UPC APP 23201/2025

—·EP3083107: DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MELTING A MATERIAL WITHOUT A CRUCIBLE AND FOR ATOMIZING THE MELTED MATERIAL IN ORDER TO PRODUCE POWDER

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Other Procedural
Parties: Claimants
Nanoval GmbH & Co. KG
Reps: Phillip Rektorschek
Respondents
ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH
Reps: Bolko Ehlgen
Division: Munich LD
Judges: Matthias Zigann · Presiding Judge
Tobias Pichlmaier · Legally Qualified Judge and Rapporteur
Walter Schober · Legally Qualified Judge
Technology: Electric Techniques
Language: —
First decided: Jul 22, 2025

Decisions

2025-07-22
EvidenceGeneric application
Munich Local Division full panel order (Zigann/Pichlmaier/Schober) in inspection/evidence preservation proceedings (Beweissicherungsverfahren) between Nanoval GmbH & Co. KG (applicant) and ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH (respondent) concerning EP 3 083 107. The court dismissed ALD's application to revoke the inspection order of 3 February 2025 under R. 198.1 VerfO, finding that Nanoval had filed the main action (on 3 May 2025) within the prescribed time limit. The court clarified (headnotes) that: (1) the court has no discretion over the length of the R. 198.1 period but does have discretion over its start date; (2) the rapporteur may change the start date if the expert report is delivered late; (3) such a procedural order is subject to panel review under R. 333 VerfO within 15 days.
Legal issues:Revocation of inspection/evidence preservation order (R. 198.1 VerfO)Time limit for filing main action after inspection – start date vs. length of periodDiscretion to change start date of R. 198.1 periodPanel review of rapporteur's procedural order (R. 333 VerfO)

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