Guidance

Requests for opinions: 2024

Information about opinions requests we have received this year.

From:
Intellectual Property Office
Published
3 January 2024
Last updated
2223 January 2025 — 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  • the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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
28/24 GB2614513

Thermally inhibited starch and process for making

Corn Products Development, Inc.		 Bryers Intellectual Property Ltd

9 December 2024		Validity9 January 2025 
27/24 GB2593166

A decorative panel or tray

Ferzoli International Industries Ltd		Agile IP LLP

12 November 2024		Validity18 December 2024 
26/24 EP3356635

External motor drive system for window covering system with continuous cord loop

Ryse Inc.		Maucher Jenkins

7 November 2024		Infringement9 December 2024 
25/24 EP3215702

Drive system for window covering system with continuous cord loop

Ryse Inc.		Aqara LLC

17 October 2024		Infringement6 December 2024 
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		Validity18 November 20248 January 2025

Opinion 24/24 (PDF, 783 KB, 17 pages)
23/24 GB2557957

A fire resistant recessable light unit

Integral Memory Plc		Maucher Jenkins

15 October 2024		Infringement18 November 202413 January 2025

Opinion 23/24 (PDF, 317 KB, 9 pages)
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		Validity6 November 202431 December 2024

Opinion 22/24 (PDF, 778 KB, 13 pages)
21/24 GB2605850

Bioprocessing system

Cellular Origins Limited		Murgitroyd & Company

16 September 2024		Validity23 October 2024issued 11 December 2024

Opinion 21/24 (PDF, 650 KB, 19 pages)
20/24 GB2607511

Methods and systems for production of high fibre baked goods

Intercontinental Great Brands LLC		Beck Greener LLP

27 August 2024		Validity26 September 2024Issued 20 November 2024

Opinion 20/24 (PDF, 1.12 MB, 19 pages)
19/24 EP2782559

Pharmaceutical Composition Comprising Myo-Inositol and D-Chiro-Inositol

LO. LI. Pharma S.R.L.		Polybiotics Ltd

23 August 2024		Validity24 September 202421 November 2024

Opinion 19/24 (PDF, 630 KB, 16 pages)
18/24 GB2563239

Downhole apparatus and associated methods

Vulcan Completion Products UK Limited		Shaanxi Newland Industrial Corporation Limited

15 August 2024		Validity17 September 2024Issued 13 November 2024

Opinion 18/24 (PDF, 930 KB, 12 pages)
17/24 GB2479938

A cushion case and a cushion

Dick Beijen

Pauline Kathleen Eaton		Made by Koa Ltd

14 August 2024		Infringement13 September 2024Issued 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		Validity6 September 2024Issued 28 October 2024

Opinion 16/24 (PDF, 395 KB, 12 pages)
15/24 EP2566699

System and Method for Capturing and Translating Braille Embossing

Perkins School for the Blind		Paige Braille Ltd

30 July 2024		Validity2 August 2024Issued 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		Infringement29 August 2024Issued 25 October 2024

Opinion 14/24 (PDF, 698 KB, 20 pages)
13/24 EP3344843

Finger guard for a winged door

Planet GDZ AG.		Swindell & Pearson Limited

9 July 2024		Validity9 August 2024Issued 1 October 2024

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

A trap

Goodnature Limited		Reddie & Grose

3 July 2024		Validity2 August 2024Issued 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		Invalidity18 July 2024Issued 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		Validity9 July 2024Withdrawn

28 November 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		Validity26 June 2024Issued 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		Infringement25 June 2024Issued 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 Validity21 May 2024Issued 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		Validity4 April 2024Issued 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		Infringement18 March 2024Issued 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		Validity29 February 2024Withdrawn

9 December 2024
03/24 GB2591134

Door seal

Linear Building Innovations Limited		The Access Panel Company Ltd

18 January 2024		Validity19 February 202417 April 2024

Opinion 03/24 (PDF, 1.11 MB, 14 pages)
02/24 EP2508122

Advanced Surgical Instrument Such as a Speculum

Bridea, IP Limited		Thomas Gaunt Lewis Silkin LLP

12 January 2024		Infringement14 February 2024Issued 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		Validity30 January 2024Issued 18 March 2024

Opinion number 01/24 (PDF, 230 KB, 10 pages)

Updates to this page

Published 3 January 2024
Last updated 2223 January 2025 + show all updates

  1. IPSUM is no longer available and has been replaced by search for a patent.

  2. IPSUM is no longer available and has been replaced by search for a patent

  3. Final opinion outcome for 23/24 added.

  4. Final opinion 24/24 added.

  5. Final opinion 22/24 added.

  6. Request for opinions 04/24 and 10/24 have been withdrawn.

  7. Final opinion 03/24 added.

  8. new opinion 28/24 and Final opinion 21/24 added.

  9. Final opinion 19/24 added.

  10. Final opinion 20/24 added.

  11. New opinion 27/24 added.

  12. Final opinion 18/24 added.

  13. New opinion 26/24 added.

  14. New opinion 25/24 added.

  15. Final opinion 16/24 added.

  16. Final opinion 14/24 added.

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

  18. New opinion 24/24 added.

  19. New opinion 23/24 added.

  20. New opinion 22/24 added.

  21. Final opinion 13/24 added.

  22. New opinion 12/24 added.

  23. New opinion 21/24 added.

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

  25. New opinion 20/24 added.

  26. New opinion 19/24 added.

  27. New opinion 18/24 added.

  28. Opinion 17/24 GB2479938 added.

  29. Opinion 16/24 added.

  30. Final opinion 09/24 added.

  31. Added opinion 15/24.

  32. New opinion 14/24 added.

  33. Final opinion 08/24 added.

  34. New opinion 13/24 added.

  35. New opinion 12/24 added.

  36. Final opinion 07/24 added.

  37. New opinion 11/24 added.

  38. New opinion 10/24 added.

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

  40. Final opinion 06/24 added.

  41. Final opinion 05/24 added

  42. New opinion 07/24 added.

  43. Final opinion 02/24 added.

  44. Final opinion 01/24 added.

  45. New opinion 06/24 added.

  46. New opinion 05/24 added.

  47. New opinion 04/24 added.

  48. New opinion 03/24 added.

  49. New opinion 02/24 added.

  50. First published.

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