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Legal principleproduct-by-process claim construction: technical properties conferred by process are decisiveClear all

Ronny Thomas

Dusseldorf LD · Milan CD

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Total cases
202
PI grant rate
83%
Infringement rate
63%
Median time-to-decision (days)
193
Roles
presiding, rapporteur
Outcome breakdown
  • Pending112
  • Procedural only35
  • Withdrawn11
  • Settled10
  • PI granted10
  • Costs only6
  • Infringed6
  • Revoked3
  • Not infringed3
  • Permanent injunction2
  • PI denied2
  • Partially revoked1
Roles
  • Presiding Judge
  • Presiding Judge / Judge-Rapporteur
  • Presiding Judge and Judge-Rapporteur
  • Presiding Judge and Judge-rapporteur
  • Presiding Judge and judge-rapporteur
  • Presiding judge
  • Presiding judge and judge-rapporteur
Recent cases
Latest filings where this judge sat on the panel.
  • —UPC_APP_58951/2024Procedural onlyDolby International AB v HP Deutschland GmbH
  • —UPC_APP_6774/2025WithdrawnPer Aarsleff A/S v IMS Robotics GmbH
  • —UPC_APP_61143/2024Procedural onlyFUJIFILM Corporation v Kodak GmbH
  • —ACT_3932/2024RevokedHeadwater Research LLC v Samsung Electronics GmbH
  • —UPC_APP_20487/2025SettledEvac Oy v Shanghai VacDrain Vacuum Drainage Equipment Co., Ltd.
  • —ORD_33845/2025Procedural onlyImusyn GmbH & Co. KG v BAG Diagnostics GmbH
  • —ACT_580849/2023Permanent injunctionSodaStream Industries Ltd. v Aarke AB
  • —ORD_19201/2025Procedural onlyLabrador Diagnostics LLC v bioMérieux SA
  • —ORD_34168/2025Procedural onlyOna Patents SL v Apple Inc.
  • —ACT_10138/2025Costs onlyFUJIFILM Corporation v Kodak GmbH
  • —UPC_APP_4511/2025Procedural onlyOna Patents SL v Apple Inc.
  • —UPC_APP_67764/2024WithdrawnDolby International AB v ASUS Computer GmbH
  • —ORD_53245/2024SettledDolby International AB v Optoma Deutschland GmbH
  • —UPC_APP_14382/2025SettledNichia Corporation v Endrich Bauelemente Vertriebs GmbH
  • —UPC_APP_41756/2024Procedural onlyOna Patents SL v Apple Inc.
  • —UPC_APP_68581/2024WithdrawnValeo Electrification v Magna PT B.V. & Co. KG
  • —UPC_APP_4496/2025Procedural onlyGlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA v Pfizer Europe MA EEIG
  • —ACT_66999/2024Costs onlySeoul Viosys Co., Ltd. v expert e-Commerce GmbH
  • —UPC_APP_6997/2024SettledN.V. Nutricia v Nestlé Health Science (Deutschland) GmbH
  • —ORD_9090/2025Procedural onlyOna Patents SL v Google Ireland Limited
  • —UPC_APP_59050/2024Procedural onlyOrtovox Sportartikel GmbH v Mammut Sports Group AG
  • —UPC_APP_33210/2025PI grantedHEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P v Zhuhai ouguan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
  • —UPC_APP_24791/2025SettledVersah LLC v HaeNaem Co., Ltd.
  • —ACT_597355/2023Not infringedSanofi Biotechnologies SAS v Amgen Inc.
  • —UPC_APP_25069/2024Procedural onlyDolby International AB v HP Deutschland GmbH