Valid Claim
Valid Claim. Any claim(s) in an unexpired patent or pending in a patent application included within the Licensed Patents excepting only claims that: (1) a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction has decided are unenforceable, unpatentable, or invalid, unappealable or unappealed within the time allowed for appeal; or (2) a reissue or disclaimer has rendered invalid or unenforceable. If in any country two or more such decisions conflict with respect to the validity of the same claim, the...
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OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc contract
Valid Claim. A claim (a) of a pending Patent Rights patent application which claim has not been pending for longer than fifteen years, or (b) of an issued and unexpired Patent Rights patent which has not been held invalid or unenforceable by a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction in a decision or order that is not subject to an appeal.
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Riot Blockchain, Inc. contract
Valid Claim. A Valid Claim means a claim of a patent under Patent Rights that (i) has not expired or been abandoned; (ii) has not been disclaimed; (iii) has not been canceled or superseded, or if cancelled or superseded, has not been reasserted; (iv) has not been revoked, held invalid or otherwise declared unenforceable or not allowable by a tribunal or patent authority of competent jurisdiction over such claim in such country from which no further appeal has or may be taken ; and (v) a claim of a pending...
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NEWLINK GENETICS CORP contract
Valid Claim. A claim in an issued, unexpired patent in the Licensed Patent Rights, which has not been held invalid, unpatentable or unenforceable in an unappealed or unappealable decision of a court or other governmental body of competent jurisdiction, which has not been rendered unenforceable through disclaimer or otherwise, and which has not been lost through an interference proceeding.
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AGENUS INC contract
Valid Claim. Shall mean, with respect to the Patent Rights; (i) a claim of an issued and unexpired patent that has not been revoked or held unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court or other Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction, unappealable or unappealed within the time allowed for appeal, and which has not been disclaimed, denied or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer or otherwise; or (ii) a claim included in a pending patent application that is actively...
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Valid Claim. Shall mean a claim of an issued and unexpired Patent Right that has not been held permanently revoked, unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, unappealed or unappealable within the time allowed for appeal, and that has not been admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer or otherwise.
Valid Claim. Means either (i) a claim of an issued patent that has not been held unenforceable or invalid by an agency or a court of competent jurisdiction in any unappealable or unappealed decision or (ii) a claim of a pending patent application that has not been abandoned or finally rejected without the possibility of appeal or refiling.
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ARQULE INC contract
Valid Claim. The term "Valid Claim" shall mean a claim in any unexpired, issued patent within the Chicago Labs Patent Rights which has not been held invalid and/or unenforceable in a decision by a court or other body of competent jurisdiction from which there is no appeal or, if appealable, from which no appeal has been taken.
Valid Claim. Means (i) a claim in any unexpired, issued patent which has not been irrevocably abandoned or held to be invalid or unenforceable by a non-appealed or unappealable decision of a court or other authority of competent jurisdiction, which is not admitted to be invalid through disclaimer or dedication to the public, and which Covers the Licensed Product, or (ii) regulatory exclusivity, such as orphan drug exclusivity, covering the Licensed Product.
Valid Claim. (a) a claim of an issued and unexpired patent included within KU's Patent Rights which has not been held unenforceable, unpatentable or invalid by a decision of a court or governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, unappealable or unappealed within the time allowed for appeal, and which has not been admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue or disclaimer or otherwise; or (b) a claim of a pending patent application included within KU's Patent Rights.
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