UPC_CFI_43/2025

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING POSITION

InfringementMain Infringement ActionThe Hague LDInfringementCase Closed

Overview Decisions Reasoning Citations Documents Timeline

Parties

Claimants

Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc.

Reps: Wim Maas; Faziel Abdul; Naomi Kannekens

Respondents

Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Philips RS North America LLC
Respironics Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

Reps: Michael Ras; Hendrik Pastink; Arie Jan Willem Tol; Ceren Okat; Roeland Grijpink

Judges

Edger Brinkman
Margot Kokke
Stefan Johansson
Stefanie Philipps

Patents

EP2437696

CPC codes: A61B5/7282, A61N1/36031, A61B5/4833, A61B5/11, A61B5/103, A61M2205/3592, A61B5/4806, A61M2205/8206, A61B5/1116, A61B5/7405, A61B7/04, A61M2021/0022…

Technology area: Medical Devices · Diagnostics

Sector: Pharmaceutical & Medical

Outcome

RevokedDismissed — patent invalid

Filed: Jan 21, 2025

First decided: Mar 3, 2026

Language: English

The Hague Local Division revoked Advanced Brain Monitoring's EP 2 437 696 B2 (position therapy device for sleep disorders) as lacking inventive step over JP748 prior art. The counterclaim for revocation by Philips succeeded and the infringement action was dismissed.

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Claims

At issue1, 2, 4

Revoked1, 2, 4

Notes: EP 2 437 696 B2 revoked; claims 1 and 2 found invalid over JP748; claim 4 (adaptive feedback) also obvious; auxiliary request also invalid; infringement action dismissed.