Requests for opinions: 2023
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Overview
The table below shows information about opinion requests we have received in 2020 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- the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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:
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- email: opinions@ipo.gov.uk
2023 requests
Opinion number | Patent/SPC number, title and owner | Requester and request date | Issue (Infringement and/or Validity) | Observations deadline | Outcome |
07/23 | GB2499172
A method for combined cleaning and plugging in a well Hydrasystems AS |
Murgitroy
23 August 2023 |
Validity | 20 September 2023 | Â |
06/23 | GB2554714
Worktop fitting Lee Jackson |
Trend Tool Technology Ltd (Dolleymores)
26 July 2023 |
Validity | 25 August 2023 | Â |
05/23 | EP1642841
Stretchable cover for receptacles British Polythene Limited |
Bailey Walsh & Co LLP
30 June 2023 |
Infringement | 1 August 2023 | Â |
04/23 | GB2553155B
Communications systems and methods Expro North Sea Limited |
CSY London
23 July 2023 |
Validity | 26 July 2023 | Â |
03/23 | GB2521750
Point-of-sale display for use by a beverage vendor Digital PS Limited |
Valpar Micro Matic Limited
23 June 2023 |
Validity | 27 July 2023 | Â |
02/23 | GB 2586041
Cladding Board Duracomposites Limited |
Aiden Bell
6 June 2023 |
Infringement and Invalidity | 7 July 2023 | Issued 31 August 2023
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01/23 | GB246142
Rainbow Paper-Fibres Security Fibres UK Limited |
Dr John Drinkwater
5 February 2023 |
Invalidity | N/A | Withdrawn |
Last updated 1 September 2023 +Â show all updates
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Opinion number 07/23 added.
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Added Final Opinion 02/23.
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New opinion 06/23 added.
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New opinion 05/23 added.
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New opinions 03/23 and 04/23 added.
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New opinion 01/23 added.
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First published.