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UPC CFI 571/2024
Sep 30, 2024·EP3756767 Unitary patent · MODULAR POINT-OF-CARE DEVICES AND USES THEREOF
- Case details
- StatusCase Closed (Patent upheld as amended)ActionCounterclaim for revocationCategoryCounterclaim for revocation
- Parties
- Claimants
- bioMérieux Benelux BVOperating co.
- bioMérieux SAOperating co.
- bioMérieux Deutschland GmbHOperating co.
- bioMérieux Portugal, Lda.Operating co.
- bioMérieux Italia S.p.A.Operating co.
- bioMérieux Austria GmbHOperating co.
Representatives- Benjamin Husband-Carpmaels & Ransford
- Division
- Milan CD
- Technology
- InstrumentsMeasurement · Analysis of biological materials
- ChemistryChemical engineering
- Language
- English
- EPO Opposition
- bioMérieux société anonyme (SA)Admissible2025-01-31
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 |
| Milan CD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Andrea Postiglione | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Marije Knijff | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Michel Abello | Locked | Locked |
At the UPC: bioMérieux Group (12 cases)·Labrador Diagnostics LLC (7 cases)
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All proceedings on this patentThis dispute contains 4 other proceedings
UPC CoA 47/2026·UPC CoA 937/2025·UPC CFI 315/2024·CC 54050/2024
2 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
Decisions
- —revocation counterclaim
Summary: 1. The (counterclaim for) revocation action filed by BioMérieux against Labrador concerning the European patent EP 3 756 767 B1 is rejected, in that sense that European Patent EP 3 756 767 B1 is maintained as amended by Auxiliary Request 3 (AR 3), as attached in the Annex to this decision.
Documents
Show all 245 documents| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Case closed | 2025-10-23 | Not public |
| Decision | 2025-10-23 | Public |
| Decision | 2025-10-23 | Not public |
| 54050/2024/OH/MIL-CTL/UPC2025091210AM | 2025-09-16 | Not public |
| 54050/2024/OH/MIL-CTL/UPC2025091210AM | 2025-09-16 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-09-11 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-09-10 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-09-10 | Not public |
| 2025.09.10 - Submission re value of actions and preliminary estimate of costs | 2025-09-10 | Not public |
| 20250910_CC_54050_2024_App_36532.2025_BioMerieux vs Labrador_EIP_App_R262.2RoP | 2025-09-10 | Not public |