definiens: shall mean ( a ) all patentable inventions conceived, discovered, developedand / or reduced to practice ( i ) jointly by one or more employees, agents, or students of CERES and by one or more employees, agents, or students of NOBLE in the performance of any RESEARCH PROJECT(S ) or ( ii ) by one or more employees, agentsor students of NOBLE in the performance of any RESEARCH PROJECT(S ) to the extent CERES provides a financialcontribution for NOBLE ’s activities in such RESEARCH PROJECT ; ( b ) U.S. and/or foreign patents, patent applications, plantvariety rights, plant variety right applications, reissues, continuations, continuations - in - part and divisionals claiming suchpatentable inventions ; ( c ) all copyrighted works created jointly by one or more employees, agents, or students of CERES andby one or more employees, agents, or students of NOBLE in the performance of any RESEARCH CERES - NOBLE Master Research Agreement Page 6 of 57 PROJECT(S ) ; and ( d ) all germplasm and plant varieties created in the performance of plant breeding activities in theperformance of any RESEARCH PROJECT(S )