premise: All information disclosed by SINTEC shall remain the property of SINTEC.  The Receiving Party shall return information provided to it any time upon request and, at SINTEC's option, promptly return it to SINTEC once and for all at no charge, or destroy it without retaining any copies or records thereof. 5.2  No reproductions may be made of the information disclosed by SINTEC.  SINTEC will consider the possibility of granting prior, express, written consent to reproduce information in exceptional cases only and subject to revocation at any time.  At SINTEC's request, the Receiving Party shall return or destroy any reproductions as stipulated in 5.1. 5.3  The Receiving Party shall return to SINTEC any and all information disclosed by SINTEC as well as any copies thereof automatically upon termination/expiration of the business relation- ship. 6. Term and validity period This Non-Disclosure  Agreement shall apply for a period of three (3) years from the date on which it is signed by both Parties; thereafter it will renew for a term of two (2) years, unless terminated in writing by one of the Parties eighteen (18) months prior to the respective expiration date.  The duties of confidentiality hereunder shall survive the termination/expiration of this Non-Disclosure Agreement for a period of three (3) years. 7. Reservation of patent rights Should information directly or indirectly associated with initiating or conducting the business relationship described in the Preamble be disclosed by SINTEC and should that information contain patentable inventions, SINTEC hereby reserves all rights, specifically the right to submit applications for patents and/or design patents and its rights in the event any patents are granted under Section 7 of the Patent Act 1977 (as amended). 8. Patentable findings Should new, patentable findings be made directly or indirectly in connection with the disclosure of information described in the Preamble, SINTEC shall have the sole and exclusive right to apply for patent protection of such findings and to commercially exploit them.