Hood Patents

Hood Patents. Means all foreign and domestic patents and patent applications related to U.S. Patent Nos. 5,733,545 and 5,887,755, including those listed on in Exhibit B and any related patent application (including any continuation, continued prosecution, continuation-in-part, divisional, foreign counterpart or substitution thereof) and any patent (including any reissue or reexamination thereof), in any country granted from, or claiming priority to, or for the benefit of any of the aforementioned patent... applications or patents, as well as rights in any third-party patent acquired as a result of an interference action involving any of the foregoing. Although U.S. Patent No. 5,887,755 is currently expired for failure to pay maintenance fees, this patent is being included in the definition of Hood Patent in the event that Biomet decides, at its sole discretion, to attempt to revive and successfully revives U.S. Patent No. 5,887,755. View More