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From the 26 January Sycurio Press Release.
UK: Court of Appeal grants Sycurio permission to appeal
"Sycurio’s CFO, Paul Greensmith, said “the Court of Appeal decision to extend the stay of the payment of the interim costs award to PCI Pal pending further consideration indicates that the Court understands our concerns about PCI-Pal’s financial position."
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Todays fund raise should sort out Sycurio's "concerns"
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PCIP and ECK both releasing positive news on the same day at the same time (again) Sending a message?
(seems LSE does not like the less than sign...)
* Dilution is less than 10%. I'm hoping and expecting that we'll see an acceleration in growth as a result.
* dilution is
Have to say, I'm both surprised at the placing and that the stock is up. I guess it removes the balance sheet risk from the trial and the dilution is
Placing at 56p now you don’t see that often - happy days
Annual Patent Case Law Review, took place in February 2024
Page 34...Sycurio v PCI-PAL (25 September 2023)
The reviewer has reiterated Justice Arnold's (now Lord Justice Arnold) 2011 judgment in MedImmune v Novartis
"what is required is that an expert witness should express an independent and
impartial opinion which is unaffected by the identity of the party instructing him".
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Lord Justice Arnold, (not confirmed) is likely to be one of the three Judges at the Court Of Appeal hearing on the 21st May
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Our 26th Annual Patent Case Law Review, took place in February 2024.
There was lots to talk about at this year's event, which was chaired by Huw Evans, including some blockbusting decisions from the UK courts and of course, the first six months of the UPC.
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Sycurio v PCI-PAL (25 September 2023) concerned Sycurio's patent to a method of processing a
phone call. Sycurio asserted that it was infringed by PCI-PAL's cloud-based secure card payment
system known as Agent Assist. Bacon J (a competition law specialist) made the following preliminary
points, which should not be news to any IP lawyer ([9]-[14]):
"There is no dispute that an expert witness in a patent case is subject to the rules of CPR Pt
35. These include under r. 35.3(1) the duty of experts “to help the court on matters within their
expertise”, and under r. 35.10(1) the requirement for an expert’s report to comply with Practice
Direction 35.
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It is perhaps worth reiterating that a key authority on expert evidence from the Patents Court remains
the 2011 judgment in MedImmune v Novartis65
. Arnold J made clear that a principle condensed into
CPR Part 35 is that "what is required is that an expert witness should express an independent and
impartial opinion which is unaffected by the identity of the party instructing him". The lawyers who
instruct expert witnesses have important responsibilities too. It is their responsibility to ensure that the
expert is properly instructed and put in a position to express an independent and impartial opinion. This
may involve more than simply telling the expert that that is his or her duty and providing them with
copies of the Practice Direction and the Protocol on the instruction of experts. For example, experts
must guard against the "natural tendency" to focus on parts of the prior art document which support the
opinion they hold. Experts should also reveal past involvement with the invention in issue or a similar
invention and, where appropriate, explain it.
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Begins on page 32
https://gowlingwlg.com/getmedia/cd12565c-09fb-4e2d-acab-7860fa8567ff/240228-26th-annual-patent-case-law-review.pdf.xml
Zoom live webinar
PCI Pal
2,718 followers
1h
In today's contact centre landscape, compliance is paramount.
Our CISO, Geoff Forsyth will be joined by industry leaders - Susannah Hammond and Dan Nadir of Theta Lake and Iqbal Javaid from Zoom to discuss strategies for maintaining a compliant a robust contact centre environment.
Join us next Thursday, 14 March at10 am GMT
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pci-pal_in-todays-contact-centre-landscape-compliance-activity-7171512910005936128-cwN_
Zoom expands commitment to Saudi Arabia launching new services
March 7, 2024
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCESAUDI ARABIATECHNOLOGY
Zoom Video Communications has expanded its commitment to Saudi Arabia with the announcement that Zoom AI Companion will be available for customers in the kingdom by the end of July 2024,
Also, Zoom Phone will be available by October 2024, and Zoom Contact Centre will be available by the end of 2024. In addition, Zoom will add two more cloud regions in the country in 2024, the first of which will be available later this month.
Zoom Phone
As a global cloud private branch exchange application service, Zoom Phone will support businesses in Saudi Arabia with consolidation efforts, as these organisations can now have a single communication platform for their distributed workforce.
