The Milan headquarters of the Central Division of the Unified Patent Court was officially launched on, 27th of June.

This new section will handle cases related to "Human Needs" (IPC class A), which covers a broad range of patents, including: * Agriculture * Food and tobacco * Personal and household items * Rescue and fun * Sports and games

The competencies were redistributed as follows: Milan: patents of section A (Human Needs: agriculture, food products, tobacco, etc) without Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs)

Paris: patents of sections B (Execution of operations; Transport), D (Textiles), E (Buildings), G (Physics), H (Electricity), SPCs (classes A and C)

Munich : patents of section C (Chemistry and metallurgy) without SPCs, and section F (mechanical engineering; lighting; heating; weapons; explosives).