definiens: shall mean:(a ) the United States and international patents listed on Appendix A;(b ) the United States and international patent applications and/or provisional applications listed onAppendix A and the patents issuing therefrom;(c ) any patent applications claiming priority to or converted from the provisional applications listed onAppendix A, and any divisionals, continuations, continuation - in - part applications, and continued prosecutionapplications ( and their relevant international equivalents ) of the patent applications listed on Appendix A and of suchpatent applications claiming priority to or converted from the provisional applications listed on Appendix A, to theextent the claims are directed to subject matter specifically described in the patent applications listed on Appendix A, and the patents issuing therefrom;(d ) any patents issuing from reissues, reexaminations, or extensions ( and their relevant internationalequivalents ) of the patents described in ( a ), ( b ), and ( c ) above ; and(e ) international ( non - United States ) patent applications and provisional applications filed after theEFFECTIVE DATE and claiming priority to any of the applications listed on Exhibit A or converted from anyprovisional applications listed on Appendix A and the relevant international equivalents to divisionals, continuations, continuation - in - part applications and continued prosecution applications of those patent applications to the extent theclaims are directed to subject matter specifically described in the patents or patent applications referred to in ( a ), ( b),(c ), and ( d ) above, and the patents issuing therefrom