definiens: means MICHIGAN ’S legal rights under the patent laws of the United States or relevant foreign countries for all of the following : ( a ) the United States and foreign patents and/or patent applications listed in Appendix A ; ( b ) United States and foreign patents issued from the applications listed in Appendix A and from divisionals and continuations ( except continuations -in - part ) of th ese applications ; ( c ) claims in all foreign patent applications listed in Appendix A, and of the resulting patents, which are directed to subject matter specifically described in the United States patents and/or patent applications described in ( a ) or ( b ) above ; ( d ) claims in all patent applications, and of the resulting patents, which are directed to subject matter specifically described as of the Effective Date in the MICHIGAN Office of Technology Transfer files listed in Appendix A ; and ( e ) any reissued or reexamined patents based upon the United States patents described in ( a ), ( b ) or ( d ) above