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- the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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鈥檝e issued a decision refusing the request, you can view this in our decisions database
Further information
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 06/23 |
Worktop fitting Lee Jackson |
Trend Tool Technology Ltd (Dolleymores) 26 July 2023 |
Validity | 25 August 2023 | Issued 23 October 2023 |
| 05/23 |
Stretchable cover for receptacles British Polythene Limited |
Bailey Walsh & Co LLP 30 June 2023 |
Infringement | 1 August 2023 | Issued 27 September 2023 |
| 04/23 |
Communications systems and methods Expro North Sea Limited |
CSY London 23 July 2023 |
Validity | 26 July 2023 | Issued 21 September 2023 |
| 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 |
| 02/23 |
Cladding Board Duracomposites Limited |
Aiden Bell 6 June 2023 |
Infringement and Invalidity | 7 July 2023 | Issued 31 August 2023 |
| 01/23 |
Rainbow Paper-Fibres Security Fibres UK Limited |
Dr John Drinkwater 5 February 2023 |
Invalidity | N/A | Withdrawn |
Updates to this page
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IPSUM is no longer available and has been replaced by search for a patent.
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IPSUM is no longer available and has been replaced by search for a patent
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Final opinion 09/23 added.
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Final opinion 08/23 added.
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Opinion 01/24 has been removed and added to the Requests for opinions:2024 page.
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Opinion number 01/24 added.
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Opinion number 09/12 added.
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Final opinion 07/23 added.
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Opinion number 08/23 added.
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Final opinion 06/23 added.
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Final opinion 05/23 added.
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Final opinion 04/23 added.
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Final opinion 03/23 added.
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Opinion number 07/23 added.
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Added Final Opinion 02/23.
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New opinion 06/23 added.
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New opinion 05/23 added.
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New opinions 03/23 and 04/23 added.
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New opinion 01/23 added.
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First published.