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Puritan Medical Products Company LLC actualiza la decisión final de la Oficina de Patentes de Europa
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- Puritan Medical Products Company LLC actualiza a sus clientes con más detalles la decisión final de la Oficina de Patentes de Europa acerca de la Patente Europea de Copan EP 1 608 268 B1

- La decisión final es acerca del espectro de la Patente Europea de Copan EP 1 608 268 B1 de la Oficina de Patentes de Europa – con un espectro reducido de EP'268 confirmado por la EPO

GUILFORD, Maine, 17 de junio de 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- El 3 de junio de 2015, en una escucha oral ante el Consejo de Apelaciones de la Oficina de Patentes de Europa (EPO), la EPO emitió su decisión final en relación a la Patente Europea de Copan EP 1 608 268 B1 ("EP'268"). El Consejo de Apelaciones de la EPO confirmó que EP'268, de Copan, solo es válida en un espectro que es sustancialmente más estrecho que el que indica y se concedió de forma original[1].

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Esta decisión supone la final de la EPO, siendo una decisión vinculante acerca de la validez y estrecha el espectro acerca de EP'268.

Como secuelas de esta decisión, Copan está ahora vinculada al espectro de EP'268, que es sustancialmente más estrecho que el demandado originalmente, y ya no puede ampliarse.

Y lo que es más importante, la demanda 1 de EP'268 contiene, entre otras, las siguientes características (se añade énfasis):

  • Se dijo que la cobertura de fibra tenía un extremo en forma de capa que contaba con un grosor uniforme
  • Se depositaba en el hisopo para conseguir acordar la fibra normal dentro de la superficie del extremo del empujador.

Los productos de Puritan de hisopos fibrosos HydraFlock® y PurFlock Ultra® son hisopos diferentes, y no disponen del acuerdo de fibra indicado por Copan. "Nos complace confirmar que nuestros dispositivos de recolección de especimenes fibrosos no infringen las recientes noticias del anuncio de la patente final de Copan", indicó Timothy Templet, vicepresidente ejecutivo de ventas mundiales de Puritan. "La reciente decisión solidifica la posición de Puritan de mantener la tecnología de hisopo fibroso más avanzada en Europa y Estados Unidos".

Tal y como ya se informó con anterioridad en uno de nuestros comunicados de 2014, esto se dejó claro de forma inequívoca en las declaraciones del Tribunal del Distrito de Düsseldorf en una audiencia oral realizada el 24 de junio de 2014 (caso número 4b O 176/12). El Tribunal de Düsseldorf a menudo está considerado como el tribunal más importante de Europa para el refuerzo de los derechos de las patentes.

En este caso, Copan ha evaluado el Modelo de Uso de Alemania[2] DE 20 2004 021 787 U1 ("DE'787") ante el Tribunal de Düsseldorf.

Como EP'268 y DE'787 contienen características estrechas debido a los derechos relacionados con el mismo invento y Copan ya está vinculada a la decisión final del Tribunal de Apelación de la EPO, se puede llegar a la conclusión de que los hisopos fibrosos de Puritan HydraFlock® y PurFlock Ultra® están también fuera del espectro de la Patente Europea de Copan.

Como todos los modelos de uso alemanes de Copan relacionados con los hisopos fibrosos[3] caducaron a finales de marzo de 2014 y son irrelevantes para sus ventas en Alemania desde esa fecha en adelante, los clientes de Puritan en Alemania disponen de libertad para realizar operaciones.

Acerca de Puritan Puritan Medical Products Co, LLC es un gran fabricante de productos de diagnosis y médicos de un solo uso con sede en Norteamérica. Todos los productos se fabrican en sus instalaciones de Puritan de Guilford, ME, Estados Unidos, incluyendo la fabricación de medios personalizados y capacidad de compuestos para cumplir con multitud de necesidades de los clientes.

Para más información de contacto: Timothy Templet, vicepresidente ejecutivo de ventas mundiales
[email protected]
+1.207.876.3311

[1] EP'268 fue retada en los procedimientos de oposición en la Oficina Europea de Patentes. La División de Oposición redujo de forma considerable el espectro de EP'268 frente a lo que se había conseguido originalmente. La decisión del consejo de administración termina con los procedimientos antes de la EPO.

[2] Los modelos de uso de Alemania pueden proporcionar derechos similares a los derechos de patentes excepto que los beneficios legales podrían comenzar antes de que el examinador de la oficina de patentes estudie incluso la sustancia del modelo de uso para su validez. Esto en concreto es lo que ha sucedido en este caso.

[3] DE 202004021787 U1; DE 202004021907; DE 202004021908 U1; U1DE 202004021930 U1; DE 202004021932 U1

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