Decision Date: March 31, 2015 -
Court: U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board -
Patents: D622,531 -
Holding: Examiner’s decision in reexamination proceeding not to adopt Requester’s obviousness rejections REVERSED -
Opinion: Sealy Technology LLC owns U.S. Design Patent No. D622,531, entitled “Euro-top Mattress Design.” Simmons Bedding Company requested an inter partes reexamination of the ’531 patent (Reexamination Control 95/001,549), proposing numerous rejections of the claim over a total of 73 prior art exhibits as either anticipated or obvious. The Examiner declined to adopt the proposed rejections and closed prosecution. Simmons appealed to the Board.
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