definiens: means : ( a ) all national, regional and internation al patents and patent applications, including provisional patent applicat ions ; ( b ) all patent applications that claim priori ty to any patent or patent applications in clause ( a ), including div isionals, continuations, continuations - in - part, pro visionals, converted provisionals, continued prosecution appli cations and requests for continued examination ; ( c ) any and all patents that have issued or in the future issue from the foregoing patent applications ( ( a ) and ( b ) ), including utility models, petty patents and design patents an d certificates of invention ; and ( d ) any and all ex tensions or restorations by existing or future extension or res toration mechanisms, including revalidations, reiss ues, re - examinations and extensions ( including any suppleme ntary protection certificates and the like ) of the foregoing patents or patent applications ( ( a ), ( b ), and ( c ) )