With Zoom’s “bring your own carrier” (BYOC) feature, enterprise customers have the flexibility to keep their current public switched telephone network (PSTN) service providers by redirecting existing voice circuits to the Zoom Phone cloud. Zoom Phone BYOC will be generally available to all customers in the kingdom by the end of October 2024.
Zoom Contact Centre
Built on the reliable, scalable, and secure Zoom platform, Zoom Contact Centre combines unified communications and contact center capabilities into one simple experience.
Bringing all communications onto one platform helps improve operational efficiency by streamlining communications across the organisation, making it easy for contact centre agents to reach back-office experts while assisting a customer. It can help improve responsiveness and reduce complexity by eliminating departmental silos and easily connecting front-office and back-office functions through one familiar, single-user interface. The result is a consolidated contact center solution that helps simplify administration, streamline costs, and improve the overall customer experience.
Zoom Contact Centre BYOC will be available to customers in the kingdom by the end of 2024.
https://www.zawya.com/en/business/technology-and-telecom/zoom-expands-commitment-to-saudi-arabia-launching-new-services-q9ww81gx
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PCI PAL TEAMS UP WITH ZOOM
Charlotte, N.C., November 13, 2023 – PCI Pal (LON: PCIP), the global SaaS provider of secure payment solutions for business communications, today announced it has joined forces with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. to deliver an improved customer experience through the integration of PCI Pal Agent Assist and Digital Payments solutions into Zoom Contact Center and Zoom Phone.
https://www.pcipal.com/knowledge-centre/resource/pci-pal-teams-up-with-zoom-to-create-secure-payment-experiences/
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PCI DSS Certification in Saudi Arabia is a set of security standards designed to ensure that all organizations that accept, process, store or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environmental.
https://www.certvalue.com/pci-dss-certificat
Looks like I timed my buy right - let's hope it keeps slowly moving North and then we get a little spring in our step when the appeal is quashed :)
"A number of competitor displacements in both the UK and US"
Is Santander one of them?
Now missing off the Sycurio Customer page
"A number of competitor displacements in both the UK and US; including a Fortune 500 industrial supply business; as well as an existing customer of the Group in the US who in the UK had a historic relationship with a competitor and has chosen to standardise with PCI Pal globally."
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Semafone.. March 20 2019
Our Customers
Santander
https://web.archive.org/web/20190320015439/https://semafone.com/company/customers-us/
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Sycurio... May 20 2023
Customers.
Santander
https://web.archive.org/web/20230520111256/https://sycurio.com/about/customers
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Sycurio ..27 February 2024
Customers
No Santander
https://sycurio.com/customers
Agree entirely, welcome.
Pci pal revenues increasing I personally am convinced the appeal will fail as was the case for the original lawsuit. Costs will be recovered and I think the shares will return north towards previous valuation- just seems a really good entry point.
Now fixed date; 21-May-2024 - estimated length (in hours): 6:00
Case
Reference: CA-2024-000006
Title: Sycurio Limited v PCI-PAL Plc and another
Type: Appeal
Appeal / Application:
from the order of Mrs Justice Bacon
Patents Court dated 18-Dec-2023
Hearing Status: Fixed on 21-May-2024 - estimated length (in hours): 6:00
https://casetracker.justice.gov.uk/getDetail.do?case_id=CA-2024-000006
Case Tracker for Civil Appeals
Summary Case Details for CA-2024-000006
Case
Reference: CA-2024-000006
Title: Sycurio Limited v PCI-PAL Plc and another
Type: Appeal
Appeal / Application:
from the order of Mrs Justice Bacon
Patents Court dated 18-Dec-2023
Hearing Status: Float on 23-May-2024 or 23-May-2024 - estimated length (in hours): 6:00
https://casetracker.justice.gov.uk/getDetail.do?case_id=CA-2024-000006
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115 page TRANSCRIPT of Markman Hearing
Now available
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
89 Transcript Tue 10/31 6:20 AM
TRANSCRIPT of Markman Hearing held on 10/24/2023 before Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr.. Court Reporter Cheryl A. Nuccio, telephone number 704-350-7494. NOTICE RE: REDACTION OF TRANSCRIPTS: The parties have 5 business days to file a Notice of Intent to Request Redaction and 21 calendar days to file a Redaction Request. If no notice is filed, this transcript will be made electronically available to the public without redaction after 90 calendar days. Transcript may be viewed at the court public terminal or purchased through the court reporter before the 90 day deadline. After that date it may be obtained through PACER. Policy at www.ncwd.uscourts.gov Release of Transcript Restriction set for 1/26/2024. (thh)
https://www.pacermonitor.com/case/41847299/Semafone_Limited
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BLIER v. SYCURIO, INC F/K/A SEMAFONE, INC. et al
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
12 misc Stipulation Wed 02/14 5:13 PM
First STIPULATION of Extension of Time to Respond to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss filed by CONNOR BLIER. (Pimentel, Matthew)
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
notice Notice of Hearing (Form Attached) Tue 02/13 9:46 AM
NOTICE of Hearing: In Chambers Conference set for 2/22/2024 at 02:00 PM in Remote Hearing before District Judge Mary S. McElroy.(Zoom Meeting ID: 160 623 7994, Passcode: 538252) (Potter, Carrie)
https://www.pacermonitor.com/case/50982135/BLIER_v_SYCURIO,_INC_FKA_SEMAFONE,_INC_et_al
Sycurio were going to reduce the number of asserted claims to no more than 21 in its Amended Infringement contentions due to be served February
6, 2024.
