definiens: . Patent Rights means the rights and interest in and to ( a ) all issued patents and pendingpatent applications in any country, including provisional patent applications, in any country ; ( b ) all patent applications thatclaim, directly or indirectly, priority to any patent or patent applications described in clause ( a ), including all provisionals, divisionals, continuations, continuations - in - part, patents of addition, renewals, continued prosecution applications andrequests for continued examination ; ( c ) any and all patents that have issued or in the future issue from any of the patentapplications described in clause ( a ) or clause ( b ), including utility models, petty patents and design patents and certificates ofinvention ; and ( d ) any and all extensions or restorations by existing or future extension or restoration mechanisms, includingany re - examination, registrations or confirmation patents, letters of patent and reissues thereof, or other extensions, orrestorations of patent terms resulting from any other post - grant proceedings ( including, without limitation, any proceedingsthat will come into effect through full implementation of the Leahy - Smith America Invents Act of 2011, and anysupplementary protection certificates and the like ), with respect to any of the patents or patent applications described inclause ( a ), clause ( b ), or clause ( c )