Guidance

Requests for opinions: 2023

Information about opinions requests we have received this year.

From:
Intellectual Property Office
Published
9 June 2023
Last updated
21 February 2024 — See all updates

Overview

The table below shows information about opinion requests we have received in 2023 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  • the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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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2023 requests

Opinion number Patent/SPC number, title and owner Requester and request date Issue (Infringement and/or Validity) Observations deadline Outcome
09/23 EP1951971

Decking Plank

James Edward Douglas		 Zhejiang Bamtech New Material Technology Co., Ltd.

23 November 2023		 Infringement 27 November 2023 Issued 21 February 2024

Opinion 09/23 (PDF, 642 KB, 17 pages)
08/23 GB2434830

Method of joining component parts of an assembly and a holder for use in said method

Edward Thomas Paine		 Edward Thomas Paine

26 October 2023		 Validity 28 November 2023 Issued 18 January 2024

Opinion 08/23 (PDF, 632 KB, 17 pages)
07/23 GB2499172

A method for combined cleaning and plugging in a well

Hydrasystems AS		 Murgitroy

23 August 2023		 Validity 20 September 2023 Issued 21 November 2023

Opinion 07/23 (PDF, 492 KB, 18 pages)
06/23 GB2554714

Worktop fitting

Lee Jackson		 Trend Tool Technology Ltd (Dolleymores)

26 July 2023		 Validity 25 August 2023 Issued 23 October 2023

Opinion 06/23 (PDF, 550 KB, 11 pages)
05/23 EP1642841

Stretchable cover for receptacles

British Polythene Limited		 Bailey Walsh & Co LLP

30 June 2023		 Infringement 1 August 2023 Issued 27 September 2023

Opinion 05/23 (PDF, 542 KB, 14 pages)
04/23 GB2553155B

Communications systems and methods

Expro North Sea Limited		 CSY London

23 July 2023		 Validity 26 July 2023 Issued 21 September 2023

Opinion 04/23 (PDF, 341 KB, 10 pages)
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 Issued 13 September 2023

Opinion 03/23 (PDF, 767 KB, 22 pages)
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 21 February 2024 + show all updates

  1. Final opinion 09/23 added.

  2. Final opinion 08/23 added.

  3. Opinion 01/24 has been removed and added to the Requests for opinions:2024 page.

  4. Opinion number 01/24 added.

  5. Opinion number 09/12 added.

  6. Final opinion 07/23 added.

  7. Opinion number 08/23 added.

  8. Final opinion 06/23 added.

  9. Final opinion 05/23 added.

  10. Final opinion 04/23 added.

  11. Final opinion 03/23 added.

  12. Opinion number 07/23 added.

  13. Added Final Opinion 02/23.

  14. New opinion 06/23 added.

  15. New opinion 05/23 added.

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

  17. New opinion 01/23 added.

  18. First published.

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