EX-10.5 7 a2216841zex-10_5.htm EX-10.5

Exhibit 10.5

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
NONEXCLUSIVE PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT
WITH VOXELJET

 

This First Amendment is entered into this 31stth day of March, 2011 (the “Effective Date”) and amends the License Agreement dated August 16, 2004, as amended to date, by and between the Z CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and having its principal office at 32 Second Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, U.S.A. (hereinafter referred to as “Z Corp”) and Voxeljet Technology GmbH (“Voxeljet”), a corporation registered in Amtsgericht Augsburg (#HRB 17081), with a principal place of business at Paul-Lenze-Strasse 1 86316 Friedberg, Germany. (hereinafter referred to as “LICENSEE”).

 

WHEREAS, Z CORP and LICENSEE wish to amend the License Agreement dated August 16, 2004 (“the Agreement”);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Amend and restate Recitals:

 

WHEREAS, Z Corp. is willing to grant to Voxeljet a non-exclusive license to the Z Corp Patents (referred to as “Licensed Patents”) subject to specified conditions, and Voxeljet is willing to accept the grant of the license subject to such conditions; and

 

2.                                      Amend and restate Section 1.  Definitions as follows:

 

“Field of Use 1” shall mean the manufacture, sale and operation of three dimensional printing equipment solely for the fabrication of plastic parts having a polymer matrix phase that is prepared utilizing a powder that contains at least 90% synthetic organic polymeric powder in a process that does not require post-processing other than liquid infiltration of printed parts.

 

“Field of Use 2” shall mean the manufacture, sale and operation of three dimensional printing equipment solely for the fabrication of molds for metal casting or direct manufacture of parts utilizing at least 90% inorganic powder in a process that does not require post-processing other than oven baking parts or liquid infiltration.  It is understood that license to practice Field of Use 2 is limited to the extent allowable through license of Z Corporation patents and not through sub-license of MIT patents still in force.

 

Restrictions:

 

Z Corp is willing to grant to Voxeljet a non-exclusive license to the Z Corp Patents (referred to as “Licensed Patents”) with the following restrictions:

 

·                  Materials developed and manufactured by Voxeljet that utilize patents referred to in Appendix A as Materials 19 shall be limited to use with Voxeljet equipment only.

 

·                  The manufacture, sale and operation of three dimensional printing equipment shall only be developed and used in one-color (monochrome) configuration.

 


 

·                  The manufacture, sale and operation of three dimensional printing equipment using a powder having a calcium sulfate hemihydrate content of no more than 30%.

 

3.                                      Amend and restate Section 14.1 with the following:

 

If to Z Corp:

 

Z Corporation

 

 

32 Second Avenue

 

 

Burlington, MA 01803

 

 

Attention: CEO

 

 

Tel: (781) 852-5005

 

 

Fax: (781) 852-5100

 

4.                                      Amend and restate Appendix A:

 

ORIGINAL:

 

(1) US 5,902,441
“Method of Three-Dimensional Printing”

 

2) US 6,007,318
“Method and Apparatus for Prototyping a Three-Dimensional Object”

 

3) US 6,416,850
“Three-Dimensional Printing Materials System”

 

4) WO 2001/34371 (Z Corp. Reference: “Materials 8”)
“Material System and Methods of Three-Dimensional Printing”

 

5) WO 2001/78969 (Z Corp. Reference: “Materials 10”)
“Compositions for Three-Dimensional Printing of Solid Objects”
US 2001/0050031
“Compositions for Three-Dimensional Printing of Solid Objects”

 

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NEW:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Z Corp Reference

08/707,693

 

US5,902,441

 

HK1019866
JP3607300
GB0925169
IT0925169
FRO925169
EP0925169
DE69916305

 

Materials 1

60/197,526

 

US 7550518 (B2)

 

US 2005197431 (A1)

 

Materials 10

60/197,118

 

W00178969 (A2)

 

W00178969 (A3)
JP2003531220 (T)
EP1272334 (A2)
CA2405539 (A1)

 

Materials 10

60/164,000

 

EP1415792 (A2)

 

CA2388046 (A1);
DE60008778 (T2);
EP1226019 (B1),
EP1415792 (A3);
HK1048617 (A1);
JP2003515465 (T);
US2006208388 (A1);
W00134371 (A2)

 

Materials 8

60/472,221

 

US 7569273 (B2)

 

W02004113042 (A2)
W02004113042 (A3)
KR20060022243 (A)
JP2007502713 (T)
CN1812878 (A)
CN100553949 (C)
CA2526100 (Al)
AU2004249662 (A1)
EP1628823 (A2)

 

Materials 12

10/255,139

 

US2004056378 (A1)

 

US7087109 (B2)
US2006230984 (A1)
W02004028787 (A1)
KR20050061478 (A)
JP2006504813 (T)
EP1542858 (A1)
CA2500012 (A1)
AU2003275083 (A1)

 

Materials 11

60/873,730

 

US 2008138515 (A1); 7,905,951

 

W02008073297 (A2)
W02008073297 (A3)
KR20090090372 (A)
JP2010512255 (T)
EP2089215 (A2)
CN101568422 (A)

 

Materials 19

 

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08/771,009

 

US 6,007,318

 

US 7,686,995; EP 1621311
(B1); EP 0949993 (B1)

 

Machine 1

60/808,721

 

 

 

W02007139938 (A2)
W02007139938 (A3)
US2008060330 (A1)
US2008047628 (A1)
US2008006334 (A1)
KR20090014395 (A)
JP2009538226 (T)
EP2024168 (A2)
CN101495294 (A)

 

Machine 10

 

Except as specifically modified or amended hereby, this First Amendment along with the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and, as modified or amended, is hereby ratified, confirmed, and approved.  No provision of this Amendment or the Agreement may be modified or amended except expressly in a writing signed by both parties nor shall any terms be waived except expressly in a writing signed by the party charged therewith.  This Amendment as well as the Agreement shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment the day and year set forth below.

 

Z CORPORATION

VOXELJET

 

 

By

/s/ John Kawola

 

By

/s/ Ingo Ederer

 

 

 

 

 

Name

John Kawola

 

Name

Ingo Ederer

 

 

 

 

 

Title

CEO

 

Title

CEO

 

 

 

 

 

Date

3/31/11

 

Date

31 March 2011

 

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