In these Rules:

- "UPC" means Unified Patent Court

- “Centre” means Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre

- “Rules” means the rules of mediation of the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre

- "Request" means the request for mediation under the Rules

- “Applicant” means any party wishing to have recourse to mediation under the Rules and submit a Request

- "Mediation Agreement" means an agreement by the parties to submit to mediation all or certain disputes which have arisen or which may arise between them; a Mediation Agreement may be in the form of a mediation clause in a contract or in the form of a separate contract.

Words used in the singular include the plural and vice versa, as the context may require.