WORLDWIDE ASSIGNMENT OF INTEREST IN AN INVENTION
SUBJECT OF A PATENT APPLICATION
WHEREAS I, Walter NIEMI, Citizen of Canada whose full post office address
is:
P.O. Box 44, Richbar Store, Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada V2J 5E5
have invented certain new and useful improvements in the field of mixing systems
covered by an application for Canadian Letters Patent thereon entitled "MULTIPLE
DRUM MIXING SYSTEM";
AND WHEREAS NIEW INDUSTRIES INC., a business under the laws of the Province
of British Columbia and whose post office address is 5975 Selkirk Crescent,
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, V2N 2G9, is desirous of acquiring the
full and exclusive right, title and interest in and to said application
inclusive of any and all priority rights derived therefrom for countries foreign
to Canada, and in and to all Letters Patent issuing in countries foreign to
Canada, including the United States of America, to be granted for said
inventions based on patent applications filed in such foreign countries claiming
priority from said application to Canada;
NOW, THEREFORE, for a valuable consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, I the said assignor, do hereby sell, assign, transfer, and set
over unto the said assignee, its successors and assigns, the full and exclusive
right, title and interest in an to the invention disclosed in the aforesaid
application inclusive of any and all priority rights derived therefrom, and in
and to all Letters Patent and reissues thereof which may be granted upon such
applications in countries foreign to Canada, including the United States of
America; the same to be held and enjoyed by the said assignee for its own use
and behoof, and for the use and behoof of its successors and assigns, to the
full end of the term or terms for which said Letters Patent in foreign countries
and reissues thereof may be granted as full and entirely as the same would have
been held and enjoyed by me had this assignment and sale not been made;
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AND I hereby agree to execute, upon request, any and all further papers
which may be necessary or desirable to enable the said assignee, its successors
and assigns, to file and prosecute any and all applications for foreign Letters
Patent on said invention; and I further agree to execute any and all further
papers which may be necessary or desirable to vest or perfect the title of said
assignee, its successors and assigns, in and to the inventions therein
disclosed, and in and to any and all foreign Letters Patent and reissues thereof
which may be granted upon foreign applications, including the United States of
America;
AND I hereby authorize and request The Commissioner of Patents to issue
each and every Letters Patent to be granted upon the aforesaid foreign
applications, including the United States of America, and upon any and all
substitutes, divisions, and continuations of said foreign applications, and each
and every reissue of said Letters Patent, to the said assignee, its successors
and assigns, as the assignee of the entire right, title and interest therein, in
accordance with this assignment.
Signed at Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, this 07 day of November, 1999.
/s/ signed /s/ signed
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Witness Walter NIEMI
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WITNESS DECLARATION
I, Ken Bergestad, hereby declare that I did witness Walter NIEMI, who is
personally known to me, execute the attached patent assignment in regard of a
"MULTIPLE DRUM MIXING SYSTEM", at Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, on the
day of November, 1999.
/s/ signed
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Signature
