definiens: means, subject to Article 9, the direct out‑of‑pocket costs ( including thereasonable fees and expenses incurred to outside counsel and other Third Parties, includingfiling, prosecution and maintenance fees paid to Governmental Authorities recorded as anexpense by a Party or any of its Affiliates in accordance with its customary accounting practicesafter the Execution Date and prior to the end of the Collaboration Term ( a ) in connection with thepreparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance and extension of Patent rights and applicationstherefor, including costs of Patent interference, opposition, reissue, and/or re‑examinationproceedings and filing and registration fees with respect to a [COMPANY] Patent, COLLABORATORPatent, or Jointly Funded Patent in each case where such patent right or application thereforclaims the composition of matter, article of manufacture, formulation, method of use or method ofmanufacture of a Collaboration Compound or Product in the Territory, and ( b ) the costs oflitigation ( enforcement or defense ) or other proceedings, under ( or in defense of ) said Patents, ineach case only to the extent related to a Collaboration Compound or Product in the Territory andnot reimbursed by a Third Party