definiens: means ( a ) all national, regional and international patents and patent applications, including provisional patentapplications, ( b ) all patent applications filed either from such patents, patent applications or provisional applications or froman application claiming priority from either of these, including divisionals, continuations, continuations - in - part, provisionals, converted provisionals, and continued prosecution applications, ( c ) any and all patents that have issued or in the future issuefrom the foregoing patent applications ( ( a ) and ( b ) ), including utility models, petty patents and design patents and certificatesof Invention, ( d ) any and all extensions or restorations by existing or future extension or restoration mechanisms, includingrevalidations, reissues, re - examinations and extensions ( including any supplementary protection certificates and the like ) ofthe foregoing patents or patent applications ( ( a ), ( b ) and ( c ) ), and ( e ) any similar rights, including so - called pipelineprotection, or any importation, revalidation, confirmation or introduction patent or registration patent or patent of additionsto any such foregoing patent applications and patents