definiens: means ( a ) all national, regional and international patents and patent applications, including nonprovisional andprovisional patent applications, ( b ) all patent applications filed either from such patents, nonprovisional patent applicationsor provisional patent applications or from an application claiming priority from any of these, including divisionals, continuations, continuations - in - part, provisionals, converted provisionals, and continued prosecution applications, ( c ) anyand all patents that have issued or in the future issue from the foregoing patent applications described in clauses ( a ) or ( b ) ofthis definition, including utility models, petty patents and design patents and certificates of invention, ( d ) any and allextensions or restorations by existing or future extension or restoration mechanisms, including revalidation, reissues, re - examinations and extensions ( including any supplementary protection certificates and the like ) of the foregoing patents orpatent applications described in clauses ( a ), ( b ) or ( c ) of this definition, and ( e ) any similar rights, including so - called pipelineprotection, or any importation, revalidation, confirmation or introduction patent or registration patent or patent of additionsto any such foregoing patent applications and patents