definiens: shall mean the preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintenance of patent applications and patents and re - examinations, reissues and requests for patent term extensions therefor, together with the conduct of any interference, opposition or other similar proceeding pertaining to patent applications or patents . For avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that in - house patent personnel of the Controlling Party shall be deemed Development Personnel with respect to the conduct of the foregoing activities pertaining to the Controlling Party 's Technology ( i.e., the JT Technology or the CG Technology, as applicable ) in accordance with the Development Plan and Budget then in effect . For purposes of this Section 14.2.1, Core Patent Rights shall in all cases include those patent applications and patents listed on Exhibit 13.1, together with all reissues,, renewals, re - examinations, extensions, and any divisions or continuations, in whole or in part, thereof and foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing