UPC_CFI_613/2024

AIR-FLOW IN A NEBULIZER HEAD

RevocationMain Revocation ActionMilan CDRevocationCase Closed

Overview Decisions Reasoning Citations Documents Timeline

Parties

Claimants

Pari Pharma GmbH

Reps: Holger Stratmann

Respondents

Koninklijke Philips N.V.

Reps: Michael Ras

Judges

Andrea Postiglione
Anna-Lena Klein
Koen Callewaert

Patents

EP3397329
EP 3 397 329

CPC codes: A61M11/002, A61M11/00, A61M15/0001, A61M11/006

Technology area: Medical Devices · Drug Delivery

Sector: Pharmaceutical & Medical

Outcome

Patent maintainedMaintained as granted

Filed: Oct 23, 2024

First decided: Nov 27, 2025

Language: English

The Milan Central Division dismissed Pari Pharma's revocation action against Philips' nebulizer patent EP 3 397 329 (unitary effect), upholding the patent after finding the prior art combinations relied upon by the claimant do not render the invention obvious to the skilled person.

Open on UPC Registry

Claims

At issue1

Maintained1

Amended1

Notes: Revocation action rejected; EP 3 397 329 maintained as amended by Auxiliary Request 2 (claim 1 as granted not novel over D1, but AR2 claim 1 inventive and valid).