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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  • the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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

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
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  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 2916 AugustSeptember 2024 + show all updates
  1. Final opinion for opinion number 11/24 added.

  2. New opinion 20/24 added.

  3. New opinion 19/24 added.

  4. New opinion 18/24 added.

  5. Opinion 17/24 GB2479938 added.

  6. Opinion 16/24 added.

  7. Final opinion 09/24 added.

  8. Added opinion 15/24.

  9. New opinion 14/24 added.

  10. Final opinion 08/24 added.

  11. New opinion 13/24 added.

  12. New opinion 12/24 added.

  13. Final opinion 07/24 added.

  14. New opinion 11/24 added.

  15. New opinion 10/24 added.

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

  17. Final opinion 06/24 added.

  18. Final opinion 05/24 added

  19. New opinion 07/24 added.

  20. Final opinion 02/24 added.

  21. Final opinion 01/24 added.

  22. New opinion 06/24 added.

  23. New opinion 05/24 added.

  24. New opinion 04/24 added.

  25. New opinion 03/24 added.

  26. New opinion 02/24 added.

  27. First published.

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