definiens: shall mean a ) the U.S. patent application listed in Appendix A, all divisions and continuations of this application, all patents issuing from such applications, divisions, and continuations, and any reissues, reexaminations, and extensions of all such patents ; b ) to the extent that the following contain one or more claims directed to the invention or inventions disclosed in a ) above : i ) continuations - in - part of a ) above ; ii ) all divisions and continuations of these continuations - in - part ; iii ) all patents issuing from such continuations - in - part, divisions, and continuations ; and iv ) any reissues, reexaminations, and extensions of all such patents ; c ) to the extent that the following contain one or more claims directed to the invention or inventions disclosed in a ) above : all counterpart foreign applications and patents to a ) and b ) above, including without limitation those listed in Appendix A