definiens: means any and all patents and patent applications ( which for the purposes of this Agreement shall be deemed to include certificates of invention and applications for certificates of invention ) which during the term of this Agreement are owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates or to which the Company or any of its Affiliates through license or otherwise acquires rights, which : ( i ) have claims covering ( x ) SNAC, any other similar agent for improved or different bioavailability, the Company ’s proprietary Eligen ® technology or any other technology owned or licensed by the Company or any of its Affiliates, or ( y ) the Designated Product or ( z ) the manufacture and/or use of any of the foregoing ; or ( ii ) are divisions, continuations, continuations -in - part, patents of addition, reissues, renewals, extensions, registrations, confirmations, re -examinations, any provisional applications, supplementary protection certificates or the like of any such patents and patent applications and foreign equivalents thereof