Case Law

IPO REVIEW DECISIONS Opinion Upheld

BL O/053/08 Concerning rights in EP 0852363  - (Also considered whether observations were "strictly in reply")

BL O/346/07 Concerning rights in EP 1343750

BL O/282/07 Concerning rights in EP 1532046

BL O/078/07 Concerning rights in GB 2410415

BL O/172/07 Concerning rights in GB2377152

BL O/025/07 Concerning rights in GB 2295741
 
Opinion Set Aside

BL O/200/07 Concerning rights in GB 2392831

Withdrawn requests for reviews

BL O/007/07 Concerning rights in GB 2294790 (Costs awarded against the party who requested a review and subsequently withdrew that request)

UKIPO DECISIONS RELATING TO REFUSAL OF AN OPINION REQUEST

BL O/370/07 Concerning rights in EP1175160 (Held that it would not be appropriate to revisit in an opinion any question that it could be assumed had been considered during examination even if this was not explicit in the prosecution history).

BL O/298/07 Concerning rights in GB 2400597 (Held that issue on which an opinion was requested had already been sufficiently considered pre-grant).

BL O/289/07 Concerning rights in EP 0927945 (Held that issue on which an opinion was requested had already been sufficiently considered pre-grant or related to excluded matter

BL O/232/07 Concerning rights in GB 2295741 (Held that an earlier opinion and review had already sufficiently considered the question

APPEALS TO PATENTS COURT RELATING TO REVIEWS OF OPINIONS

DLP Limited [2007] EWHC 2669 (Pat)  - Upheld opinion.

Cunningham & Nokia Corporation [2008] EWHC 1174 (Ch)  - Upheld opinion.

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Annex 1 - Legislation relevant to opinions and reviews