. All copyrights, patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property rights associated with any Inventions, processes, or works of authorship developed or created by Employee during the course of performing Company work (collectively, “Work Product”) shall belong exclusively to the Company and shall, to the extent possible, be considered a “work made for hire.” Employee automatically assigns to the Company, at the time of creation of the Work Product, without any requirement of further consideration, any right, title, or interest Employee may have in such Work Product, including any copyrights or other intellectual property rights pertaining thereto. Upon request of the Company, and at its sole expense, Employee shall take such further actions, including execution and delivery of instruments of conveyance, as may be appropriate to give full and proper effect to such assignment.

Assignment of Inventions. Subject to [[Sections 2(d) and 2(f), I]I]I]]I]I] hereby assign and agree to assign in the future (when any such Inventions or Intellectual Property Rights are first reduced to practice or first fixed in a tangible medium, as applicable) to Company all my right, title and interest in and to any and all Inventions (and all Intellectual Property Rights with respect thereto) whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, made or conceived or

Prior Inventions Disclosure. The following is a complete list of all inventions or improvements relevant to the subject matter of my employment by Instructure, Inc. (“Company”) that have been made or conceived or first reduced to practice by me alone or jointly with others prior to my engagement by Company. If no Prior Inventions are listed below, I represent that there are no Prior Inventions.

Inventions and Patents. All inventions, innovations or improvements (including policies, procedures, products, improvements, software, ideas and discoveries, whether patent, copyright, trademark, service mark, or otherwise) conceived or made by , either alone or jointly with others, in the course of his employment by the Company, belong to the Company. will promptly disclose in writing such inventions, innovations or improvements to the Company and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company to establish and confirm such ownership by the Company, including, but not limited to, cooperating with and assisting the Company in obtaining patents, copyrights, trademarks, or service marks for the Company in the United States and in foreign countries.

Upon execution of this Agreement and thereafter, Executive shall promptly and fully disclose to the Company, and with all necessary detail for a complete understanding of the same, all existing and future developments, know-how, discoveries, inventions, improvements, concepts, ideas, writings, formulae, processes and methods (whether copyrightable, patentable or otherwise) made, received, conceived, acquired or written during working hours, or otherwise, by Executive (whether or not at the request or upon the suggestion of the Company) during the period of his employment with, or rendering of advisory or consulting services to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates, solely or jointly with others, in or relating to any activities of the Company or its subsidiaries and affiliates known to his as a consequence of his employment or the rendering of advisory and consulting services hereunder (collectively the "Subject Matter").

Patents and Inventions. Executive agrees that any Inventions made, conceived, or completed by Executive during the term of Executive's service, solely or jointly with others, which are made with the Company's equipment, supplies, facilities, or Confidential Information, or which relate at the time of conception or reduction to purpose of the Invention, to the business of the Company, or the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development, or which result from any work performed by Executive for the Company, will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and all Trade Secrets, Confidential Information, copyrightable works, works of authorship, and all patents, registrations, or applications related thereto, all other intellectual property or proprietary information and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable and copyrightable and whether or not reduced to tangible form or practice) which relate to the business, research and development, or existing or future products or services of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and which are conceived, developed, or made by Executive during Executive's employment with the Company ("Work Product") will be deemed to be "work made for hire" (as defined in the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §101 et seq., as amended) and owned exclusively by the Company. To the extent that any Work Product is not deemed to be a "work made for hire" under applicable law, and all right, title, and interest in and to such Work Product have not automatically vested in the Company, Executive hereby # irrevocably assigns, transfers, and conveys, and will assign, transfer, and convey, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all right, title, and interest in and to the Work Product on a worldwide basis to the Company (or such other person or entity as the Company may designate), without further consideration; and # waives all moral rights in or to all Work Product, and to the extent such rights may not be waived, agrees not to assert such rights against the Company or its respective licensees, successors, or assigns. In order to permit the Company to claim rights to which it may be entitled, Executive agrees to promptly disclose to the Company in confidence all Work Product which Executive makes arising out of Executive's employment with the Company. Executive will assist the Company in obtaining patents on all Work Product patentable by the Company in the United States and in all foreign countries, and will execute all documents and do all things reasonably necessary to obtain letters patent, to vest the Company with full and extensive title thereto, and to protect the same against infringement by others.

Provider Professionals” shall mean collectively all licensed personnel including but not limited to, collaborating and supervising biologists, chemists, physicians, and other scientists, statisticians and technicians who are employed by or professionally retained by or affiliated with Provider, all of whom are licensed as required and qualified to provide professional services in the State of Utah.

“Improvements” means all Technology that amount to improvements to any of the inventions related to the Licensed Compounds and claimed by the Northern Patent Rights or to the Northern Know-How related to the Licensed Compounds and made, developed, conceived, owned or otherwise Controlled by Northern or any of its Affiliates after the date hereof, whether or not patentable or patented.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 10.2, UNIVERSITY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO INVENTIONS, PATENT RIGHTS, PRODUCT(S), AND SERVICE(S) LICENSED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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