definiens: Pre - Selection Inte]]ectual Property shall mean ( A ) [COMPANY] Intellectual Property that : ( i ) [COMPANY] develops solely in the course of Manufacturing API for an HCV Drug Candidate pursuant to Section 2.4(a ) ; ( ii ) relates solely to the reduction in cost, if any, of such API that [COMPANY] achieves prior to the earHer of ( x ) such HCV Drug Candidate 's Selection Date, or ( y ) the date that such HeV Drug Candidate becomes a Rejected Compound ; and ( iii ) would, but for a license under such [COMPANY] Intellectual Property, be infringed by the Manufacture of such HCV Drug Candidate at such reduced cost, if any ; ( B ) Joint lnte1lectual Property that [COMPANY] develops solely in the course of Manufacturing API for an HCV Drug Candidate pursuant to Section 2.4(a ) prior to the earlier of ( x ) such HCV Drug Candidate 's Selection Date, or ( y ) the date that such HCV Drug Candidate becomes a Rejected Compound ; and ( C ) improvements to Idenix Inte1lectual Property, Joint Intellectual Property and Manufacturing Technology COl1tro1led by Idenix that [COMPANY] develops solely in the course of Manufacturing API for an HCV Drug Candidate pursuant to Section 2,4(a ) prior to the earlier of ( x ) such HCV Drug Candidate 's Selection Date, or ( y ) the date that such HCV Drug Candidate becomes a Rejected Compound