definiens: means patents and patent applications and any and all ( a ) substitutions, divisionals, renewals, continuations or continuations - in - part ( o nly to the extent of claims that are entitled to th e priority date of and directed specifically to the subject matter claimed in the parent application ) ; ( b ) patents of addition, restorations, extensions, supplementary protection certificates, registration or confirmation patents, patents resulting from post - grant proceedings, re - issues an d re - examinations ; ( c ) other patents or patent appl ications claiming and entitled to claim priority to ( i ) any patent or patent application specified in ( a ) or ( b ), or ( ii ) any patent or patent application from which a patent or patent application specified in ( a ) or ( b ) claims and is entitled to claim priority ; ( d ) all rights of priority atten dant to any of the patents and patent applications listed in ( a ) through ( c ) ; and ( e ) in each case of ( a ) throug h ( c ), including all counterparts and foreign equiv alents thereof filed in any country in the world