Assignment of Rights under Patent Application and Patents that may be Issued
Assignment made on the __________________ (date) by ______________________
(Name of Assignor) of _____________________________________________ (street
address, city, county, state, zip code) , referred to herein as Inventor, and
______________________ (Name of Assignee) , a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the state of __________________ (name of state) , with its principal
office located at _____________________________________________ (street
address, city, county, state, zip code) , referred to herein as Assignee.
Whereas, Inventor has invented one or more inventions, hereinafter referred to as
Inventions, disclosed in an Application for a Patent of the United States
titled ________________________ (Title of Patent), hereinafter referred to as
Application, said Application having been filed on __________________ (date),
Application No. __________________ ; and
Whereas, Assignee is desirous of obtaining all right, title and interest in, to and under
said Inventions and said Application;
Now therefore, for good and valuable considerations, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, Inventor has sold, assigned, transferred and set over,
and by these presents hereby sells, assigns, transfers and sets over to Assignee all
right, title and interest in, to and under said Inventions and said Application, including
the right to apply for any Letters of Patent of the United States of America and in any
and all foreign countries on said Inventions, and any and all other applications for
Letters of Patent on said Inventions, in whatsoever countries, including all divisional,
renewal, substitute, continuation, continuation-in-part and convention applications
based in whole or in part upon said Inventions or upon said Application, and any and all
Letters of Patent which may issue thereon in the United States and foreign countries,
and any and all reissues, extensions, renewals, divisions, continuations or
continuations-in-part of Letters of Patent granted for said Inventions or upon said
Applications, to the full term or terms for which said Letters of Patent may be issued,
and every priority right that is or may be predicated upon or arise from said Inventions,
said Application and said Letters of Patent, the same to be held and enjoyed by the
Assignee for its own use and benefit fully and entirely as if the same would have been
held and enjoyed by Inventor had this Assignment not been made.
Inventor hereby authorizes the Assignee to file patent applications in any and all
countries on any or all of said Inventions in the name of Inventor, or in its name, or
otherwise as the Assignee may deem advisable.
Inventor hereby authorizes the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks of the United
States, and any official of any other country empowered to issue patents, to record this
Assignment, and to issue or transfer all said Letters of Patent on said Invention to the
Assignee as owner of all right, title and interest therein, or otherwise as the Assignee
may direct, in accordance with the terms of this Assignment.
Inventor hereby represents and warrants that Inventor has the full right to convey the
entire right and interest herein assigned, that there are no rights or interests outstanding
inconsistent with the rights and interests granted herein, and that Inventor will not
execute any instrument or grant or transfer any rights or interests inconsistent with the
rights and interests granted herein.
Inventor hereby covenants and agrees that Inventor will, upon request of the Assignee,
communicate to the Assignee any facts known to Inventor relating to said Inventions
and the history thereof, testify in any legal proceeding, execute all lawful papers
including without limitation all divisional, continuing and reissue applications and all
rightful oaths and declarations, and generally do all further acts which may be deemed
necessary by the Assignee to obtain and enforce proper patent protection for said
Inventions in all countries.
WITNESS my signature as of the day and date first above stated.
__________________
(Signature of Inventor)
________________________
(Printed Name of Inventor)