Brief

Summary:

The Guidance Requests for Opinions 2023 document by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) provides information on opinion requests received in 2023. The document outlines the stage of each request, including whether observations can be filed, whether an opinion has been issued, or if the request has been withdrawn or refused. The document also includes details on the requester, patent/SPC number, title, and owner, as well as the issue date and outcome of each request. The IPO encourages those seeking more information about a particular request to contact them via telephone or email.

Key points:

The document provides information on opinion requests received by the IPO in 2023.
The document includes details on each request, including its current stage, requester, patent/SPC number, title, and owner.
* The IPO provides contact information for those seeking more information on a particular request.

Guidance

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  • the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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:

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  
06/23 GB2554714

Worktop fitting

Lee Jackson

Trend Tool Technology Ltd (Dolleymores)

26 July 2023

Validity 25 August 2023  
05/23 EP1642841

Stretchable cover for receptacles

British Polythene Limited

Bailey Walsh & Co LLP

30 June 2023

Infringement 1 August 2023  
04/23 GB2553155B

Communications systems and methods

Expro North Sea Limited

CSY London

23 July 2023

Validity 26 July 2023  
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  
02/23 GB 2586041

Cladding Board

Duracomposites Limited

Aiden Bell

6 June 2023

Infringement and Invalidity 7 July 2023 Issued 31 August 2023

Opinion 02/23 (PDF, 296 KB, 15 pages)

01/23 GB246142

Rainbow Paper-Fibres

Security Fibres UK Limited

Dr John Drinkwater

5 February 2023

Invalidity N/A Withdrawn

Published 9 June 2023
Last updated 1 September 2023 + show all updates

  1. Opinion number 07/23 added.

  2. Added Final Opinion 02/23.

  3. New opinion 06/23 added.

  4. New opinion 05/23 added.

  5. New opinions 03/23 and 04/23 added.

  6. New opinion 01/23 added.

  7. First published.

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Summary: Guidance Requests for Opinions: 2023

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published a document titled “Guidance Requests for Opinions: 2023″”

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