definiens: means ( a ) all national, regional and international patents and patent applications, including provisional patent applications,(b ) all patent applications ﬁled either from such patents, patent applications or provisional applications or from an application claiming priority from eitherof these, including divisionals, continuations, continuations - in - part, provisionals, converted provisionals and continued prosecution applications, ( c ) anyand all patents that have issued or in the future 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 future extension or restoration mechanisms, includingrevalidations, renewals, reissues, re - examinations and extensions ( including any supplementary protection certiﬁcates and the like ) of the foregoingpatents or patent applications ( ( a ), ( b ), and ( c ) )