definiens: ~hall mean ( a " ) Pale : nl appllc < ltJOns ( includ1l1 g pnl\'i ~ ional p < HeI1l applicati()n~ and peT patent applications ) or pate : nts l1sted in Appendix A all di\'i ~ i()n~ and continuations of the . .,e apphcations . all patents i ~ suing from these applicati(ln~. divis!On~. and eonllnuations . and any reissues . reexall1inati()n~. and exten ~ ions 01 " the ~ e patents : ( bi tu the : extent that the following COI1lain one or more claim'i directed to the invcntion or 11l\entions ( hsclo'ied in 2.9(a ): ( i ) cuntlnuatiuns - in - pan of2.9(a ): ( ii ) all di \ ision~ and contlnuatiol1s of the ~ c c()lltinuati(1n~-in - parl : ( lii ) all patents i~.,uillg from the ~ e continuationS - Ill - part . dlVlsions