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                Appeal 2007-0223                                                                                  
                Application 09/752,090                                                                            
                conclusion that such a system could be used for the network-base user                             
                interface in Aycock.  Thus, the rejection of claims 45, 56, and 67 is affirmed.                   

                Group 4 - claims 47, 54, 58, 65, 69, and 76                                                       
                       Representative claims 47 recites "auditing a supplier and submitting                       
                results of said auditing to said shared data repository, said results accessible                  
                to affected collaborative sources via said web-based user interface."                             
                       The Examiner finds Aycock discloses auditing a supplier and                                
                submitting results to a data repository at column 3, lines 35-60, while                           
                Gervais discloses making results accessible to affected collaborative sources                     
                via a web-based user interface at Figure 1 and column 1, lines 55-67 (Final                       
                Rejection 3).  Appellants argue that Aycock does not teach a web-based user                       
                interface and shared data repository, lending strength to Appellants'                             
                contention that Aycock does not disclose collaborative elements (Br. 14).                         
                       The issue is whether Appellants have shown that the Examiner erred                         
                in concluding that the combination of Aycock and Gervais discloses or                             
                suggests the limitations of claim 47.                                                             
                       Appellants have not pointed to any error in the Examiner's findings                        
                that Aycock discloses auditing a supplier and submitting the results to a data                    
                repository and that Gervais discloses a Web-based user interface, or to any                       
                error in the Examiner's conclusion that such Web-based system in Gervais                          
                could be used for the network-base user interface in Aycock.  Although the                        
                Examiner finds that Aycock does not disclose a "shared" data repository, as                       
                noted in the discussion of Group 1, since the suppliers and the buyer have                        
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