We protect our and our customer’s intellectual property primarily by maintaining strict control over the use of manufacturing processes. We also rely on confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our technology in cases where the technology is not patented or patentable. All of our employees are required to execute confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements with us when their employment begins and we also require our manufacturing partner to execute the same agreement with their employees. In addition, for each project, only the personnel associated with the project have access to the related intellectual property. Access to proprietary data is limited to authorized personnel to prevent unintended disclosure or otherwise using our intellectual property without proper authorization.
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