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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Christopher Norris and Veronica Norris (Patent) [2009] UKIntelP o06209 (2 March 2009) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2009/o06209.html Cite as: [2009] UKIntelP o06209, [2009] UKIntelP o6209 |
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Summary
The invention was a bed extension for a touring caravan which would increase the bed width by 50% and could be folded in half for storage with the legs folding flat. The hearing officer held that the skilled person was someone working in the field of beds and would not need specialised input from a caravan manufacturer. Accordingly the invention was obvious in relation to one of the citations disclosing a portable table folding in half and having inwardly folding legs which could be placed between the front and rear seats of a car to provide a sleeping surface, when considered against the common general knowledge (apparent from one of the citations) that a bed extension could be hooked to the side rail of a bed and supported by pivotal legs; making the extension to a particular size was merely a matter of routine workshop practice. Application refused.