definiens: means all patents, patent applications, utility models and rights to file patent applications or utility models inthe United States or in a foreign jurisdiction relating to Stents, having a priority date prior to the Effective Date, and including reissues orextensions thereof in any division, continuation, or continuation - in - part of any applications or substitutes therefor, whether initially filed before orafter the Effective Date . This excludes claims of patents where the patentable feature of the claim is directed to ( a ) methods of manufacture ofStents, ( b ) Nitinol alloys for Stents, ( c ) materials for the construction of Stents if such materials are not, at the Effective Date, used in any version ofthe Express / Taxus Express Stent, Liberte / Taxus Liberte Stent or -7- Identified Current Stent that is or has been sold commercially prior to the Effective Date, ( d ) the coating of Stents if such coating is not, at theEffective Date, used on any version of the Express / Taxus Express Stent, Liberte / Taxus Liberte Stent or Identified Current Stent that is or has beensold commercially prior to the Effective Date,(e ) drugs to be used on or in connection with Stents if such drugs are not, at the Effective Date, usedon or in connection with any version of the Express / Taxus Express Stent, Liberte / Taxus Liberte Stent or Identified Current Stent that is or has beensold commercially prior to the Effective Date, ( f ) delivery systems for Stents if such delivery systems are not, at the Effective Date, used in any StentSystem that includes the Express / Taxus Express Stent, Liberte / Taxus Liberte Stent or Identified Current Stent that that is or has been soldcommercially prior to the Effective Date or ( g ) the shape of the wall of the Stent itself ( as opposed to the design pattern for the wall ) if such shape isnot, at the Effective Date, used by any version of the Express / Taxus Express Stent, Liberte / Taxus Liberte Stent or Identified Current Stent that is orhas been sold commercially prior to the Effective Date