Sleep button problem

My iPad has an intermittent problem - occasionally the sleep button won't work at all; not to put the iPad to sleep nor to turn the iPad off. This problem appears to only occur after I've used the iPad for a long period, more than 10 or 15 minutes continuously, otherwise it works normally.
I've already done a full restore and it made no difference.
Anyone else had this problem? Anyone had this problem fixed?
Thanks

Hi,
Probably a good idea to take in for service just in case. Sounds like a hardware issue.
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