definiens: means : ( a ) the patents and patent applications li sted on Schedule A, hereto ; ( b ) any patents and patent applications with claims Covering any Platform Improvements, but excluding the Reagent Patents ; ( c ) all regular, div isional, continuation, substitution, continuation - i n - part, and continued prosecution applications that c laim priority to those patents or patent applications described in subsections ( a ) and ( b ) ; ( d ) all patents that have issued or in the future issue from any of the foregoing patent applications in subsections ( a ) - ( c ), including utility, model and design patents, certificates of invention and a pplications for certificates of invention ; ( e ) any reissues, renewals, extensions ( including patent te rm extensions and supplemental certificates and the like ), adjustments, re - examinations, revalidati ons, registrations and pediatric exclusivity period s of any of the foregoing ; and ( f ) any foreign equivalents of any of the foregoing