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Weekly life sciences legal highlights: unitary patents, EMA 2023 and paediatric IRIS, Human Medicines changes, CMA clearance of Cochlear/Oticon Medical merger, Horizon Europe report—6 June 2024

Published on: 06 June 2024

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EPO registers more than 27,000 patents in the Unitary Patent system

The European Patent Office (EPO) reports registering over 27,000 unitary patents in the Unitary Patent’s inaugural year, following its launch in June 2023. This means nearly one in four (23%) granted European patents now cover all participating Member States, with the share continuing to rise. The newly established Unified Patent Court (UPC) has handled around 350 matters to date and also provides a single forum for disputes concerning both unitary patents and non‑unitary European patents. In addition, the European Commission plans a unitary supplementary protection certificate to permit the extension of unitary patent protection for certain authorised pharmaceutical and plant protection products on a unitary basis. The largest proportion of unitary patents has gone to the medical technology field (31%). See: LNB News 31/05/2024 40...

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