Ex parte WIELAND et al. - Page 9




                 Appeal No. 2000-0322                                                                                     Page 9                        
                 Application No. 08/855,921                                                                                                             


                          This application is remanded to the examiner for                                                                              
                 consideration of a further search of the claimed subject                                                                               
                 matter.                                                                                                                                


                          The claimed subject matter is directed to a ready-to-                                                                         
                 assemble article of furniture, a method for packaging a ready-                                                                         
                 to-assemble article of furniture, and a method of assembling a                                                                         
                 ready-to-assemble article of furniture.  In our view, the                                                                              
                 claimed subject matter may be taught or suggested from the                                                                             
                 waterbed art  and/or the futon art  classified in Class 5,1                                    2                                                                          
                 BEDS.                                                                                                                                  


                          Accordingly, we remand this application to the examiner                                                                       
                 to consider a search of Class 5 and any other pertinent field                                                                          
                 of search.                                                                                                                             






                          1See, for example, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,564,141; 5,115,526;                                                                     
                 4,788,727; 4,575,886; and 4,521,928.                                                                                                   
                          2See, for example, U.S. Patent Nos. 6,000,079 and                                                                             
                 4,928,337.                                                                                                                             







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