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UPC CFI 507/2024
Sep 11, 2024·EP1910572 +1 more · METHODS OF DETECTING NUCLEIC ACIDS IN INDIVIDUAL CELLS AND OF IDENTIFYING RARE CELLS FROM LARGE HETEROGENEOUS CELL POPULATIONS
- Case details
- StatusCase Closed (Patent upheld as granted)ActionCounterclaim for revocationCategoryCounterclaim for revocation
- Parties
- Claimants
- Molecular Instruments, Inc.Operating co.
Representatives- Marianne Schaffner-Gowling WLG
- Matthew Spencer
- James Legg
- Anne Marie Verschuur
- Celine Bey
Respondents- Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc.Operating co.
Representatives- Judith Krens-Pinsent Masons
- Christopher Sharp
- Kristina Cornish
- Nicolas Bitsch
- Division
- The Hague LD
- Technology
- ChemistryOrganic fine chemistry · Biotechnology · Chemical engineering
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Nov 18, 2025
- EPO Opposition
- Affymetrix, Inc.Admissible2015-04-27
How this compares
The court's record for this kind of case, counted in first-instance rulings. A figure in brackets is the number of rulings a rate rests on.
| Patent revoked | Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|---|
| All UPC | 37% (34/91) | 124 |
| The Hague LD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Edger Brinkman | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Margot Kokke | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Alima Zana | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Michael Alt | Locked | Locked |
At the UPC: Molecular Instruments, Inc. (2 cases)·Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (2 cases)
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Decisions
- 2025-11-18Infringement ActionPublic
Summary: The Hague Local Division decided in proceedings on infringement and counterclaim for revocation concerning Advanced Cell Diagnostics' RNAscope technology patents (EP 1 910 572 and EP 2 500 439) against Molecular Instruments; the decision addressed novelty, inventive step, and infringement of in situ hybridisation method claims.
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- In situ hybridisation RNA detection method patents
- Novelty
- Inventive step
- Infringement
Documents
Show all 782 documents| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Case closed | 2025-11-25 | Not public |
| Oral procedure closed | 2025-11-18 | Not public |
| Decision | 2025-11-18 | Not public |
| Decision | 2025-11-18 | Not public |
| Oral procedure opened | 2025-10-01 | Not public |
| Summon-Oral-Hearing | 2025-08-11 | Not public |
| uploaded for technical/CMS reasons only | 2025-08-11 | Public |
| Hearing-Dates | 2025-08-11 | Not public |
| 0-OVERVIEW EXHIBITS DEFENDANT MI | 2025-07-24 | Not public |
| MI - Formal Response to ORD_24402_2025 | 2025-07-24 | Not public |