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- the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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
2024 requests
| Opinion number | Patent/SPC number, title and owner | Requester and request date | Issue (Infringement and/or Validity) | Observations deadline | Outcome |
| 20/24 |
GB2607511 Methods and systems for production of high fibre baked goods Intercontinental Great Brands LLC |
Beck Greener LLP 27 August 2024 |
Validity | 26 September 2024 | |
| 19/24 |
EP2782559 Pharmaceutical Composition Comprising Myo-Inositol and D-Chiro-Inositol LO. LI. Pharma S.R.L. |
Polybiotics Ltd 23 August 2024 |
Validity | 24 September 2024 | |
| 18/24 |
GB2563239 Downhole apparatus and associated methods Vulcan Completion Products UK Limited |
Shaanxi Newland Industrial Corporation Limited 15 August 2024 |
Validity | 17 September 2024 | |
| 17/24 |
GB2479938 A cushion case and a cushion Dick Beijen Pauline Kathleen Eaton |
Made by Koa Ltd 14 August 2024 |
Infringement | 13 September 2024 | |
| 16/24 |
GB2598546 Manifold for a Sprinkler System Riserteq Limited |
Hydrotech Fire & Mechanical Limited 7 August 2024 |
Validity | 6 September 2024 | |
| 15/24 |
EP2566699 System and Method for Capturing and Translating Braille Embossing Perkins School for the Blind |
Paige Braille Ltd 30 July 2024 |
Validity | 2 August 2024 | |
| 14/24 |
EP2834423 Offshore structures and associated apparatus and methods Planet 42B Limited |
Moreland IP 29 July 2024 |
Infringement | 29 August 2024 | |
| 13/24 |
EP3344843 Finger guard for a winged door Planet GDZ AG. |
Swindell & Pearson Limited 9 July 2024 |
Validity | 9 August 2024 | |
| 12/24 |
GB2482797 A trap Goodnature Limited |
Reddie & Grose 3 July 2024 |
Validity | 2 August 2024 | |
| 11/24 |
GB2613005 Carier for skis Michael Antoniou |
Michael Antoniou 18 July 2024 |
Invalidity | 18 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 |
Validity | 26 June 2024 | Issued 7 August 2024 |
| 08/24 |
EP2300673 Lock mechanism Avocet Hardware (UK) Limited |
Archibald Kenrick & Sons Limited 22 May 2024 |
Infringement | 25 June 2024 | Issued 19 July 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 | Issued 28 June 2024 |
| 06/24 |
GB2529923 Pedal Cycle Drivetrain Component Frogbikes Limited |
Marks & Clerk LLP 16 February 2024 |
Validity | 4 April 2024 | Issued 16 May 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Updates to this page
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Final opinion for opinion number 11/24 added.
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New opinion 20/24 added.
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New opinion 19/24 added.
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Opinion 17/24 GB2479938 added.
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