UPC CoA 938/2025
Dec 23, 2025·EP3756767 Unitary patent · MODULAR POINT-OF-CARE DEVICES AND USES THEREOF
- Case details
- StatusWritten PhaseActionAppealCategoryMain appeal
- Parties
- Division
- Court of Appeal
- Technology
- InstrumentsMeasurement · Analysis of biological materials
- ChemistryChemical engineering
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Feb 17, 2026
- EPO Opposition
- bioMérieux société anonyme (SA)Admissible2025-01-31
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Judge Ulrike Voß | Locked |
| Judge Bart van den Broek | Locked |
| Judge Nathalie Sabotier | Locked |
| Judge Merja Heikkinen-Keinänen | Locked |
| Judge Stefan Wilhelm | Locked |
At the UPC: bioMérieux Group (12 cases)·Labrador Diagnostics LLC (7 cases)
This dispute contains 1 other proceedings
5 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
UPC CoA 47/2026·UPC CoA 937/2025·UPC CFI 571/2024·UPC CFI 315/2024·CC 54050/2024
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More cases: Court of Appeal·2025
- 2026-02-17Appeal RoP220.1Public
Summary: The Court of Appeal (judge-rapporteur Bart van den Broek) rejected the bioMérieux companies' request to stay the UPC revocation appeal proceedings pending EPO opposition proceedings concerning EP 3 756 767. The court found no exceptional circumstances justifying a stay, holding that UPC and EPO decisions on patent validity are not irreconcilable and that EPO developments can be factored into the appeal later. The court also rejected the request for extension of the deadline for the Statement of Grounds of Appeal, finding more efficient means (such as hearing appeals together under R. 220.5 RoP) available.
Show the legal issues (5)
- Stay of proceedings pending EPO opposition (R. 295(a) RoP)
- Extension of time limit for Statement of Grounds of Appeal (R. 9.3(a) RoP)
- Parallel UPC and EPO proceedings
- Irreconcilability of UPC and EPO decisions on patent validity
- Joinder of revocation and infringement appeals (R. 220.5 RoP)
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Receipt | 2026-07-28 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-07-28 | Not public |
| Reply to the Statement of cross-appeal | 2026-07-28 | Not public |
| Order | 2026-07-27 | Not public |
| Order | 2026-07-27 | Public |
| Receipt | 2026-07-24 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-07-24 | Not public |
| Application Respondent | 2026-07-24 | Not public |
| Document Respondent | 2026-07-24 | Not public |
| Exhibit Respondent | 2026-07-24 | Not public |