exhibit 10. 1 [ * * * ] indicates material that has been omitted and for which confidential treatment has been requested. all such omitted material has been filed with the securities and exchange commission pursuant to rule 24b - 2 promulgated under the securities exchange act of 1934, as amended consent to assignments, licensing and common ownership and invention management agreement for a programmable dna restriction enzyme for genome editing uc case no : bk - 2012 - 115 crispr reference : charpentier - 2012 caribou reference : uc - uv agreement this consent to assignments, licensing and common ownership and invention management agreement for a programmable dna restriction enzyme for genome editing ( the “ invention management agreement, ” “ ima ” or “ agreement ” ) is effective as of december 15, 2016 ( the “ effective date ” ), and is by and among the following individual and entities : dr. emmanuelle charpentier, an individual having an address at the max planck institute for infection biology, department of regulation in infection biology, chariteplatz 1, 10117 berlin, germany, ( “ charpentier ” ) ; the regents of the university of california, a california public corporation, having its statewide administrative offices located at 1111 franklin street, twelfth floor, oakland, ca # # # - # # # - # # # #, united states, acting through its office of technology licensing, at the university of california, berkeley, 2150 shattuck avenue, suite 510, berkeley, ca # # # - # # # - # # # #, united states ( “ regents ” ) ; university of vienna, having an address at universitatsring 1, a - 1010 vienna, austria, acting through its office of research services and career development, university of vienna, berggasse 7, 2nd floor, 1090 vienna, austria ( “ vienna ” ) ; nd crispr therapeutics ag, a swiss company ( aktiengesellschaft ) having an address at aeschenvorstadt 36, ch - 4051 basel, switzerland ( “ crispr ” ) ; ers genomics ltd., a limited liability company incorporated in ireland and having an address at 88 harcourt street, dublin 2, ireland ( “ ers ” ) ; tracr hematology ltd., a limited liability company incorporated in england & wales and having an address at 85 tottenham court road, london w1t 4tq, united kingdom ( “ tracr ” ) ;