definiens: shall mean : ( a ) Patent applications ( including provisional patent applications and PCT patent applications ) or patents listed in Appendix A, all divisions and continuations of these applications, all patents issuing from these applications, divisions, and continuations, and any reissues, reexaminations, and extensions of all these patents ; ( b ) to the extent that the following contain one or more claims directed to the invention or inventions disclosed in 2.7(a ): ( i ) continuations -in -part of 2.7(a ) ; ( ii ) all divisions and continuations of these continuations -in -part ; ( iii ) all patents issuing from these continuations - in- part, divisions, and continuations ; ( iv ) priority patent application(s ) of 2.7(a ) ; and ( v ) any reissues, reexaminations, and extensions of all these patents ; ( c ) to the extent that the following contain one or more claims directed to the invention or inventions disclosed in 2.7(a ): all counterpart foreign and U.S