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Patentanwälte Dörner & Kötter PartG mbB
18 first-instance invalidity cases · 2019–2021 · 61.1% win rate
Cases
18
Invalidated
11
Lost
7
Win rate
61.1%
Median costs
€750
Win rate by year
2019
56.3%9/16 merits
2021
100%2/2 merits
Bar = win rate; faint right-hand bar = case volume that year.
Most-practised sectors
- 23Fluid-distribution, sanitary, heating18
Most-invoked grounds
- Article 25(1)(b)18
- Article 416
- Article 712
- Article 6(1)9
- Article 56
- Article 7(1)6
Most-represented clients
- NBL Europe GmbH16 cases · 9/16 won
- Reiner Förster2 cases · 2/2 won
Most-frequent opposing parties
- Erwin Müller GmbH16 cases · prevailed 7×
- BioHeatPlus GmbH2 cases
Most-frequent opposing holder-side firms
- Kalkoff & Partner Patentanwälte16 cases · they prevailed 7×
- karo IP Patentanwälte Kahlhöfer Rößler Kreuels PartG mbB2 cases
Recent decisions
| Date | Case | Holder | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-20 | 000113681 | BioHeatPlus GmbH | Invalidated (total) |
| 2021-12-17 | 000113644 | BioHeatPlus GmbH | Invalidated (total) |
| 2019-08-14 | 000102319 | Erwin Müller GmbH | Invalidated (total) |
| 2019-08-14 | 000102401 | Erwin Müller GmbH | Invalidated (total) |
| 2019-08-14 | 000102402 | Erwin Müller GmbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2019-08-14 | 000102403 | Erwin Müller GmbH | Invalidated (total) |
| 2019-08-14 | 000102420 | Erwin Müller GmbH | Invalidated (total) |
| 2019-08-14 | 000102439 | Erwin Müller GmbH | Invalidated (total) |
| 2019-08-14 | 000102262 | Erwin Müller GmbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2019-08-14 | 000102500 | Erwin Müller GmbH | Invalidated (total) |
| 2019-08-14 | 000102519 | Erwin Müller GmbH | Invalidated (total) |
| 2019-08-14 | 000102539 | Erwin Müller GmbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |