Requests to amend a patent after grant
In the table below we provide you with information about applications we have received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office. The table also includes information about when you need to file an opposition if you wish to oppose the application to amend.
Where amendments have been filed electronically, you can obtain full details by selecting the patent number. If you are the patent owner(s), you should check these details carefully and inform us if there are any problems. Where amendments have been filed in paper form only, the symbol * appears in the table after the patent number.
In the case of amendments filed under section 75 before the court and under section 27 at the Office, reasons for the amendments are also provided.
You can obtain reasons for the amendments and full details of any amendments filed in paper form by contacting Litigation Section (telephone: +44 (0)1633 814334).
Opposition procedures
You need to ensure you follow the correct procedures and file your opposition within the deadline shown below.
| Read across each row to identify the section the amendment was filed under, the patent journal number and date, the deadline for filing an opposition to the amendment, the patent number and title, the international classification, the proprietor and where applicable, the court action number and address for service. | |||||
| Section | Patents Journal number and date | Deadline for filing opposition | Patent number and title |
International Classification | Proprietor (Court action number if any and address for service) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 Before the Comptroller |
6417 16 May 2012 |
2 weeks | GB2353282 * Control of gene expression |
C12N | COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION |
| 75 | 6416 9 May 2012 |
14 days | EP0850602 * Electric toothbrush |
A61C | The Proctor & Gamble Company Simmons & Simmons LLP Citypoint One Ropemaker Street London EC2Y 9SS CC12 P00673 |
| 75 Before the Comptroller |
6416 9 May 2012 |
2 weeks | GB2417385 * Acoustic device with a noise reduction unit |
G10K | David Huang Albright Patents Eagle Tower Montpelier Drive Cheltenham Gloustershire GL50 1TA |
| 75 | 6415 2 May 2012 |
14 days | EP2032001  (1.55Mb)A rocking device |
A47D | Reflective Enterprises Ltd, CC11 P04499 New Media Law LLP 3 - 4a Little Portland Street London W1W 7JB |
| 27 | 6414 25 April 2012 |
4 weeks | SPC/GB08/053 (EP1194580) * In vitro reconstitution of segmented negative-strand RNA viruses |
C12N | MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY |
| 27 | 6414 25 April 2012 |
4 weeks | SPC/GB07/049 (EP1194580) * In vitro reconstitution of segmented negative-strand RNA viruses |
C12N | MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY |
| 27 | 6414 25 April 2012 |
4 weeks | SPC/GB07/057 (EP1194580) * In vitro reconstitution of segmented negative-strand RNA viruses |
C12N | MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY |
| 27 | 6414 25 April 2012 |
4 weeks | EP1536555 * Silicon substrate device and its manufacturing method |
H03D | MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 27 | 6414 25 April 2012 |
4 weeks | GB2437250 * Method and system for monitoring the condition of livestock |
A61B | ITI SCOTLAND LTD |
| 75 | 6410 28 March 2012 |
14 days | EP1170338 (329Kb) New crystalline modification of c.i. pigment yellow 191 and manufacturing process thereof |
C09B | CLARIANT PRODUKTE (DEUTSCHLAND) GMBH HC10C02001 TAYLOR WESSING LLP 5 NEW STREET SQUARE LONDON EC4A 3TW |
| 75 | 6410 28 March 2012 |
14 days | EP0513917 (1.07Mb) Antiviral combinations containing nucleoside analogs |
A61K | VIIV HEALTHCARE UK LIMITED HC11 C04389 Simmons & Simmons LLP Citypoint One Ropemaker Street LONDON EC2Y 9SS |
| 75 | 6410 28 March 2012 |
14 days | EP0513917 - 2nd set of amendments filed (1.07Mb) Antiviral combinations containing nucleoside analogs |
A61K | VIIV HEALTHCARE UK LIMITED HC11 C04482 Simmons & Simmons LLP Citypoint One Ropemaker Street LONDON EC2Y 9SS |
| 27 | 6410 28 March 2012 |
4 weeks | SPC/GB08/054 * Recombinant negative strand RNA virus expression systems and vaccines |
C12N | MEDIMMUNE VACCINES, INC |
| 27 | 6408 14 March 2012 |
4 weeks | EP1143977 * 2-oxy-benzoxazinone derivatives for the treatment of obesity |
A61K | NORGINE B.V. |
| 27 | 6401 25 January 2012 |
4 weeks | GB2472324 * Polyethylene glycol and electrolyte solutions comprising preservative |
A61K | NORGINE B.V. Abel & Imray 20 Red Lion Street LONDON WC1R 4PQ United Kingdom |
| 75 | 6401 25 January 2012 |
14 days | EP1238986 * Use of Vascular Endothelial Cell Growth Factor Antagonists |
C07K | GENENTECH, INC Marks & Clerk Solicitors LLP 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA HC11C00127 HC11C00131 |
| 75 | 6400 18 January 2012 |
14 days | GB2433473 (1.88Mb) Printing material container, and board mounted on printing material container |
B41J | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION HC11 C01183 Wragge & Co LLP 3 Waterhouse Square 142 Holborn LONDON EC1N 2SW |
| 75 | 6400 18 January 2012 |
14 days | GB2459903 (990Kb) Data collection method and apparatus |
G06F | VISION CRITICAL LIMITED HC11CO4177 Macfarlanes LLP 20 Cursitor Street London EC4A 1LT |
| 75 | 6398 4 January 2012 |
14 days | EP0907364 * Sustained release pharmaceutical compositions comprising a dibenzothiazepine derivative |
A61K | ASTRAZENECA AB |
| 75 | 6397 28 December 2011 |
14 days | EP0927013 (83Kb) Wound dressing |
A61F | CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC., HC10CO3618 Latham & Watkins LLP 99 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3XF |
| 27 | 6397 28 December 2011 |
4 weeks | GB2472324 (74Kb) Polyethylene glycol and electrolyte solutions comprising preservative |
A61K | NORGINE BV |
| 27 | 6396 21 December 2011 |
4 weeks | GB2437948 * Tamper indicator device |
G09F | MEMSEAL LIMITED |
| 75 | 6395 14 December 2011 |
14 days | EP0603144 (66Kb) Oxide coated cutting tool |
C23C | SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB HC10C02090 Charles Russell LLP 5 Fleet Street London EC4M 7RD |
| 27 | 6391 16 November 2011 |
4 weeks | EP1716162 * Monophosphonamidates,bisphosphonamides for the treatment of viral diseases |
C07F | GILEAD SCIENCES INC |
| 27 | 6391 16 November 2011 |
4 weeks | GB2444012 (168Kb) An angular position sensing device |
G01B | DYNAMIC CONTROLS |
| 75 | 6390 9 November 2011 |
14 days | EP1520161 (207Kb) Device and method for fixing balancing weights to rotors, in particular to articulated shafts or cardan shafts |
G01M | SCHENCK ROTERC GMBH HC10 C03913 Howes Pervical LLP No 1 Bede Island Road Bede Island Business Park Leicester LE2 7EA |
| 27 | 6389 2 November 2011 |
4 weeks | EP1704619 (394Kb) A dual band diversity WLAN antenna system for laptop computers, printers and similar devices |
H01Q | ANTENOVA LIMITED |
| 27 | 6386 12 October 2011 |
4 weeks | EP2088692 * Mobile communications terminal and radio communications system |
H04B | SONY CORPORATION |
| 27 | 6386 12 October 2011 |
4 weeks | EP1489818 * Communication apparatus and communication method |
H04M | APPLE INC |
| 27 | 6386 12 October 2011 |
4 weeks | GB2466333 * Authenticated voice or video calls |
H04L | SEIVEL SECURE LIMITED |
| 27 | 6386 12 October 2011 |
4 weeks | EP1633163 * Method and system for controlling the establishment of a dedicated channel in a multimedia broadcast multicast service system |
H04Q | MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHILI KAISHA |
| 27 | 6386 12 October 2011 |
4 weeks | EP1754644 * Train operation control system |
B61L | MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHILI KAISHA |
| 75 | 6385 5 October 2011 |
14 days | EP1343510 Light stabilized antimicrobial materials |
A61L | CO VATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC HC10CO2785 BIRD & BIRD LLP 15 FETTER LANE LONDON EC4A 1JP UNITED KINGDOM |
| 27 | 6385 5 October 2011 |
4 weeks | EP2185785* Apparatus for and method of deploying a centralizer installed on an expandable casing string |
E21B | FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| 27 | 6385 05 October 2011 |
4 weeks | GB2471688* Pelvic umbrella |
A61F | UMESH KHOT |