Requests for opinions: 2021
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- the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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:
- telephone: +44 (0)1633 813813 or +44 (0)1633 813616
- email: opinions@ipo.gov.uk
2021 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 16/21 |
GB2528484 Protective garment Bibado Ltd |
Be-Baby Limited 28 July 2021 |
Validity | 10 September 2021 | Issued on 18 October 2021 |
| 15/21 |
EP2365150 Lost Shuttering KFIP Limited |
KFIP Limited 6 August 2021 |
Validity and infringement | 7 September 2021 | Issued on 28 October 2021 |
| 14/21 |
EP2667922 Shield apparatus Prosys International Ltd |
Prosys International Ltd 2 August 2021 |
Infringement | 2 September 2021 | Issued on 29 October 2021 |
| 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 |
| 12/21 |
GB2477599 Pressure enhancing device Wrightsolar Ltd |
Maucher Jenkins 20 July 2021 |
Infringement | 20 August 2021 | Issued on 4 October 2021 |
| 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 |
| 10/21 |
GB2528484 Protective garment Bibado Ltd |
Bibado Ltd 13 July 2021 |
Validity | 13 August 2021 | Issued on 21 September 2022 |
| 09/21 |
EP2575303 Greeting card assembly Wrapid Manufacturing Limited |
Woodmansterne Publications Limited 13 July 2021 |
Validity | 16 August 2021 | Issued on 11 October 2021 |
| 08/21 |
GB2528484 Protective garment Bibado Ltd |
Bibado Ltd 12 July 2021 |
Infringement | 11 August 2021 | Issued on 19 October 2021 |
| 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 |
| 06/21 |
GB2408886 Security system for vehicles SpySystems Limited |
SpySystems Limited 7 May 2021 |
Infringement | 8 June 2021 | Issued on 3 August 2021 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Updates to this page
Published 7 January 2021Last updated 21 September 2022 + show all updates
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Final opinion 10/21 added.
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