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.