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Requests for opinions: 2023

Information about opinions requests we have received this year.

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  • the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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

If you would like more information about a particular request please contact us by:

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

Updates to this page

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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