Guidance
Requests for opinions: 2024
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Overview
The table below shows information about opinion requests we have received in 2024 and what stage each request has reached.
For example, you can see whether:
- you can file observations on a request or whether the period for doing so has expired
- we have issued an opinion
- the person who filed the request has withdrawn it
- we have refused a request for an opinion. Where we’ve issued a decision refusing the request, you can view this in our decisions database
Further information
If you would like more information about a particular request please contact us by:
- telephone: +44 (0)1633 814443
- email: opinions@ipo.gov.uk
2023 requests
| Opinion number | Patent/SPC number, title and owner | Requester and request date | Issue (Infringement and/or Validity) | Observations deadline | Outcome |
| 01/24 |
GB2578339 Open Pen Detection and Shut Down System Greentec International Limited |
Jonathan Hewett c/o Lewis Silkin LLP 19 December 2023 |
Validity | 30 January 2024 |
Published 3 January 2024