definiens: is defined in the Collaboration Agreement ) that is a Licensed Real - Time Thermal Cycler and that is delivered or invoiced after the issuance of a United States patent that claims priority of United States patent application Serial No . 08/968,208 to Northrup Grumman or any other third party for delivery to and use solely by the United States, Postal Service ( ) with Cartridges ( as the term is defined in the Collaboration Agreement ) supplied to [COMPANY] pursuant to the Distribution Agreement dated March 28, 2003 between [COMPANY] and [COMPANY] as part of a Bio­Threat Agent Detection System ( as the term is defined in the Collaboration Agreement ) pursuant to the prime contract existing as of the date of this Agreement between Northrup Grumman and the USPS for the supply of Bio - Threat Agent Detection Systems with respect to which [COMPANY] is a subcontractor, including any modules or components of any such GeneXpert Module, including without limitation software, [ twelve percent ( 12 % » ) of Net Sales Price for each such Licensed Real - Time Thermal Cycler ; and for another Licensed Real - Time Thermal Cyclers : ( i ) ( fifteen percent ( 15 % » ) of Net Sales Price for each Licensed Real - Time Thermal Cycler distributed prior to the issuance of any of [COMPANY] 's patents that claim priority of U.S. application Serial No . 08/968,208 and that cover such Licensed Real - Time Thermal Cycler ; and ( ii ) following the issuance of any such patents, [ eighteen percent ( 18 % ) ] of Net Sales Price ; 5 Confidential Treatment Requested by Celera Corporation ( c ) unless exempted from royalty under Section 3 .1 ( d ), for each component or module ( including, without limitation, computer hardware and software ) ofa [COMPANY] GeneXpert ® Module ( as is defined in the Collaboration Agreement ) that is a Licensed Real - Time Thermal Cycler and that is delivered or invoiced after the issuance of a United States patent that claims priority of United States patent application Serial No