“Valid Claim”. Valid Claim means any claim from an issued and unexpired patent that # has not been revoked or held unenforceable or invalid by a final decision of a court or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction and that has not been disclaimed, denied or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue or disclaimer or otherwise; or # a patent application; provided, that such a claim within a patent application has not been canceled, withdrawn, or abandoned or been pending for more than ​ years from the date of its first priority filing in the applicable country or region. For clarity, a claim of a patent that, pursuant to clause (b), had ceased to be a Valid Claim before it issued but that subsequently issues and is otherwise described by clause (a), shall again be considered to be a Valid Claim once it issues until it is no longer considered a Valid Claim in accordance with clause (a).

“Valid Claim” shall mean a claim of an issued patent included within the Patent Rights, which claim has not # lapsed, been canceled or become abandoned, # been declared invalid or unenforceable by a non-appealable decision or judgment of a court or other appropriate body or authority of competent jurisdiction, or # been admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer or otherwise. The term Valid Claim shall also include the claims of a pending patent application within the Patent Rights for a period of ​ years from the actual filing date of that patent application.

“Valid Claim” means # a claim of an issued and unexpired patent (as may be extended through supplementary protection certificate or patent term extension or the like) that # has not been revoked or held unenforceable, unpatentable or invalid by a decision of a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction that is not appealable or has not been appealed within the time allowed for appeal, and # has not been abandoned, disclaimed, denied or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, re-examination or disclaimer or otherwise, or # a claim of a pending patent application that has been pending less than ​ from the earliest date on which such patent application claims priority and which claim was filed and is being prosecuted in good faith and has not been cancelled, withdrawn or abandoned or finally rejected by an administrative agency action from which no appeal can be taken.

“Valid Claim” means any # claim in an issued and unexpired patent included in the Patent Rights that has not been disclaimed, abandoned or withdrawn and has not been held unenforceable or invalid by a final judgment of a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal can be or is taken, and has not been admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue or disclaimer or otherwise; # claim in a pending patent application included within the Patent

“Valid Claim” means a claim of # an issued, unexpired, and in-force patent, which claim has not been held invalid or unenforceable by a court or other government agency of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal can be or has been taken and has not been held or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through re-examination, inter partes review, post grant review or disclaimer, opposition procedure, nullity suit, or otherwise, or # a pending patent application that has not been finally abandoned, finally rejected, or expired; provided, however, that if a claim of a pending patent application has not issued ​ after the first substantive patent office action considering the patentability of such claim, then such claim will not constitute a Valid Claim for the purposes of this Agreement unless and until a patent issues with such claim.

“Valid Claim” means a claim # of any unexpired patent issued or granted by a Patent Office that has not been revoked or held unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court or Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal can be taken, or with respect to which an appeal is not taken within the time allowed for appeal, and that has not been disclaimed or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer, or otherwise, or # of any Patent Right that is being prosecuted in good faith and has not been abandoned or finally disallowed without the possibility of appeal or re-filing of the application and has been pending for less than ​.

“Valid Claim” means a claim of # an issued and unexpired patent included within the Patent Rights unless the claim has been held unenforceable or invalid by the final, un-reversed, and un- appealable decision of a court or other government body of competent jurisdiction, has been irretrievably abandoned or disclaimed, or has otherwise been finally admitted or determined to be invalid, un-patentable or unenforceable, whether through reissue, reexamination, disclaimer or otherwise, or # a pending patent application within the Patent Rights to the extent the claim continues to be prosecuted in good faith.

“Valid Claim” means a claim of # an issued patent (in any jurisdiction) that has not expired, lapsed, been permanently cancelled or abandoned, or been dedicated to the public, disclaimed, or held unenforceable, invalid, revoked or cancelled by a court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction in an order or decision from which no appeal has been or can be taken; or # a pending patent application of a patent that has been pending for no more than ​ years since its priority date and has not been finally abandoned or declared unpatentable by an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction (and from which no further appeal can be taken).

“Valid Claim” means # a claim of an issued and unexpired patent that has not been revoked or held unenforceable, unpatentable, or invalid by a decision of a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction that is not appealable or has not been appealed within the time allowed for appeal, and that has not been abandoned, disclaimed, denied, or admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, re-examination, or disclaimer or otherwise, or # a claim of a pending patent application that has not been cancelled, withdrawn, or abandoned or finally rejected by an administrative agency action from which no appeal can be taken.

“Valid Claim” means either # a claim of an issued and unexpired patent or a supplementary protection certificate, which has not been held permanently revoked, unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court, patent office or other forum of competent jurisdiction, unappealable or unappealed within the time allowed for appeal and that is not admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer or otherwise (i.e., only to the extent the subject matter is disclaimed or is sought to be deleted or amended through reissue), dedicated to the public or abandoned, or # a claim of a pending patent application being prosecuted in good faith (i.e., it is reasonably believed that there is a bona fide chance that such pending application will be issued) that has not been abandoned, finally rejected or expired without the possibility of appeal or refiling, provided that “Valid Claim” shall exclude any such claim in such a pending application that has not been granted within ​ following the earliest priority filing date for such claim (unless and until such claim is granted).

“Valid Claim” means either: # a claim of an issued and unexpired patent included within the Licensed Patent Rights that # has not been irrevocably or unappealably disclaimed or abandoned, or been held unenforceable, unpatentable or invalid by a decision of a court or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction; and # has not been admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue, disclaimer, or otherwise, or # a claim included in a patent application that has not been irretrievably cancelled, withdrawn, or abandoned, nor been pending for more than ​.