Guidance

Requests for opinions: 2024

Information about opinions requests we have received this year

From:
Intellectual Property Office
Published
3 January 2024
Last updated
248 AprilMay 2024 — See all updates

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  • the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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:

2024 requests

Opinion number Patent/SPC number, title and owner Requester and request date Issue (Infringement and/or Validity) Observations deadline Outcome
07/24 EP2782559

Pharmaceutical composition comprising myo-inositol and d-chiro-inositol

Lo. Li. Pharma S.R.L.,		 Amina Hersi

2 April 2024		 Infringement and Validity 21 May 2024  
06/24 GB2529923

Pedal Cycle Drivetrain Component

Frogbikes Limited		 Marks & Clerk LLP

16 February 2024		 Validity 4 April 2024  
05/24 EP2756136

Baby Bath - support device

International Refills Company Ltd		 Talbots’s Family Products UK LLP

13 February 2024		 Infringement 18 March 2024  Issued 7 May 2024

Opinion 05/24 (PDF, 489 KB, 10 pages)
04/24 EP3697392

Tablets comprising Tamsulosin and Solifenacin

Synthon B.V.		 Brand Murray Fuller LLP

29 January 2024		 Validity 29 February 2024  
03/24 GB2591134

Door seal

Linear Building Innovations Limited		 The Access Panel Company Ltd

18 January 2024		 Validity 19 February 2024  
02/24 EP2508122

Advanced Surgical Instrument Such as a Speculum

Bridea, IP Limited		 Thomas Gaunt Lewis Silkin LLP

12 January 2024		 Infringement 14 February 2024 Issued 03 April 2024

Opinion number 02/24 (PDF, 438 KB, 11 pages)
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 Issued 18 March 2024

Opinion number 01/24 (PDF, 230 KB, 10 pages)
Published 3 January 2024
Last updated 248 AprilMay 2024 + show all updates

  1. Final opinion 05/24 added

  2. New opinion 07/24 added.

  3. Final opinion 02/24 added.

  4. Final opinion 01/24 added.

  5. New opinion 06/24 added.

  6. New opinion 05/24 added.

  7. New opinion 04/24 added.

  8. New opinion 03/24 added.

  9. New opinion 02/24 added.

  10. First published.

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