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Biased Filtered Point Sampling

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Limited Copyright Release Click-Through Agreement for Patented Software

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This Agreement, effective as of August 21, 2011 is between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT"), a non-profit institution of higher education, and you ("YOU").

WHEREAS, M.I.T. has created and developed certain technology and software pertaining to M.I.T. Case No. 14975, "Biased Filtered Point Sampling -- An Efficient Sampling Algorithm with Implicit Shape Representations [Software]", by Jason Chang and John William Fisher ("PROGRAM"); and

WHEREAS, M.I.T. is a owner of certain right, title and interest to a patent and or patent application pertaining to the software and to associated M.I.T. Case No. 14974, "Biased Filtered Point Sampling -- An Efficient Sampling Algorithm with Implicit Shape Representations", by Jason Chang and John William Fisher," ("PATENTED INVENTION"); and

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