definiens: means any country in which at least one unexpired patent application or patent withinPATENT RIGHTS is currently pending or issued . As of the Effective Date, the PATENT COUNTRIES are Australia, Canada, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, United States, and all states under theEuropean Patent Convention as of January 16, 2004 . ( Future events could alter this listing of the PATENTCOUNTRIES, for example, which countries are elected as part of the European grant procedure . ) 1.9 means LSU ’s legal rights under the patent laws of the United States or relevant foreigncountries for all of the following : ( a ) the United States and foreign patents and patent applications listed in Appendix A ; ( b ) any foreign patents issuing from the pending foreign applications listed in Appendix A ; and ( c ) any reissued or reexamined patents based upon the United States patent listed in AppendixA ( i.e., United States patent 7,226,605 )