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Exhibit 10.16
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION, CONFIDENTIALITY
AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENT
To: HITTITE MICROWAVE CORPORATION
12 Elizabeth Drive
Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824
As of Nov. 16th, 2000
I, the undersigned, in consideration of and as a condition of
my
employment by Hittite Microwave Corporation
(the "Company"), and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, hereby agree as follows:
1.
CONFIDENTIALITY. I agree to keep confidential, except as the
Company may otherwise consent in writing,
and, as may be necessary in the
ordinary course of performing my duties to
the Company, not to disclose or make
any use of at any time either during or
subsequent to my employment, any
Inventions (as hereinafter defined), trade
secrets, confidential information,
knowledge, data or other information of the
Company relating to products,
processes, know-how, designs, formulas,
test data, customer lists, business
plans, marketing plans and strategies,
pricing strategies, or other subject
matter pertaining to any business of the
Company or any of its affiliates or
confidential or proprietary information of
any third parties subject to a duty
on the part of the Company to maintain the
confidentiality of such information,
which I may produce, obtain, or otherwise
acquire during the course of my
employment, except as herein provided. I
further agree not to deliver, reproduce
or in any way allow any such trade secrets,
confidential information, knowledge,
data or other information or any
documentation relating thereto, to be delivered
to or used by any third parties without
specific direction or consent of a duly
authorized representative of the
Company.
2.
CONFLICTING EMPLOYMENT; RETURN OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL. I
agree that during my employment with the
Company I will not engage in any other
employment, occupation, consulting or other
activity relating to the business in
which the Company is now or may hereafter
become engaged, or which would
otherwise conflict with my obligations to
the Company. In the event my
employment with the Company terminates for
any reason whatsoever, I agree to
promptly surrender and deliver to the
Company all records, materials, equipment,
drawings, documents and data which I may
obtain or produce during the course of
my employment, and I further agree that I
will not take with me any description
containing or pertaining to any
confidential information, knowledge or data of
the Company which I may produce or obtain
during the course of my employment.
3.
ASSIGNMENT OF INVENTIONS.
3.1.
I hereby acknowledge and agree that the Company is the owner
of all Inventions. (as hereinafter
defined). In order to protect the Company's
rights to such Inventions, by executing
this Agreement I hereby irrevocably
assign to the Company all my right, title
and interest in and to all Inventions.
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3.2.
For purposes of this Agreement, "Inventions" shall mean all
discoveries, processes, designs,
technologies, devices, or improvements in any
of the foregoing or other ideas, whether or
not patentable and whether or not
reduced to practice, made or conceived by
me (whether solely or jointly with
others) during the period of my employment
with the Company which relate in any
manner to the actual or demonstrably
anticipated business, work, or research and
development of the Company, or result from
or are suggested by any tasks
assigned to me or any work performed by me
for or on behalf of the Company.
3.3.
Any discovery, process, design, technology, device, or
improvement in any of the foregoing or
other ideas, whether or not patentable
and whether or not reduced to practice,
made or conceived by me (whether solely
or jointly with others) which I develop
entirely on my own time not using any of
the Company's equipment, supplies,
facilities, or trade secret information
("Personal Invention") is excluded from
this Agreement provided such Personal
Invention (a) does not relate to the actual
or demonstrably anticipated
business, research and development of the
Company; and (b) does not result,
directly or indirectly, from any work
performed by me for the Company.
4.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTIONS. I agree that in connection with any
Invention, I will promptly disclose such
Invention to my immediate superior at
the Company in order to permit the Company
to enforce its property rights to
such Invention in accordance with this
Agreement. My disclosure shall be
received in confidence by the Company.
5.
PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS; EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS.
5.1.
Upon request, I agree to assist the Company or its nominee (at
its expense) during and at any time
subsequent to my employment in every
reasonable way to obtain for its own
benefi
