definiens: shall mean, to the extent necessary or useful for the development of Reformulated Products or New Products or otherwise for purposes of the R&D Plan, ( a ) all foreign and domestic : ( i ) patents issued or existing as of the Effective Date which Cypress Controls ; ( ii ) patents issuing from patent applications that are pending as of the Effective Date ( including, without limitation, provisionals, divisiotlals, continuations and continuations - in - part of such applications ) which Cypress Controls ; and ( iii ) substitutions, extensions, reissues, reexaminations, renewals, supplemental protection certificates and inventors certificates relating to the foregoing patents which Cypress Controls ; and ( b ) all foreign and domestic ( i ) patent applications ( including, without limitation, provisionals, divisionals, 2 continuations and continuations - in - part of such applications ) and ( ii ) patents ( including, without limitation, substitutions, extensions, reissues, reexaminations, renewals, supplemental protection certificates and inventors certificates with respect thereto ), which claim or disclose any Inventions or Information developed or generated by employees or Third party contractors of Cypress in the course of the R&D Program, but excluding any Joint Patents