Outcome base rates
What's normal — PI grant rate, infringement rate, revocation rate, settlement rate. Honest denominators using motion type.
Patentee win rate
Share of merits decisions where the patentee prevailed — infringement cases finding infringement, revocation cases upholding the patent. Settled, withdrawn, and procedural-only outcomes excluded from the denominator.
0%patentees prevail on the merits
1 merits decision; 1 inconclusive case excluded (small sample)
0 won · 1 lost · Insufficient prior-period data
Win rate by year
Patentee win rate by year of first decision.
- 2025: 0% (0/1)
Win rate by division
Top divisions by merits-decision volume.
- Munich LD0%(n=1)
When patentees lose, why?
Of 1 loss…
100%
Patent invalidated — 1 (100%)No infringement found — 0 (0%)
PI grant rate
—
PI grant rate (conservative)
—
Infringement rate
—
Revocation rate
100%
1 revoked / partially · 0 maintained / amended
Settlement / withdrawal rate
Settled / withdrawn / dismissed as a share of all non-pending outcomes.
50% 1 / 2
Outcomes by category (detailed)
Stacked breakdown using sharper outcome enums — revocation cases split into revoked_full / revoked_partial / maintained_as_*, etc.
Settlement timing
When settled or withdrawn cases actually closed — relative to procedural milestones.
By technology sector
Top sectors by case count (filter scope applied).
By case category
How outcome rates differ across the six L2 buckets.
- Revocation18
By division
PI grant rate · infringement rate · revocation rate per division (within scope).
- Mannheim LD6 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Dusseldorf LD6 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Munich LD3 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: 100%
- Copenhagen LD2 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Hamburg LD1 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
Recent decisions
Most recent decisions in scope.
- 2025-10-10UPC_CFI_688/2024Munich LDRevokedThe same Munich Local Division decision as UPC_CFI_303/2024, in the associated counterclaim proceedings: EP 3 972 309 revoked for added matter and infringement action dismissed.
- 2025-09-30UPC_CFI_320/2024Dusseldorf LDWithdrawnThe Düsseldorf Local Division recorded Samsung's withdrawal of their counterclaim for revocation and application for cost decision following the court's 30 July 2025 decision dismissing the Headwater infringement action and revoking EP 3 110 069, with each party to bear own costs.