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UPC CoA 932/2025
Dec 22, 2025·EP4151181 Unitary patent · PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE
- Case details
- StatusOral PhaseActionAppealCategoryMain appeal
- Parties
- Claimants
- Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.Operating co.
- Meril GmbHOperating co.
- Meril Italy srlOperating co.
Representatives- Andreas Johannes Nikolaus von Falck-Hogan Lovells International LLP
Respondents- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationOperating co.
Representatives- Bryce Matthewson-Powell Gilbert (Europe) LLP
- Division
- Court of Appeal
- Technology
- InstrumentsMedical technology
- Language
- English
- EPO Opposition
- Meril GmbHAdmissible2024-11-28
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|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Judge Klaus Grabinski | Locked |
| Judge Peter Blok | Locked |
| Judge Emmanuel Gougé | Locked |
| Judge Max Tilmann | Locked |
| Judge Renaud Fulconis | Locked |
At the UPC: Meril Group (60 cases)·Edwards Lifesciences Group (57 cases)
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Documents
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Oral procedure opened | 2026-10-07 | Not public |
| Interim procedure closed | 2026-10-07 | Not public |
| Summons to oral hearing | 2026-10-07 | Not public |
| Summons | 2026-10-07 | Public |
| Communication | 2026-09-29 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2026-09-25 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-09-25 | Not public |
| Document Respondent | 2026-09-25 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2026-09-25 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-09-25 | Not public |
| Exhibit Appellant | 2026-09-25 | Not public |
| Exhibit Appellant | 2026-09-25 | Not public |
| Submission Appellant | 2026-09-25 | Not public |
| Interim procedure opened | 2026-09-18 | Not public |
| Written procedure closed | 2026-09-18 | Not public |
| Order | 2026-09-18 | Not public |
| Order | 2026-09-18 | Public |
| Receipt | 2026-07-24 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-07-24 | Not public |
| Reply to the Statement of cross-appeal | 2026-07-24 | Not public |
| Communication | 2026-07-13 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2026-05-25 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-05-25 | Not public |
| Fee | 2026-05-25 | Not public |
| Proof of payment | 2026-05-25 | Not public |
| Statement of Response including Statement of cross-appeal | 2026-05-25 | Not public |
| Other Documents | 2026-04-20 | Not public |
| Order | 2026-03-23 | Not public |
| Order | 2026-03-23 | Public |
| Order | 2026-03-23 | Public |
| Receipt | 2026-02-23 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-02-23 | Not public |
| Statement of the Grounds of Appeal | 2026-02-23 | Not public |
| Publication | 2025-12-30 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-12-22 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2025-12-22 | Not public |
| Fee | 2025-12-22 | Not public |
| Exhibit document Appellant | 2025-12-22 | Not public |
| Exhibit document Appellant | 2025-12-22 | Not public |
| Exhibit document Appellant | 2025-12-22 | Not public |
| Exhibit document Appellant | 2025-12-22 | Not public |
| Proof of payment | 2025-12-22 | Not public |
| Exhibit document Appellant | 2025-12-22 | Not public |
| Statement of Appeal | 2025-12-22 | Not public |