Not happened?
Friday, January 19, 2024
TEXT-ONLY ORDER granting 101 Joint MOTION for Extension of Time of Scheduling Order Deadlines and Joint MOTION to Withdraw re 96 MOTION Limit The Number of Asserted Patent Claims. The deadline to serve amended infringement contentions is extended to 2/6/2024.
https://www.pacermonitor.com/case/41847299/Semafone_Limited
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2022092603A1 SIGNAL DETECTION AND BLOCKING FOR VOICE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
Applicants
SEMAFONE LTD [GB]
Inventors
TEW ANDREW PETER WILLIAM [GB]; JACKSON DAVID [GB]; CRITCHLEY TIMOTHY [GB]; COOPER-DRIVER RICHARD CHARLES [GB]
Application US202117304795A
Publication US2022092603A1
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/039571074/publication/US2022092603A1?q=pn%3DUS2022092603
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EPO Global Dossier: US202117304795
https://register.epo.org/ipfwretrieve?apn=US.202117304795.A&lng=en
08.02.2024 Abandonment
https://register.epo.org/documentView?number=US.202117304795.A&documentId=LSAQY0CEGREENX1
Transparency data
DWP commercial pipeline at January 2024
Updated 7 February 2024
Reference number ecm.._10012
Contract titleÿ.. PCI Pal - Secure Card Payment System (SCPS)
Contract description.. A PCI Solution is to ensure that cardholder data is protected and secured when handled within DWP and to ensure compliance against PCI DSS and contribute to securing card holder data for GDPR purposes.
Spend Category..Digital
Estimated Procurement Start Date..01/02/2024
Estimated New Contract Start Date..16/03/2024
Estimated New Contract Length..36
Current or New Contract Value..œ3,382,498
Business Area..DWP / Commercial Directorate
Existing Contract Name..PCI Pal - Secure Card Payment System (SCPS)
Contract Needs To Be In Place By..16/03/2024
Estimated Extension Option - Length..36 months
Estimated Extension Value œ..TBC
Framework/DPS ID..N/A
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65c34aa312d5f1000e375161/dwp-commercial-pipeline-at-january-2024.csv/preview
What I did find interesting, was that PCIP and ECK both put out updates on the same day.
The three European Patent Opposition filings from PCIP and ECK against Sycurio all came in on the same day.
