definiens: means any and all national, regional and internatio nal ( a ) issued patents and pending patent applications ( including provisional patent a pplications ), ( b ) patent applications filed either from the foregoing or from an application claiming priority to the foregoing, including all provisional applica tions, converted provisionals, substitutions, continuation s, continuations - in - part, divisions, renewals and c ontinued prosecution applications, and all patents granted t hereon, ( c ) patents - of - addition, revalidations, rei ssues, reexaminations and extensions or restorations by ex isting or future extension or restoration mechanism s, including patent term adjustments, patent term exte nsions, supplementary protection certificates or th e equivalent thereof, ( d ) inventor ’s certificates, ut ility models, petty patents, innovation patents and design patents, ( e ) other forms of government - issued rights substan tially similar to any of the foregoing, including s o - called pipeline protection or any importation, revalidatio n, confirmation or introduction patent or registrat ion patent or patent of additions to any of such foregoing and ( f ) United States and foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing