definiens: means ( a ) the Patent Rights listed in Appendix 1a and Appendix 1b, ( b ) alldivisionals, continuations, continuations - in - part thereof ( excluding claims in continuations - in - part that necessarily relyon new matter invented by [COMPANY] after the Effective Date ) or any other patent application claiming priority directly orindirectly to ( i ) any of the patents or patent applications in subsection ( a ), or ( ii ) any patent or patent application fromwhich the patents or patent applications in ( a ) claim direct or indirect priority, ( c ) all patents issuing on any of theforegoing in ( a ) and ( b ), ( d ) all foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing in ( a ) through ( c ), including any patentapplications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty ( ), and ( e ) all registrations, reissues, re - examinations, supplemental protection certificates, or extensions of any of the foregoing in ( a ) through ( d ) . BMSPatent Rights shall also include any claims in any patents or patent applications existing as of the Effective Date thatare Controlled by [COMPANY] and cover the composition of matter of any intermediate or starting material reasonablynecessary in or reasonably useful for the manufacture of any Licensed Compound as manufactured by [COMPANY] as of theEffective Date