Guidance
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- the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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
If you would like more information about a particular request please contact us by:
- telephone: +44 (0)1633 814443
- email: opinions@ipo.gov.uk
2024 requests
| Opinion number | Patent/SPC number, title and owner | Requester and request date | Issue (Infringement and/or Validity) | Observations deadline | Outcome |
| 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 | |
| 06/24 |
GB2529923 Pedal Cycle Drivetrain Component Frogbikes Limited |
Marks & Clerk LLP 16 February 2024 |
Validity | 4 April 2024 | |
| 05/24 |
EP2756136 Baby Bath - support device International Refills Company Ltd |
Talbots’s Family Products UK LLP 13 February 2024 |
Infringement | 18 March 2024 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Published 3 January 2024
Last updated 24 April 2024 + show all updates
Last updated 24 April 2024 + show all updates
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New opinion 07/24 added.
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Final opinion 02/24 added.
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Final opinion 01/24 added.
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New opinion 06/24 added.
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New opinion 05/24 added.
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New opinion 04/24 added.
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New opinion 03/24 added.
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New opinion 02/24 added.
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