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Requests for opinions: 2023

Information about opinions requests we have received this year.

Overview

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp 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  • the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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

Decking Plank

James Edward Douglas
Zhejiang Bamtech New Material Technology Co., Ltd.

23 November 2023
Infringement 27 November 2023 Issued 21 February 2024

(PDF, 642 KB, 17 pages)
08/23

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

(PDF, 632 KB, 17 pages)
07/23

A method for combined cleaning and plugging in a well

Hydrasystems AS
Murgitroy

23 August 2023
Validity 20 September 2023 Issued 21 November 2023

(PDF, 492 KB, 18 pages)
06/23

Worktop fitting

Lee Jackson
Trend Tool Technology Ltd (Dolleymores)

26 July 2023
Validity 25 August 2023 Issued 23 October 2023

(PDF, 550 KB, 11 pages)
05/23

Stretchable cover for receptacles

British Polythene Limited
Bailey Walsh & Co LLP

30 June 2023
Infringement 1 August 2023 Issued 27 September 2023

(PDF, 542 KB, 14 pages)
04/23

Communications systems and methods

Expro North Sea Limited
CSY London

23 July 2023
Validity 26 July 2023 Issued 21 September 2023

(PDF, 341 KB, 10 pages)
03/23

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

(PDF, 767 KB, 22 pages)
02/23

Cladding Board

Duracomposites Limited
Aiden Bell

6 June 2023
Infringement and Invalidity 7 July 2023 Issued 31 August 2023

(PDF, 296 KB, 15 pages)
01/23

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Invalidity N/A Withdrawn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 23 January 2025 show all updates
  1. IPSUM is no longer available and has been replaced by search for a patent.

  2. IPSUM is no longer available and has been replaced by search for a patent

  3. Final opinion 09/23 added.

  4. Final opinion 08/23 added.

  5. Opinion 01/24 has been removed and added to the Requests for opinions:2024 page.

  6. Opinion number 01/24 added.

  7. Opinion number 09/12 added.

  8. Final opinion 07/23 added.

  9. Opinion number 08/23 added.

  10. Final opinion 06/23 added.

  11. Final opinion 05/23 added.

  12. Final opinion 04/23 added.

  13. Final opinion 03/23 added.

  14. Opinion number 07/23 added.

  15. Added Final Opinion 02/23.

  16. New opinion 06/23 added.

  17. New opinion 05/23 added.

  18. New opinions 03/23 and 04/23 added.

  19. New opinion 01/23 added.

  20. First published.

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