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EP2286576 - SIGNAL DETECTION FOR VOICE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
Opponent(s) 01.. 15.03.2023.. 16.03.2023.. ADMISSIBLE
PCI-PAL (U.K.) Limited
7 Gamma Terrace
Ransomes Europark
West Road
Ipswich IP3 9FF / GB
Opponent's representative
Dummett Copp LLP
25 The Square
Martlesham Heath
Ipswich IP5 3SL / GB
02.. 15.03.2023.. 17.03.2023.. ADMISSIBLE
Eckoh PLC / Eckoh UK Limited
Telford House
Corner Hall
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP3 9HN / GB
Opponent's representative
Dentons UK and Middle East LLP
One Fleet Place
London EC4M 7WS / GB
https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP09742359&lng=en&tab=main
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EP3402177 - SIGNAL DETECTION AND BLOCKING FOR VOICE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
Opponent(s) 01.. 07.04.2022.. 11.04.2022.. ADMISSIBLE
PCI-PAL (U.K.) Limited
7 Gamma Terrace
Ransomes Europark
West Road
Ipswich IP3 9FF / GB
Opponent's representative
Dummett Copp LLP
25 The Square
Martlesham Heath
Ipswich IP5 3SL / GB
02.. 07.04.2022.. 11.04.2022.. ADMISSIBLE
Eckoh PLC / Eckoh UK Limited
Telford House
Corner Hall
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP3 9HN / GB
Opponent's representative
Dentons UK and Middle East LLP
One Fleet Place
London EC4M 7WS / GB
https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP18164715&lng=en&tab=main
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EP3603043 - TELEPHONE SIGNAL PROCESSING
Opponent(s) 01.. 14.06.2023.. 16.06.2023.. ADMISSIBLE
PCI-PAL (U.K.) Limited
7 Gamma Terrace
Ransomes Europark
West Road
Ipswich IP3 9FF / GB
Opponent's representative
Dummett Copp LLP
25 The Square
Martlesham Heath
Ipswich IP5 3SL / GB
02.. 14.06.2023.. 16.06.2023.. ADMISSIBLE
Eckoh UK Limited / Eckoh PLC
Telford House
Corner Hall
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP3 9HN / GB
Opponent's representative
Dentons UK and Middle East LLP
One Fleet Place
London EC4M 7WS / GB
https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP18715240&lng=en&tab=main
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Case
Reference: CA-2024-000006
Title: Sycurio Limited v PCI-PAL Plc and another
Type: Appeal
Appeal / Application:
from the order of Mrs Justice Bacon
Patents Court dated 18-Dec-2023
Track Your Case:
Current Status: Awaiting bundles and/or documents from applicant/applicant's solicitors
Tracking Information:
06-Feb-2024: Case file passed to Case Management
https://casetracker.justice.gov.uk/getDetail.do?case_id=CA-2024-000006
You really think that's the reason? There are three companies in this space, all of which will win business here and there. Fact of the matter is PCIP is growing much faster than Eckoh, even if Eckoh does win the odd deal.
Leycrjb, here is a couple of things that Pcip investors may not have liked this morning
Eckoh, update
* competitive tender processes*
The new North American enterprise wins include:
· a 5-year contract with a US travel technology company that has multiple global on-line brands in its portfolio;
· a 5-year healthcare contract with a leading US homecare business;
· a 3-year contract with one of the largest paediatric organisations in the US; and
· a 3-year contract with a Fortune 500 office supplies retailer
In line with our strategy these contracts are for multiple products and are cloud-delivered solutions, while two were won in competitive tender processes.
https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/ECK/new-business-update-z1h5cdu3dyrouub.html
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From today's RNS
Leveraging PCI Pal's patented cloud-to-cloud integration methods, the Zoom integrations are due for full launch in Q3 of the current financial year.
PCI-PAL PLC - Review of 2023 Results and Prospects
37:48.. Zoom expected to be fully live at product stage in January 24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMybZ_Z_cjw
Very pleasing results. Happy to see ARR continue to tick along. Setting aside legal costs, to have generated £0.5m in cash is a fantastic achievement.
Is the stock really down because the US case is scheduled for Feb '25? We already knew that. Sometimes AIM really does blow me away.
Just to be clear
"Michael Silverleaf, talking about turning the machine off and on again." He is talking about the Control System
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Deadline moved back from January to March
The Department for Work and Pensions: Secure Card Payment Services Procurement
A Tender Notice
by DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS
History
29 Jan 2024 - Tender Notice
19 Dec 2023 - Pipeline Notice
01 Nov 2023 - Pipeline Notice
Source
Contracts Finder
Type
Framework (Services)
Duration
3 year
Value
£6M-£13M
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
29 Jan 2024
Delivery
01 Sep 2024 to 31 Aug 2027
Deadline
13 Mar 2024 13:00
https://bidstats.uk/tenders/2024/W05/815661113
Before :
HIS HONOUR JUDGE HACON
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Between :
J. C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED
Claimant
- and -
(1) MANITOU UK LIMITED
(2) MANITOU BF S.A.
