definiens: means a claim of a [COMPANY] Patent that ( a ) has not been rejected, revoked or held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court or other author ity of competent jurisdiction, from which no appeal can be further taken, or ( b ) has not been finally abandone d, disclaimed or admitted to be invalid or unenforc eable through reissue or disclaimer . In order to be a Val i d Claim, any claim being prosecuted in a pending p atent application must be prosecuted in good faith and no t have been pending for more than [ * * * ] from the fi ling date of the first utility patent application ( or equival ent concept in any such country ) in the patent appl ication family in the country in question, in which case it will c ease to be considered a Valid Claim until the paten t issues and recites said claim ( from and after which time the s ame would be deemed a Valid Claim )