UPC_CFI_658/2025

METHOD AND PRODUCT FOR LOCALISED OR SPATIAL DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID IN A TISSUE SAMPLE

Procedural & sub-applicationsCosts AssessmentsDusseldorf LDGenericWritten Phase

Overview Decisions Documents Timeline

Parties

Claimants

10x Genomics, Inc.

Respondents

Curio Bioscience Inc.

Judges

Ronny Thomas
Berenice Thom
Andras Kupecz
Martin Schmidt

Patents

EP2697391

CPC codes: C12Q1/6827, C12Q1/6841, C12Q1/6837, C12Q1/6853, G01N1/30, G16B30/00, C12Q1/6816, C12N15/11, G16B50/20, C12Q1/6844, C12Q1/6876, G16B50/30…

Sector: Biotechnology

Outcome

Costs only

Filed: Jul 16, 2025

First decided: Feb 2, 2026

Language: English

The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a costs decision in the 10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience proceedings (EP 2 697 391), establishing that costs of PI proceedings and main proceedings are capped separately, that mixing of costs between proceedings is inadmissible, and that in partial success the ceiling is reduced proportionally.

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