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Proto Magic Innovations Limited [2011] UKIntelP o19411 (6 June 2011)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/194/11
Concerning rights in
GB 0723574.0
Hearing Officer
Mr A Bartlett
Decision date
6 June 2011
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Proto Magic Innovations Limited
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 section 1(1)(b)
Keywords
Clarity, Inventive step
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to a profiling device to be placed on the mattress of a bed to allow the occupant of the bed to be supported in a variety of positions. The invention is particularly concerned with a bed profiling device having a soft cover, the cover including a pocket on its upper surface at its head end to hold a pillow, the pocket being open at a side nearest the head end of the cover.

The hearing officer applied the steps of the Windsurfing test, as reformulated in Pozzoli, and found that the claimed invention made an inventive step over the cited prior art. However, the hearing officer identified a number of clarity and consistency issues, and so remitted the application back to the examiner to address those issues.


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