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Requests for opinions: 2021

Information about opinions requests we have received this year.

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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  • the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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

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2021 requests

Opinion number Patent/SPC number, title and owner Requester and request date Issue (Infringement and/or Validity) Observations deadline Outcome
24/21 GB2538504

Garden watering controllers

SA Exel Industries
Meissner Bolte (UK) Limited

22 December 2021
Validity 21 January 2022 Issued on 2 March 2022

Opinion 24/21 (PDF, 346 KB, 17 pages)
23/21 EP2593015

Classification of impacts from sensor data

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
HitlQ c/o Albright IP Limited

12 November 2021
Validity 10 December 2021 Issued on 3 February 2022

Opinion 23/21 (PDF, 489 KB, 20 pages)
22/21 EP2593015

Classification of impacts from sensor data

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Prevent Biometrics Inc

12 October 2021
Infringement 12 November 2021 Issued on 7 January 2022

Opinion 22/21 (PDF, 408 KB, 15 pages)
21/21 EP3132443

Methods, encoder and decoder for linear predictive encoding and decoding of sound signals upon transition between frames having different sampling rates

Voiceage Corporation
Jenner & Block London LLP

13 October 2021
Validity 12 November 2021 Issued on 10 January 2022

Opinion 21/21 (PDF, 400 KB, 12 pages)
20/21 EP2102619

Method and device for coding transition frames in speech signals

Voiceage Corporation
Jenner & Block London LLP

12 October 2021
Validity 11 November 2021 Issued on 10 January 2022

Opinion 20/21 (PDF, 274 KB, 12 pages)
19/21 EP2356191

Abrasive particles having a unique morphology

Diamond Innovations Inc
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP

8 October 2021
Validity 10 November 2021 Issued on 5 January 2022

Opinion 19/21 (PDF, 359 KB, 11 pages)
18/21 EP3465578

Methods and systems to establish trusted peer-to-peer communications between nodes in a blockchain network

Nchain Holdings Limited
Barker Brettell LLP

1 September 2021
Validity 5 October 2021 Issued on 17 November 2021

Opinion 18/21 (PDF, 196 KB, 12 pages)
16/21 GB2528484

Protective garment

Bibado Ltd
Be-Baby Limited

28 July 2021
Validity 10 September 2021 Issued on 18 October 2021

Opinion 16/21 (PDF, 404 KB, 12 pages)
15/21 EP2365150

Lost Shuttering

KFIP Limited
KFIP Limited

6 August 2021
Validity and infringement 7 September 2021 Issued on 28 October 2021

Opinion 15/21 (PDF, 509 KB, 14 pages)
14/21 EP2667922

Shield apparatus

Prosys International Ltd
Prosys International Ltd

2 August 2021
Infringement 2 September 2021 Issued on 29 October 2021

Opinion 14/21 (PDF, 271 KB, 11 pages)
13/21 GB2582713

Method of shoreline wave energy capture

William Kingston
William Kingston

23 July 2021
Validity 2 September 2021 Issued on 21 October 2021

Opinion 13/21 (PDF, 364 KB, 8 pages)
12/21 GB2477599

Pressure enhancing device

Wrightsolar Ltd
Maucher Jenkins

20 July 2021
Infringement 20 August 2021 Issued on 4 October 2021

Opinion 12/21 (PDF, 189 KB, 8 pages)
11/21 GB2422170

Subsea tanker hydrocarbon production system

David L Edwards
David L Edwards

6 July 2021
Infringement 19 August 2021 Issued on 30 September 2021

Opinion 11/21 (PDF, 656 KB, 15 pages)
10/21 GB2528484

Protective garment

Bibado Ltd
Bibado Ltd

13 July 2021
Validity 13 August 2021 Issued on 21 September 2022

Opinion 10/21 (PDF, 873 KB, 10 pages)
09/21 EP2575303

Greeting card assembly

Wrapid Manufacturing Limited
Woodmansterne Publications Limited

13 July 2021
Validity 16 August 2021 Issued on 11 October 2021

Opinion 09/21 (PDF, 609 KB, 13 pages)
08/21 GB2528484

Protective garment

Bibado Ltd
Bibado Ltd

12 July 2021
Infringement 11 August 2021 Issued on 19 October 2021

Opinion 08/21 and 10/21 (PDF, 544 KB, 15 pages)
07/21 GB2572023

Preparation of psilocybin, different polymorphic forms, intermediates, formulations and their use

Compass Pathfinder Limited
Hedley Austin

8 September 2020
Validity 10 June 2021 Issued on 28 July 2021

Opinion 07/21 (PDF, 223 KB, 15 pages)
06/21 GB2408886

Security system for vehicles

SpySystems Limited
SpySystems Limited

7 May 2021
Infringement 8 June 2021 Issued on 3 August 2021

Opinion 06/21 (PDF, 165 KB, 9 pages)
05/21 GB2575414

Apparatus for sanitisation of brewery containers

Close Brewery Rentals Limited
Sapphire IP

25 March 2021
Validity 27 April 2021 Issued on 24 August 2021

Opinion 05/21 (PDF, 577 KB, 13 pages)
04/21 GB2573579

A composite cheese product and method of manufacturing

Wyke Farms Ltd
Wyke Farms Ltd

9 March 2021
Infringement 13 April 2021 Opinion withdrawn

25 May 2021
03/21 GB2521877

System and method for transcranial stimulation of a head region of a subject

Sooma Oy
Sooma Oy

8 March 2021
Infringement 12 April 2021 Issued on 25 May 2021

Opinion 03/21 (PDF, 801 KB, 18 pages)
01/21 GB2564660

Providing illumination in potentially explosive atmospheres

The Wolf Safety Lamp Company Limited
Berggren Oy

24 December 2020
Validity 4 February 2021 Issued on 24 March 2021

Opinion 01/21 (PDF, 322 KB, 11 pages)

Updates to this page

Published 7 January 2021
Last updated 21 September 2022 + show all updates
  1. Final opinion 10/21 added.

  2. Final opinion for 24/21 added.

  3. Final opinion 23/21 added.

  4. Final opinions 20/21 and 21/21 added.

  5. Final opinion 22/21 added.

  6. Final opinion 19/21 added.

  7. New opinion 24/21 added.

  8. Final opinion 18/21 added.

  9. New opinion 23/21 added.

  10. Final opinion 14/21 added.

  11. Final opinion 15/21 added.

  12. Final opinion 13/21 added.

  13. Final opinions 08/21, 10/21 and 16/21 added.

  14. Initial adverts 21/21 and 22/21 added.

  15. New opinion 20/21 added.

  16. Opinion 19/21 added.

  17. Final opinion 09/21 added.

  18. Final opinion 12/21 added.

  19. Final opinion 11/21 added.

  20. Initial opinion 18/21 added.

  21. Final opinion 05/21 added.

  22. New opinion 16/21 added.

  23. Initial opinion 15/21 added.

  24. Opinions 13/21 and 14/21 added.

  25. Final opinion 06/21 added.

  26. Final opinion 07/21 added.

  27. Initial opinion 12/21 added.

  28. New opinion 11/21 added.

  29. New opinion 09/21 added.

  30. Initial opinion 10/21 added.

  31. Initial opinion 08/21 added.

  32. Opinion 04/21 withdrawn added.

  33. Final opinion 03/21 added.

  34. New opinion 07/21 added.

  35. Initial opinion 06/21 added.

  36. New opinion 05/21 added.

  37. Final opinion 01/21 added.

  38. Initial advert 04/21 added.

  39. Initial opinion 03/21 added.

  40. First published.

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