Requests for opinions

In the table below we provide you with information about opinion requests we have received this year 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the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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.

Browse by year

Click on a year at the bottom of the page to view opinion requests received during that period.

If you would like more information about a particular request, then contact us. Our details are:

Opinion number	Patent number, title & owner	Requester & request date	Issues covered (Infringement and/or novelty/inventive step)	Observations deadline
The opinion number is listed in the first column. Read across a row to find the patent number,title and owner, the requester and request date, the issued covered, the observations deadline and the outcome.
05/12	GB2425361 Monitoring system John Christopher Rees	John Christopher Rees 30 January 2012	Infringement	2 March 2012
04/12	GB2473845 Trolleys Motocaddy Limited	Michael Stollery 25 January 2012	Infringement	27 February 2012
02/12	GB2473845 Trolleys Motocaddy Limited	Andrew Barry Bridle 23 January 2012	Infringement Novelty/Inventive step	24 February 2012
01/12	EP1641601 Electrical hair cutting appliance Braun GmbH	Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V 22 December 2011	Novelty/Inventive step	8 February 2012

Click on a year from the list below to view all opinions received during that period;