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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  • the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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

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2024 requests

Opinion number Patent/SPC number, title and owner Requester and request date Issue (Infringement and/or Validity) Observations deadline Outcome
11/24 GB2613005

Carier for skis

Michael Antoniou
Michael Antoniou

18 July 2024
Invalidity18 July 2024 
10/24 EP2563869

UV-curable acrylate based ink, a process and an ink base for its production

HAPA AG
Appleyard Lees IP LLP

7 June 2024
Validity 9 July 2024  
09/24 GB2491085

Transportable system for generating and injecting oxygen in situ for cages in the sea

OXZO S.A
Poseidon Ocean Systems Ltd.

23 May 2024
Infringement 26 June 2024  
08/24 EP2300673

Lock mechanism

Avocet Hardware (UK) Limited
Archibald Kenrick & Sons Limited

22 May 2024
Infringement 25 June 2024  
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 Issued 16 May 2024

Opinion 06/24 (PDF, 634 KB, 14 pages)
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 1220 June 2024 + show all updates
  1. New opinion 11/24 added.

  2. New opinion 10/24 added.

  3. New opinions 08/24 and 09/24 added.

  4. Final opinion 06/24 added.

  5. Final opinion 05/24 added

  6. New opinion 07/24 added.

  7. Final opinion 02/24 added.

  8. Final opinion 01/24 added.

  9. New opinion 06/24 added.

  10. New opinion 05/24 added.

  11. New opinion 04/24 added.

  12. New opinion 03/24 added.

  13. New opinion 02/24 added.

  14. First published.