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- the person who filed the request has withdrawn it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.
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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:
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- E-mail: opinions@ipo.gov.uk
| 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. | |||||
| Opinion number | Patent number, title & owner | Requester & request date | Issues covered (Infringement and/or novelty/inventive step) |
Observations deadline | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/12 | GB2477486 An elongate switch for use in an alarm system Cronapress Ltd |
Industrial Control Systems Limited 3 May 2012 |
Novelty/Inventive step | 8 June 2012 | |
| 15/12 | GB2458221 Handheld pet hair vacuum cleaner Bissell Homecare, Inc. |
Dyson Technology Limited 26 April 2012 |
Novely/Inventive step | 31 May 2012 | |
| 14/12 | GB2464365 Spherical radiator drainage apparatus Simon Johnson |
Nigel Hutchings 26 April 2012 |
Infringement | 24 May 2012 | |
| 13/12 | GB2360542 Scaffolding safety device Adam Campbell |
Adam Campbell |
Infringement | 21 May 2012 | |
| 12/12 | GB2475948 Single-use storage device for an endoscope INOV8 Medical Solutions Limited |
INOV8 Medical Solutions Limited | Infringement | 14 May 2012 | |
| 11/12 | GB2439947 Washbowl formed from paper pulp composition VERNACARE LIMITED |
Robert Cullen Limited 2 April 2012 |
Novelty/Inventive step | 2 May 2012 | |
| 09/12 | GB2362097 Liquid containing enclosures Paul Roger Fronda |
Paul Roger Fronda 23 March 2012 |
Infringement | 25 April 2012 | |
| 08/12 | GB2477486 An elongate switch for use in an alarm system Cronapress Limited |
Cronapress Limited 20 March 2012 |
Infringement | 24 April 2012 | |
| 07/12 | GB2432617 A Gasket Komfort Workspace plc |
M & S Solicitors Limited 14 February 2012 |
Infringement | 19 March 2012 | Opinion issued 14 May 2012 View opinion 07/12  (79Kb) |
| 06/12 | GB2470555 Ladder clamp for vehicle roof rack Stuart Otter & Paul Otter |
John S S Grant 9 February 2012 |
Infringement | 12 March 2012 | Opinion withdrawn 16 March 2012 |
| 05/12 | GB2425361 Monitoring system John Christopher Rees |
John Christopher Rees 30 January 2012 |
Infringement | 2 March 2012 | Opinion issued 3 May 2012 View Opinion 05/12 (107Kb) |
| 04/12 | GB2473845 Trolleys Motocaddy Limited |
Michael Stollery 25 January 2012 |
Infringement | 27 February 2012 | Opinion issued 1 May 2012 View Opinion 04/12 (441Kb) |
| 03/12 | GB2435687 Heater and warmer for depilatory wax Francis O’Hare |
Francis O’Hare 14 March 2012 |
Infringement | 16 April 2012 | |
| 02/12 | GB2473845 Trolleys Motocaddy Limited |
Andrew Barry Bridle 23 January 2012 |
Infringement Novelty/Inventive step |
24 February 2012 | Opinion issued 20 April 2012 View Opinion 02/12 (352Kb) |
| 01/12 | EP1641601 Electrical hair cutting appliance Braun GmbH |
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V 22 December 2011 |
Novelty/Inventive step | 8 February 2012 | Opinion issued 22 March 2012 View Opinion 01/12 (809Kb) |
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