Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Ambulances
Reexamination Certificate
2010-03-19
2011-11-15
Dayoan, Glenn (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Ambulances
C005S086100, C005S611000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08056950
ABSTRACT:
An ambulance cot is disclosed and the ambulance cot having a base frame configured for support on a surface, a litter frame configured for supporting thereon a patient and an elevating mechanism interconnecting the base frame and the litter frame and configured to interconnect the litter frame and the base frame in order to facilitate movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward and away from each other. A control mechanism is provided on the cot which is configured to facilitate the movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward each other and at differing speeds predicated on at least one of whether the base frame is supported on the surface and the litter frame is supported by an external support separate from the elevating mechanism.
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Cover Sheet for aStryker CorporationvsMonster Medic, Inc. law suit filed on Dec. 21, 2009 in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Case No. 1:09-cv-1142 (1 page).
Request for Inter Partes Reexamination Transmittal Form dated Feb. 19, 2010 (2 pages) ; Requester's Argument in support of the Request for Reexamination entitled: Request For Inter Partes Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,398,571 (159 pages); and a Electronic Acknowledge Receipt (5 pages).
Defendant Monster Medic, Inc.'s Prior Art Disclosure dated Sep. 10, 2010 (5 pages): Case No. 1:09-cv-1142.
Colvin Joshua C.
Nahavandi Kurosh
Souke Chad
Steffler Michael W.
Dayoan Glenn
Flynn ,Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.
Romain Pinel
Stryker Corporation
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