definiens: shall mean ( a ) all patentable inventions conceived, discovered, developedand / or reduced to practice ( i ) jointly by one or more employees, agents, or students of CERES and by one or more employees, agents, or students of IGER in the performance of any RESEARCH PROJECT(S ) or ( ii ) by one or more employees, agents orstudents of IGER in the performance of any RESEARCH PROJECT(S ) to the extent CERES provides a financial contributionfor such RESEARCH PROJECT, which is not less than twenty - five percent ( 25 % ) of either the overall cost of suchRESEARCH PROJECT or of the activity during which the invention was made, unless expressly provided otherwise in aSCHEDULE ; ( b ) patents, patent applications, plant variety rights, plant variety right applications, reissues, continuations, continuations - in - part and divisionals claiming such patentable inventions in any country of the world ; ( c ) all trade secrets andcopyrighted works created jointly by one or more employees, agents, or students of CERES and by one or more employees, agents, or students of IGER in the performance of any RESEARCH PROJECT(S ) ; and ( d ) all germplasm and plant varietiescreated in the performance of plant breeding activities in the performance of any RESEARCH PROJECT(S )