EXHIBIT 10 (C)
U.S.PATENT APPLICATION NO. 60/488,091 ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. 4393-003
ASSIGNMENT OF INVENTION & PATENT RIGHTS
WHEREAS, GEORGE H. JOHNSON, a United States citizen presently residing
at 2218 Jones Lane, Wilmington, DE 19810-2737 (USA) and WILLIAM L. JOHNSON, a
United States citizen presently residing at 100 Nina Court, Bear, DE 19701-1671
(USA) (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Assignors") have invented a new
and useful Invention entitled,
"HYDROGEN GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHODS"
for which they have filed as United States Provisional Patent Application No.
60/488,091; and
WHEREAS, MURRAY UNITED DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a U.S. Corporation,
having a place of business at P.O. BOX 669, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743 (U.S.A.)
(hereinafter referred to as "Assignee"), is desirous of acquiring, for the
United States of America and all countries foreign to the United States of
America, the entire right, title and interest in, to and under (1) the
Invention, (2) all patent applications that may be filed for the Invention and
that may ultimately claim the benefit of priority from the filing date of the
above-identified United States Application, and (3) any Letters Patent that may
be granted for said Invention, as hereinafter more fully set forth:
NOW, THEREFORE, TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, in consideration of the sum
of One Dollar ($1.00) paid to the Assignors, and/or of other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
have sold, assigned, transferred and set over, and by these presents does hereby
sell, assign, transfer and set over, unto the Assignee, its successors, legal
representatives and assigns, the entire right, title and interest in, to and
under the Invention, and all applications for Letters Patent that may hereafter
be filed for said Invention in any country and all Letters Patent that may be
granted for said Invention in any country (including, without limitation, all
extensions, renewals, reissues, reexaminations and the like thereof and such
other forms of protection of industrial property as may be provided by any
country), and all rights of priority in any country that are based upon the
filing date of the above-identified United States Application and that are
created by any law, treaty or international convention; the above transferred
right, title and interest to be held and enjoyed by said Assignee, their
successors, legal representatives and assigns as fully and entirely as the same
would have been held and enjoyed by the Assignors had this assignment not been
made;
AND THE ASSIGNORS HEREBY authorize and request all appropriate and
competent Officials in all countries, whose duty it is to issue or grant Letters
Patents on applications as aforesaid, to issue or grant all Letters Patent for
said Invention to the Assignee, its successors, legal representatives and
assigns, in accordance with the terms of this instrument;
AND THE ASSIGNORS HEREBY represent and covenant that they have the full
right to convey the entire interest herein assigned and that they have not
executed, and will not execute, any agreement in conflict herewith;
AND THE ASSIGNORS HEREBY further covenant and agree that, at the
request and expense of the Assignee, its successors, legal representatives and
assigns, but without demanding further consideration therefor, they will (1)
assist in the prosecution of all applications for Letters Patent as herein
described and any other applications for Letters Patent that may be made
covering said Invention; (2) communicate any and all facts known to him
respecting said Invention; (3) testify in any legal proceeding involving said
Invention; (4) execute and acknowledge all lawful papers and legal instruments;
(5) execute all divisional, continuing, reissue and reexamination applications;
(6) make all rightful oaths; and (6) generally do any and every lawful act
deemed necessary to aid and cooperate with the Assignee, its successors, legal
representatives and assigns in perfecting and maintaining the entire interest
conveyed herein and in obtaining and enforcing proper patent or industrial
property protection for said Invention in any country, particularly in cases of
opposition, interference and litigation;
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U.S.PATENT APPLICATION NO. 60/488,091 ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. 4393-003
AND EACH ASSIGNOR HEREBY covenants and agrees that the rights and
obligations set forth in this instrument shall be binding upon, and inure to the
benefit of, his heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns;
AND EACH ASSIGNOR HEREBY grants the Assignee, its successors, legal
representatives and assigns, the power to insert on this instrument any further
identification that may be necessary or desirable to comply with the recordation
rules of any appropriate and competent authority, including, without limitation,
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
AND THE PARTIES HEREBY agree that this Assignment may be executed in
two or more counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original but all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the Assignors and Assignee hereunto set their
hands and seals the day and year set opposite their signatures.*
[THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.
THE SIGNATURES OF THE PARTIES APPEAR ON THE NEXT SUCCEEDING PAGES.]
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*This Assignment should preferably be signed before: (a) a Notary Public if
within the U.S.A. (b) a U.S. Consul if outside the U.S.A. If neither, then it
should be signed before at least two witnesses. In all cases any formalities of
execution required by the by-laws of the assignor company and the state or
country having jurisdiction over the assignor, should be observed.
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U.S.PATENT APPLICATION NO. 60/488,091 ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. 4393-003
BY ASSIGNOR:
Date: 10/2/03 /s/ George Howard Johnson
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GEORGE H. JOHNSON
WITNESSED BY:
Date: 10/ 2 / 2003 /s/ William L. Johnson
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Date: 10-2-03 /s/ Margaret Champion
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State of DE )
) ss:
County of NC )
This 2nd day of Oct. 2003, before me personally came the above-named
Assignor to me personally known as the individual who executed the foregoing
assignment, who acknowledged to me that he executed the same of his own free
will for the purposes therein set forth.
NOTARY
SEAL / s / Joanne M. Houseman
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My commission expires: 8/9/06
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U.S.PATENT APPLICATION NO. 60/488,091 ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. 4393-003
BY ASSIGNOR:
Date: 10 / 2 / 2003 / s / William L. Johnson
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WILLIAM L. JOHNSON
WITNESSED BY:
Date: 10 / 2 / 03 / s / George Howard Johnson
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Date: 10 - 2 - 03 / s / Margaret Campion
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State of DE )
) ss:
County of NC )
This 2nd day of Oct. 2003, before me personally came the above-named
Assignor to me personally known as the individual who executed the foregoing
assignment, who acknowledged to me that he executed the same of his own free
will for the purposes therein set forth.
/s/ Joanne M. Houseman
NOTARY -------------------------------
SEAL My commission expires: 8/9/06
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U.S.PATENT APPLICATION NO. 60/488,091 ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. 4393-003
BY ASSIGNEE:
Date: 10/3/03 MURRAY UNITED DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
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BY: / s / Anthony S. Campo
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PRINTED: ANTHONY S. CAMPO
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TITLE: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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WITNESSED BY:
Date: 10/3/03 / s / Joanne Mazovec
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Date: 10/3/03 / s / Danielle Reyes
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State of New York )
) ss:
County of Suffolk )
This 3rd day of October, 2003, before me personally came the
above-named Assignor to me personally known as the individual who executed the
foregoing assignment, who acknowledged to me that he executed the same of his
own free will for the purposes therein set forth.
/ s / Jerri A. Cirino
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My commission expires:
NOTARY SEAL
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