ORD 12169/2024

—·EP4108782: COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Case Management Orders
Parties: Claimants
10x Genomics, Inc.
President and Fellows of Harvard College
Reps: Tilman Müller-Stoy (Bardehle Pagenberg)
Respondents
NanoString Technologies Inc.
NanoString Technologies Germany GmbH
NanoString Technologies Netherlands B.V.
Reps: Oliver Jan Jüngst (Bird & Bird LLP)
Division: Court of Appeal
Judges: Klaus Grabinski · President of Court of Appeal and judge-rapporteur
Françoise Barutel · Legally qualified judge
Peter Blok · Legally qualified judge
Rainer Friedrich · Technically qualified judge
Cornelis Schüller · Technically qualified judge
Technology: Biotechnology
Language: —
First decided: Mar 11, 2024

Decisions

2024-03-11
Appeal decisionGeneric Order
Court of Appeal order correcting an error in headnote 2, paragraph 3 of a prior order (26 February 2024) concerning the interpretation of patent claims in provisional measures proceedings between 10x Genomics/Harvard (applicants) and NanoString Technologies (respondents). The correction clarifies the principles for claim scope interpretation under Art. 69 EPC: the claim is the decisive basis (not merely a guideline); description and drawings are always used as explanatory aids; the claim is to be construed from the perspective of the skilled person; the aim is to combine appropriate protection with sufficient legal certainty.
Legal issues:Correction of order (Art. 69 EPC claim interpretation headnote)Claim scope interpretation (Art. 69 EPC)Description and drawings as interpretive aids

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