definiens: means ( a ) all national, regional and international patents andpatent applications, including provisional patent applications, ( b ) all patent applications filed either fromsuch patents, patent applications or provisional applications or from an application claiming priority fromeither of these, including divisionals, continuations, continuations - in - part, provisionals, convertedprovisionals and continued prosecution applications, ( c ) any and all patents that have issued or in thefuture issue from the foregoing patent applications ( ( a ) and ( b ) ), including utility models, petty patents anddesign patents and certificates of invention, ( d ) any and all extensions or restorations by existing or futureextension or restoration mechanisms, including revalidations, reissues, re - examinations and extensions(including any pediatric exclusivity and other such exclusivities that are attached to patents, supplementary protection certificates and the like ) of the foregoing patents or patent applications ( ( 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 patent of additions to any of such foregoingpatent applications and patents