UPC APP 32529/2025

—·EP3691518: BIOTELEMETRY DEVICE THAT CAN BE INGESTED AND IMPLANTED IN VIVO

Case details: Status
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Action
Appeal (EPO decision)
Category
EPO / Decision Appeal
Parties: Claimants
Bodycap
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS
Université de Rennes
Reps: Geoffroy Cousin (Novagraaf)
Respondents
EPO (Office européen des brevets)
Division: Milan CD
Judges: Andrea Postiglione · Duty judge
Technology: Pharmaceutical & Medical
Language: —
First decided: Aug 6, 2025

Decisions

2025-08-06
DismissedAppeal (EPO decision)Action against the decision of the EPO (RoP97)
Order of Central Division Milan Section (duty judge, in French) dismissing Bodycap, CNRS and Université de Rennes' appeal (under R. 97 RoP) against the EPO's rejection of their unitary effect request for EP 3 691 518. The EPO had correctly applied R. 6.2 and R. 7.3 of the Implementing Regulations for Unitary Protection (RPU): after the university reorganisation (Université de Rennes I dissolved and replaced by Université de Rennes), the new address had not been provided in the unitary effect application within the one-month non-extendable deadline under R. 7.3 RPU. Each party bears its own costs.
Legal issues:Action against EPO decision on unitary effect under R. 97 RoPUnitary effect application: correct address requirement under R. 6.2 RPUNon-extendable one-month deadline under R. 7.3 RPUUniversity reorganisation – change of applicant entity

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