Guidance

Requests for opinions: 2024

Information about opinions requests we have received this year

From:
Intellectual Property Office
Published
3 January 2024
Last updated
2125 October 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  • the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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

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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
24/24 EP2563869

UV-Curable Acrylate Based Ink, a process and an ink base for its production

Hapa AG		 Appleyard Lees IP LLP

17 October 2024		 Validity 18 November 2024  
23/24 GB2557957

A fire resistant recessable light unit

Integral Memory Plc		 Maucher Jenkins

15 October 2024		 Infringement 18 November 2024  
22/24 GB2521049

Monitoring and operation of a liquid flow circuit containing a chemical additive

Sentinel Performance Solutions Limited		 Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP

3 October 2024		 Validity 6 November 2024  
21/24 GB2605850

Bioprocessing system

Cellular Origins Limited		 Murgitroyd & Company

16 September 2024		 Validity 23 October 2024  
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  Issued on 24 October 2024

Opinion 17/24 (PDF, 128 KB, 7 pages)
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  Issued 25 October 2024

Opinion 15/24 (PDF, 2.19 MB, 19 pages)
14/24 EP2834423

Offshore structures and associated apparatus and methods

Planet 42B Limited		 Planet 42B Limited

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 Issued 1 October 2024

Opinion 13/24 (PDF, 324 KB, 14 pages)
12/24 GB2482797

A trap

Goodnature Limited		 Reddie & Grose

3 July 2024		 Validity 2 August 2024 Issued 27 September 2024

Opinion number 12/24 (PDF, 786 KB, 14 pages)
11/24 GB2613005

Carrier for skis

Michael Antoniou		 Michael Antoniou

18 July 2024		 Invalidity 18 July 2024 Issued 16 September 2024

Opinion 11/24 (PDF, 1.27 MB, 18 pages)
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

Opinion 09/24 (PDF, 360 KB, 19 pages)
08/24 EP2300673

Lock mechanism

Avocet Hardware (UK) Limited		 Archibald Kenrick & Sons Limited

22 May 2024		 Infringement 25 June 2024 Issued 19 July 2024

Opinion number 08/24 (PDF, 426 KB, 11 pages)
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

Opinion 07/24 (PDF, 116 KB, 7 pages)
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)

Updates to this page

Published 3 January 2024
Last updated 2125 October 2024 + show all updates

  1. Final opinions for 15/24 and 17/24 added.

  2. New opinion 24/24 added.

  3. New opinion 23/24 added.

  4. New opinion 22/24 added.

  5. Final opinion 13/24 added.

  6. New opinion 12/24 added.

  7. New opinion 21/24 added.

  8. Final opinion for opinion number 11/24 added.

  9. New opinion 20/24 added.

  10. New opinion 19/24 added.

  11. New opinion 18/24 added.

  12. Opinion 17/24 GB2479938 added.

  13. Opinion 16/24 added.

  14. Final opinion 09/24 added.

  15. Added opinion 15/24.

  16. New opinion 14/24 added.

  17. Final opinion 08/24 added.

  18. New opinion 13/24 added.

  19. New opinion 12/24 added.

  20. Final opinion 07/24 added.

  21. New opinion 11/24 added.

  22. New opinion 10/24 added.

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

  24. Final opinion 06/24 added.

  25. Final opinion 05/24 added

  26. New opinion 07/24 added.

  27. Final opinion 02/24 added.

  28. Final opinion 01/24 added.

  29. New opinion 06/24 added.

  30. New opinion 05/24 added.

  31. New opinion 04/24 added.

  32. New opinion 03/24 added.

  33. New opinion 02/24 added.

  34. First published.

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