Defendants
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Michael Silverleaf QC and Tim Austen (instructed by Baker & McKenzie LLP) for the Claimant
Brian Nicholson QC and Kyra Nezami (instructed by Marks & Clerk Law LLP) for the Defendants
170. A related point of law was raised by Mr Silverleaf. He submitted that the simplest case I had referred to in Kwikbolt (see above) was just that. In a more complex case there may be many differences between the variant and the claim in suit and in principle the variant may not embody any of the integers of the invention of the claim, yet still be an equivalent of that invention and so infringe. I agree that this is true in principle, although as I remarked to Mr Silverleaf, it would be a big ask if all or most of the integers in the variant were different from those of the claim.
171. I think Mr Silverleaf may have had a more nuanced point in mind. The integers of the claim which are different in the variant may not be independent of each other. If one changes, they all change. It may be that the variant can be characterised as in truth embodying only one difference from the claim in issue, albeit leading to differences across several integers, and therefore presenting a more promising candidate as an equivalent. This had some potential relevance in the present case.
Final conclusion
172. EP 065 and GB 595 are invalid. For the reasons set out in the confidential annex, Manitou’s configuration A machines would have infringed both had they been valid.
173. EP 965 is invalid. Had it been valid, Manitou would have admitted infringement in respect of its configuration A and MLA machines.
174. EP 382 is valid. Manitou admits that it is infringed in relation to its configuration A and B machines. For the reasons set out in the confidential annex it is not infringed by configuration C machines, but is infringed by configuration D machines.
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Patents/2022/1724.html
Michael Silverleaf, at the Court of Appeal
February 1, 2024
JC Bamford Excavators Ltd (appellant) v Manitou UK Ltd & anr respondents)
Tuesday 30 January 2024
By appellant’s notice filed on the 23 December 2022, the appellant appeals the decision of HHJ Hacon (sitting as a Judge of the Patents Court) dated 9 December 2022.
The claimant (“JCB”) and the defendants (“Manitou”) are longstanding rivals in the European market for construction and agricultural vehicles. At issue in this case are vehicles known as telehandlers. They emerged in the 1970s as modified forklift trucks and their success has led to their forming a significant and distinct market sector of their own.
https://www.judiciary.uk/live-hearings/jc-bamford-excavators-ltd-appellant-v-manitou-uk-ltd-anr-respondents/
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View hearing:
Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9O2JnV-8dU
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Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eesgT6zNVoQ
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1 hour 9 mins, watch to the end
Michael Silverleaf, talking about turning the machine off and on again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eesgT6zNVoQ
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Reminds me of this
144. Mr Silverleaf’s third objection was that Van Volkenburgh did not disclose turning on and off the blocking of data. PCI-Pal agreed that in this regard Van Volkenburgh differed from claim 9; but, as Mr Robinson said in his second report, there is nothing inventive in turning functionality on and off: “I struggle with the idea that somehow there is something inventive about turning on functionality when you need it.”
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Patents/2023/2361.html
That's funny, because even fewer appeals to the IPO are successful...
https://www.aathornton.com/appeals-to-the-appointed-person-in-the-uk/
Leycrjb
I wonder if Sycurio think that the Intellectual Property Office got it wrong on the amendment?
"Specifically, Sycurio believes that the High Court did not properly determine the meaning of the claims of the UK patent at issue and that, when they are properly understood, PCI Pal's Agent Assist product infringes those claims."
11 July 2023... Court Application Notice
https://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-ipsum/Document/ApplicationNumber/GB1020894.0/8cfe2fa1-f4f2-4f4a-ad90-6a2850a27a75/GB2473376-20230711-Court%20Application%20Notice.pdf
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30 August 2023 Letter - Amendment (S75)
https://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-ipsum/Document/ApplicationNumber/GB1020894.0/25b09e49-f4b0-4ae6-b36b-f5851e5b0ce4/GB2473376-20230830-Letter%20%20Amendment%20S75.pdf
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New EU Patent
EP4203435A1 PROCESSING SENSITIVE INFORMATION OVER VOIP
Applicants
PCI PAL U K LTD [GB]
Inventors
FORSYTH GEOFF [GB]; THORPE JAMES [GB]; BRANCO CÉSAR [GB]
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/060326700/publication/EP4203435A1?q=pn%3DEP4203435
01.02.2024 Communication about intention to grant a European patent
https://register.epo.org/application?documentId=LRRU75SESZQ4OIF&number=EP23157221&lng=en&npl=false