definiens: means Patent claims claiming ( 1 ) a method of joining together component pieces of anoligomeric compound ; ( 2 ) an improved method of making a component piece where such component piece isdisclosed prior to the first filing of the Patent claiming such improved method ; ( 3 ) in the case of concurrently - filed Patents claiming a new component piece and disclosing multiple methods of making the new componentpiece in a separate concurrently - filed Patent, the method(s ) most suitable for making the new component pieceat large scale ( provided at least one method must be treated under this Agreement as claimed under aChemistry Patent and not under a Manufacturing Patent ) ; or ( 4 ) compounds used in such methods of joiningtogether component pieces, other than the component pieces themselves and precursors of such componentpieces . Thus, for example, Manufacturing Patents include claims to methods such as deprotection, capping, loading onto a solid support, and cleaving from a solid support, all of which are methods used in the process ofassembling oligomeric compounds from component pieces ; and reagents, such as solid supports themselves, useful in such methods