definiens: means ( a ) all patents and patent applications, including provisional patent applications, ( b ) all patent applications filedeither from such patents, patent applications or provisional applications or from an application claiming priority from any of these or sharingany common priority therewith, including divisionals, substitutions, continuations, continuations - in - part, converted provisionals, and continuedprosecution applications, ( c ) any and all patents that have issued or in the future issue from the foregoing patent applications in ( a ) and ( b),including utility models, petty patents and design patents and certificates of invention, ( d ) any and all extensions or restorations by existing orfuture extension or restoration mechanisms, including adjustments, revalidations, reissues, re - examinations and extensions ( including anysupplementary protection certificates and the like ) of the foregoing patents or patent applications in ( a ), ( b ) and ( c ), and ( e ) any similar rights, including so - called pipeline protection, or any importation, revalidation, confirmation or introduction patent or registration patent or patents ofaddition to any of such foregoing patent applications and patents