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Customer Field means use as a research tool for research purposes and use for quality control/quality assurance testing and product lot release assays, provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Customer Field shall expressly exclude:
- Any human or clinical use, including, without limitation, any administration into humans or any diagnostic or prognostic use;
- Any human germline modification, including modifying the DNA of human embryos or human reproductive cells;
- Any in vivo veterinary or livestock use;
- The development, manufacture (including any bioproduction), distribution, importation, exportation, transportation, sale, offer for sale, marketing, promotion or other exploitation or use of the Intellectual Property or the material or derivatives as a therapeutic or diagnostic for humans or animals;
- Products that provide nutritional benefits and are regulated by a regulatory authority as a drug or biologic pursuant to Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended, Section 351 of the Public Health Service Act of 1944, as amended, or any successor laws, or equivalent laws or regulations in jurisdiction outside the United States;
- Any agricultural use, including but not limited to, the use or application in the cultivation, growth, manufacture, exportation, or production of any tobacco product; and
- Any use or application relating to gene drive.
HHMI Indemnitees means Howard Hughes Medical Institute and its trustees, officers, employees and agents.
Indemnitees means each Institution, their affiliates, and their current and former trustees, directors, officers, faculty, affiliated investigators, students, employees, medical and professional staff and agents and their respective successors, heirs and assigns.
Institutions means each of The Broad Institute, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard College, University of Iowa Research Foundation, University of Tokyo, The Rockefeller University, New York University, New York Genome Center, and Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research collectively.
Intellectual Property means (a) any patents and patent applications listed on Appendix A; (b) any substitutions, divisions, continuations, reissues, renewals, re-examinations or extensions of any patents or patent applications of (a), any continuations-in-part of any patents or patent applications of (a) to the extent the claims are directed to subject matter specifically described in a patent or patent application set forth on Appendix A, and any application claiming priority to a provisional application set forth on Appendix A to the extent the claims are directed to subject matter specifically described in a provisional patent application set forth on Appendix A; (c) any letters patents and/or the equivalent issuing therefrom in any jurisdiction based on, and only to the extent of, any of the foregoing; and (d) any foreign or international equivalents of any of the foregoing, including without limitation any applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
Appendix A, Broad IP List
BROAD TECHID
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APPLICANTS
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EXEMPLARY FAMILY SERIAL NO
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BI-2011/008
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Broad, MIT, Harvard and Rockefeller
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PCT/US2013/074611;
WO2014093595
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BI-2011/008B
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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14/259,420
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BI-2011/008A
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2013/074743;
WO2014093661
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BI-2011/008C
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Broad, MIT, and Harvard
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PCT/US2013/074790;
WO2014093694
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BI-2011/020
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2013/051418;
WO2014018423
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BI-2012/084A
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2013/074825;
WO2014093718
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BI-2012/084B
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2013/074812;
WO2014093709
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BI-2013/003
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2013/074667;
WO2014093622
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BI-2013/003D
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2014/041803;
WO2014201425
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BI-2013/004E
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2013/074691;
WO2014093635
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BI-2013/004F
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2013/074736;
Wo2014093655
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BI-2013/004G
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2013/074819;
WO2014093712
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BI-2013/007
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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14/855,046;
US20160068822
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BI-2013/066
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2014/041800;
WO2014204724
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BI-2013/073
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2014/041806;
WO2014204727
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BI-2013/085
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Broad, MIT and Whitehead
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15/141,348;
US20160251648
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BI-2013/087J
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Broad, Editas*, Iowa and MIT
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PCT/US2014/064663;
WO2015070083
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BI-2013/087M
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Broad, Iowa and MIT
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PCT/US2014/069902;
WO2015089354
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BI-2013/087V
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Broad, Iowa and MIT
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PCT/US2014/069897;
WO2015089351
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BI-2013/093
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Broad, MIT and Tokyo
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15/171,141;
US20160340660
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BI-2013/094
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Broad, MIT and Rockefeller
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PCT/US2014/070135;
Wo2015089465
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BI-2013/098
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2014/070068; WO2015089427
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BI-2013/099
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2014/041804;
WO2014204726
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BI-2013/101
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2014/070127;
WO2015089462
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BI-2013/103
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2014/041808;
WO201404728
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BI-2013/105
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2014/041809;
WO2014204729
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BI-2013/107
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2014/070057;
WO2015089419
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BI-2013/112
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2013/074800;
WO2014093701
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BI-2013/113
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2014/070152;
WO2015089473
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BI-2014/005
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Broad, MIT, Harvard and Tokyo
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PCT/US2014/070175;
WO2015089486
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BI-2014/061
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2015/045504;
WO2016028682
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BI-2014/069
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Broad and MIT
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15/467,888;
US20180010134
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BI-2014/071
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Broad and MIT
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15/349,603;
US20170107536
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BI-2014/072
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Broad and MIT
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15/467,949;
US20180044662
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BI-2014/084
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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15/469,081;
US20180057810
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BI-2014/097
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2015/067177;
WO2016106244
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BI-2014/100
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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PCT/US2015/065385;
WO2016094867
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BI-2014/101
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Broad, MIT and Harvard
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15/632,067;
US20170306335
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BI-2014/103
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2015/067138;
WO2016100974
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BI-2014/106
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2015/065393;
WO2016094872
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BI-2014/107
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Broad and MIT
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15/619,735;
US20170349894
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BI-2014/108
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Broad and MIT
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15/619,737;
US20170349914
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BI-2014/113
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Broad and MIT
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15/640,103;
US20180112255
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BI-2015/002
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Broad, MIT, Harvard and Tokyo
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PCT/US2016/038252;
WO2016205759
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BI-2015/052
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2016/038034;
WO2016205613
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BI-2015/053
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MIT
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PCT/US2016/038205;
WO2016205728
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10086
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2017/047458;
WO2018035387
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10114
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Broad and MIT
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PCT/US2017/053795;
WO2018064208
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10125
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Broad and MIT
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62/502,064
62/564,102
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10209
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Broad, Harvard, MIT, New York University and NY Genome Center
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62/529,573
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*Broad does not purport to grant any rights in the asterisked applicant's interest in these applications in this Agreement.
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