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Overview · Filed: Sep 12, 2023

UPC_CFI_310/2023

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RevocationMain Revocation ActionParis CDRevocation—
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Parties

Claimants

Reps: Henrik Holzapfel (McDermott Will & Emery); Laura Woll (McDermott Will & Emery); Diana Pisani (McDermott Will & Emery); Lisa Nassi (McDermott Will & Emery); Mathias Karlhuber (Cohausz & Florack)

Respondents

  • VMR Products LLC
Reps: Bernhard Thum (Thum & Partner); Jonas Weickert (Thum & Partner); Andreas Mötsch (Thum & Partner); Tobias Wuttke (Bardehle Pagenberg)
Judges

French-seated division — individual judges anonymized.

  • Panel member (anonymized)Presiding Judge
  • Panel member (anonymized)Legally Qualified Judge and Judge-rapporteur
  • Panel member (anonymized)Technically Qualified Judge
Patents
  • EP3613453
CPC codes: A61M2205/8237, H02J7/00, H02J7/751, A24F40/00, A61M2205/07, A24F40/50, A61M15/06, A61M2205/3633, A61M2205/584, A61M2205/8206, A61M2206/20, A61M2205/3368…

Technology area: Consumer Goods · E-Cigarettes

Sector: Pharmaceutical & Medical

Outcome
Partially revokedPartially revoked
Filed: Sep 12, 2023
First decided: Jan 22, 2025
Language: —

The Paris Central Division partially revoked EP 3 613 453 B1, finding that claim 1 lacked inventive step; the patent was maintained in amended form based on the independent validity of claims 6, 7 and 8 in combination with claim 1 as granted. Each party bore its own costs.

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Claims
At issue1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11
Revoked1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11
Maintained6, 7, 8
Notes: Claim 1 lacked inventive step; dependent claims 2-5 and 11 also invalid; claims 6, 7, and 8 independently valid and maintained in combination with claim 1 as granted.