FORM 5-1 Patent License Agreement

Introductory Note

This is a form of exclusive patent licensing agreement.

Some potential variations in this form are indicated below in bracketed text, but there are many others. Patent license fees can be based on many different royalty arrangements. Sometimes a patent license agreement also includes a license to unpatented know-how or technology. Sometimes the inventor or patent owner agrees to provide consulting services. Some license agreements have grant-backs, under which the Licensor gets a license to the Licensee’s improvement patents. The Licensor in most patent licenses will want to carefully define the field of use so that the license extends only to areas where the exclusive Licensee will use the ...

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