definiens: means the qualitative or quantitative in vitro analysis, testing, measurement, or detection of the following specific field subset and target combinations ( including products that incorporate in vivo harvesting of test samples for ex vivo testing ): Biodiagnostics Field Subsets Tar ets Human and animal testin Nucleic acids, roteins, e tides, amino ( Includes pharmaceutical and acids, metabolites, therapeutic drugs, drugs biotechnology discovery and of abuse, hormones, sugars, lipids and development ) lipoproteins Plants Nucleic acids, proteins, peptides, phvtotoxins Environmental Pathogens, toxins and biological contaminants The Biodiagnostics Field excludes the following subject matter and all Biodiagnostics Field applications thereof : ( a ) therapeutics ( including in vitro and in vivo therapy and controlling, modulating, or otherwise affecting gene expression ) ; ( b ) technology relating to or derived from dip - pen nanolithography ; ( c ) environmental applications other than as set forth above ; ( d ) prismatic particles ( including methods of manufacture and uses thereof ) ; and ( e ) coordination polymers ( including methods of manufacture and uses thereoD For purposes of clarity, other than with respect to Biobarcode Technology or an Invention where the Licensed Product itself is the surrogate for the target listed above, the term means the detection of the actual target listed above and not the detection of a surrogate, not listed above, for the target