definiens: means ( a ) the Patents - in - Suit, ( b ) the patents and patentapplications set forth on Appendix A, which is attached hereto and by this reference incorporatedherein, and any other patents or patent applications of [COMPANY] or its Affiliates that include one ormore claims that read on products of [COMPANY] or its Affiliates, as previously or currently configuredand sold, or any components thereof, any patents, registrations or certificates of invention thatmay be issued pursuant thereto and all divisionals, continuations, continuations - in - part, reissues, substitutes, renewals, reexaminations, and extensions or additions thereof, and any foreigncounterparts of any of the foregoing ; and ( c ) all current or future patent applications submitted toor patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office or submitted to or issued bya foreign government, including but not limited to certificates and registrations, that share acommon parent application with or that claim a priority from any of the patents or patentapplications listed on Appendix A or any of the other patents or patent applications covered by(a ) above, and ( c ) any other patents, patent applications or other intellectual property rights ofCAO or its Affiliates that products of [COMPANY] or its Affiliates, as currently configured and sold, orany extensions, updates, variations or modifications of such products that are minor in scope andconsistent with current typical business practices, or which do not substantially change thefeatures claimed in the Licensed Patents, which would, in the absence of the licenses grantedherein, be subject to a claim of infringement, whether such infringement be direct or indirect, andwhether such infringement be literal or under the doctrine of equivalents