Requests for opinions: 2019
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Overview
The table below shows information about opinion requests we have received in 2019 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- the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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 813813 or +44 (0)1633 813616
- email: opinions@ipo.gov.uk
2019 requests
| Opinion number | Patent/SPC number, title and owner | Requester and request date | Issue (Infringement and/or Validity) | Observations deadline | Outcome |
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| 22/19 |
GB2499285 Transportable vehicle enclosures David John Utting |
Firber Engineering Ltd 18 December 2019 |
Infringement and Validity | 17 January 2020 | Opinion issued 17 March 2020 |
| 21/19 |
EP2019796 Container for dispensing material from a roll DOT-IT Restaurant Fulfillment, LLC |
DOT-IT Restaurant Fulfillment, LLC 2 December 2019 |
Infringement | 2 January 2020 | Opinion issued 13 February 2020 |
| 20/19 |
EP1790053 An electrical earthing nut Cable Terminology Limited |
Barker Brettell LLP 25 November 2019 |
Validity | 27 December 2019 | Opinion issued 18 February 2020 |
| 19/19 |
GB2499285 Transportable vehicle enclosures David John Utting |
David John Utting 22 November 2019 |
Validity | 24 December 2019 | Opinion issued 20 February 2020 |
| 17/19 |
GB2562978 A breath tester Alcolizer Pty Ltd |
Dragerwerk AG & Co KGaA 17 September 2019 |
Validity | 18 October 2019 | Opinion issued 10 December 2019 |
| 16/19 |
GB2379942 Water saving device for a siphon-discharge flushing cistern Lisbeth Pedersen Sylvester & Nils Uwe Karstensen |
Keith Alan Hart 12 August 2019 |
Validity | 12 September 2019 | Opinion issued 8 November 2019 |
| 15/19 |
GB2526389 System and method for secure transmission of data signals Cardeasy Limited |
Semafone Limited 10 July 2019 |
Validity | 13 August 2019 | Opinion issued 7 October 2019 |
| 14/19 |
EP3019411 Cap made of synthetic material SOLOCAP-MAB |
Concept IP 1 July 2019 |
Validity | 31 July 2019 | Opinion issued 18 September 2019 |
| 12/19 |
EP3141374 Method for welding profiled elements in plastic material, in particular pvc Graf Synergy S.R.L |
Graf Synergy S.R.L 17 May 2019 |
Infringement | 19 June 2019 | Opinion issued 14 August 2019 |
| 11/19 |
EP1743972 Umbrella-Shaped Clothes-Drying Rack Heinrich Wüster |
Heinrich Wüster 8 May 2019 |
Infringement | 10 June 2019 | Opinion issued 1 August 2019 |
| 10/19 |
GB2460111 Improvements in and relating to bulk storage and dispensing of vehicle consumables OTS Group Limited |
Ledbury Welding and Engineering Limited 29 April 2019 |
Validity | 30 May 2019 | Opinion issued 19 July 2019 |
| 09/19 |
GB2453898 Device for a shark jaw Rolls-Royce Marine |
Zacco UK Ltd 23 April 2019 |
Validity | 24 May 2019 | Opinion issued 22 July 2019 |
| 08/19 |
GB2357680 Monitoring operation of services provided over a network D4T4 Solutions Plc |
Hepworth Browne 17 April 2019 |
Validity | 21 May 2019 | Opinion issued 11 July 2019 |
| 07/19 |
GB2467005 Treatment of washout arising from concreting operations Siltbuster Ltd |
Kelly Anne Gillian Bryant 15 April 2019 |
Infringement | 16 May 2019 | Opinion issued 9 July 2019 |
| 06/19 |
GB2357679 Monitoring user interactions with services provided over a network D4T4 Solutions Plc |
Hepworth Browne 15 April 2019 |
Validity | 16 May 2019 | Opinion issued 11 July 2019 |
| 05/19 |
EP2696884 Long-acting peptide analogs The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford - Junior University |
HGF Limited 10 April 2019 |
Validity | 10 May 2019 | Opinion issued 5 July 2019 |
| 04/19 |
EP2683361 Method for the preparation of a levothyroxine solution Helm Swiss GMBH |
Helm Swiss GMBH 14 March 2019 |
Infringement | 17 April 2019 | Opinion issued 4 June 2019 |
| 03/19 |
GB2506885 Occupancy sensor Dale Read |
Wynne-Jones IP Limited 11 March 2019 |
Validity | 10 April 2019 | Opinion issued 6 June 2019 |
| 02/19 |
EP2809922 Geared turbofan gas turbine engine architecture United Technologies Corporation |
Rolls-Royce Plc 11 February 2019 |
Validity | 15 March 2019 | Opinion issued 9 May 2019 |
| 01/19 |
EP2615943 Spacing device and method Clifford Steven Petit |
Mohun Intellectual Property Limited 4 January 2019 |
Validity | 13 February 2019 | Opinion issued 4 April 2019 |
Updates to this page
Published 17 January 2019Last updated 18 March 2020 + show all updates
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Final opinion 22/19 added.
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Final opinions 19/19 and 20/19 added.
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Final opinion 21/19 added.
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New opinion 01/20 added.
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New opinion 22/19 added.
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Final opinion 17/19 added.
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New opinion 21/19 added.
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New opinion 20/19 added.
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New opinion 19/19 added.
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Final opinion 16/19 added.
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Final opinion 15/19 added.
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Final opinion issued for 14/19 and new opinion 17/19 added.
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New opinion 16/19 and final opinion 12/19 added.
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Final opinion 11/19 added.
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Final opinion 09/19 added.
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Final opinion 10/19 added.
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New opinion 15/19 added.
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Final opinions for 06/19 and 08/19 added.
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Outcome for opinion number 07/19 published.
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Final opinion number 05/19 added.
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New opinion 14/19 added.
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Final opinion number 03/19 added.
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Outcome for opinion number 04/19 published.
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Opinion number 12/19 added.
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Final opinion 02/19 and new opinion 11/19 added.
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New opinion 09/19 added.
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New opinion 08/19 added.
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New opinion 07/19 added.
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New opinion 06/19 added.
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New opinion 05/19 added.
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Final opinion 01/19 added.
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New opinion 04/19 added.
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New opinion 03/19 added.
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New opinion 02/19 added.
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