AMENDMENT #2 TO LICENSE AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 10.21

AMENDMENT #2 TO LICENSE AGREEMENT

This Amendment ( “Amendment2”) to that certain License Agreement dated as of July 23, 2007 as amended effective October 23, 2009 (the “License Agreement”), is entered into by and between AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“AIR PRODUCTS”) and INOGEN, INC., a Delaware corporation (“INOGEN”), effective as of October 4, 2010 (the “Amendment2 Effective Date”). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment2 shall have the meaning as set forth in the License Agreement.

WHEREAS, INOGEN and AIR PRODUCTS would like to effectively manage patent prosecution and maintenance costs of the AP Technology;

WHEREAS, INOGEN and AIR PRODUCTS would like to more clearly define one of the defined terms of the License Agreement;

WHEREAS, INOGEN and AIR PRODUCTS would like to further extend the disclosure period for the exchange of confidential information between the Parties;

WHEREAS, the Parties intend to modify the License Agreement;

WHEREAS, to accomplish the objectives of the preceding WHEREAS clauses, the Parties wish to amend the terms of the License Agreement as set forth in this Amendment2.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree to this Amendment of the License Agreement as follows:

 

  1. Section 1.14 shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

“1.14 Pending Litigation – means any ongoing legal proceeding pending before a state or federal court, irrespective of when filed, involving any patent of the Assigned Patents, including, but not limited to, actions for patent infringement, actions for declaratory relief of patent non-infringement, invalidity or unenforceability, actions to collect or enforce judgments for patent infringement, appeals of reissue and reexamination proceedings decided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), and appeals of interference proceedings decided by the USPTO, where the parties to such legal proceeding have not exhausted all appealable issues to the highest possible court. For the purposes of clarity, Pending Litigation involves a third party, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Parties.”

 

  2. Section 7.1 shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

“7.1 The disclosure period in Section 3.1 of the CDA is extended until one year after the execution of this Amendment2, to protect the continued disclosure and exchange of confidential information (particularly during the provision of Technical Services) under the License Agreement. The disclosure period may be further extended by the written agreement of the two Parties. The purpose in Section 1 of the CDA is extended to cover the purposes of the License Agreement and the enforcement of the Assigned Patents. All the other terms and conditions of the CDA continue in full force and effect.”


3. Appendix A shall be deleted from the License Agreement and replaced in its entirety with the Appendix A that is attached hereto. The Appendix A attached hereto is marked-up to show the patents and patent applications that the Parties have agreed to abandon.

4. Except as otherwise expressly amended herein, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement by their duly authorized representatives.

 

INOGEN, INC.     AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
By:   /s/ Ray Huggenberger     By:   /s/ M. M. Alger
Name:   Ray Huggenberger     Name:   M. M. Alger
Title:   CEO     Title:   Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Date:   10/4/2010     Date:   9/27/2010

 

 

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APPENDIX A

LIST OF U.S. PATENTS AND U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS AND THEIR FOREIGN EQUIVALENTS

 

U.S. Patent or

Application

Number

  

Air

Products

Docket

Number

  

Title

  

US

Application

or Grant

Date

  

Status

  

Foreign Equivalents

(Patent or

Application number)

5,656,064    05322    Base Treated Alumina in Pressure Swing Adsorption    8/12/1997    Issued   

Belgium (0766991),

Canada (2186681),

China (ZL96120134.7),

France (0766991),

Germany (69626913.9-08),

G. Britain (0766991),

Italy (0766991),

Japan (2785870),

Korea South (192691),

Norway (316950),

Spain (ES2194959),

Taiwan (87470)

N/A    06249    Pressure Swing Adsorption Process Operation and Optimization    N/A    Issued China and Japan, Europe Pending   

China (03147620.1),

EPC (03014498.4),

Japan (4028447)

6,802,889    06251    Pressure Swing Adsorption System for Gas Separation    10/12/2004    Issued in all   

France (1426094),

Germany (60318673),

Great Britain (1426094),

Japan (4125667),

Portugal (1426094),

Spain (1426094)

N/A    6251D    Pressure Swing Adsorption System for Gas Separation    N/A    Pending    Japan (2008-061807)
11/542895
Pub # US-2008-0083331-A1
   06869N    Performance Stability in Rapid Cycle Pressure Swing Adsorption Systems    8/28/2006    Pending in all   

Canada (2604637)

China (200710162225.7)

EPC (07117595.4)

India (2239/CHE/2007)

Japan (2007-259343)

S. Korea (10-2007-0099299)

Taiwan (96137059)

 

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U.S. Patent or

Application

Number

  

Air

Products

Docket

Number

  

Title

  

US

Application

or Grant

Date

  

Status

  

Foreign Equivalents

(Patent or

Application number)

US ###-###-####    06923N    Performance Stability in Shallow Beds in Pressure Swing Adsorption Systems    10/4/2006    Pending in all   

Canada (2604410)

China (200710162250.5)

India (2238/CHE/2007)

Japan (2007-259963)

S. Korea (10-2007-0099530)

Taiwan (96137061)

12/275752

Pub # US 2009-0071333-Al

   6923NP    Performance Stability in Shallow Beds in Pressure Swing Adsorption Systems    11/21/2008    Pending   

China (200910258489.1)

EPC (-08171141.8)

India (2863/CH E/2009)

Japan (2009-262790)

Korea (10-2009-0112515)

Taiwan (98138904)

US  ###-###-####    06735    Rotary Valve with Internal Leak Control System    7/31/2006    ISSUED in all except pending in Japan   

France (1752204)

Great Britain (1752204)

Spain (1752204)

Germany (1752204)

Japan (2006213507)

US ###-###-####    06479    Dual Mode Medical Oxygen Concentrator    1/22/2004    ISSUED    N/A
N/A    06502    Weight-Optimized Portable Oxygen Concentrator    N/A    Pending   

Canada (2507464)

EPC (05010785.3)

Japan (2005-148104)

US ###-###-####    06479P    Simplified Dual Mode Medical Oxygen Concentrator    1/13/2005    Pending Canada and Japan others issued   

Canada (2493495)

France (1568391)

Germany (1568391)

Great Britain (1568391)

Portugal(1568391)

Spain (1568391)

Japan (2005-15856)

US ###-###-####    06828    Continuous Flow Portable Medical Oxygen Concentrator    12/20/2005    Issued US and Japan; EPC pending   

EPC (06025927.2)

Japan (4495140)

 

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