definiens: shall mean 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 TBC ( and/or any of its Affiliates ), or to which TBC ( and/or any of its Affiliates ) through license or otherwise acquires rights, including, but not limited to, those listed in Schedule 1.40, which ( A ) have claims covering : ( i ) Material or methods for the preparation or use thereof ; ( ii ) VLA-4 Compound or the manufacture and/or use thereof, ( iii ) Licensed Product containing a VLA-4 Compound or the manufacture and/or use thereof, or ( iv ) subject matter which is or relates to Research Inventions ; ( B ) are substitutions, divisions, continuations, continuations - in - part, reissues, renewals, registrations, confirmations, re - examinations, extensions, supplementary protection certificates or the like, or the provisional applications of any such patents and patent applications ; or ( C ) are foreign equivalents of any of the above