Ex Parte Zulpa et al - Page 10



           Appeal 2007-1401                                                                         
           Application 09/882,094                                                                   
           table of process information that includes part data (e.g., ProductID) (Finding of       
           Fact 8).  Further, because Huang discloses that the database 12 exchanges this data      
           with the supply chain information systems 15, Huang’s system must extract the            
           data from the database 12 to do so (Finding of Fact 9).  As such, we find no error       
           in the Examiner’s finding that Huang discloses extracting part data relating to a        
           part from a data storage device as recited in claim 1.                                   
                 The Appellants further argue that Huang does not disclose activity data            
           including demand data, purchase data, and creation data (Br. 4).  The Examiner           
           responds that Huang discloses the existence of demand data (Answer 7, citing             
           Huang, col. 12, ll. 51 et seq.), purchase data as part of the PSI planning process 82    
           and “feasible sales” (Answer 7, citing Huang, col. 13, ll. 27-28 and 9-10), and          
           creation data (Answer 7-8, citing Huang, col. 36, l. 55 and col. 9, Table 2).  The       
           Examiner admits that Huang does not explicitly reference the date the part number        
           for the part was added to the database, but he relies on Liff for this teaching          
           (Answer 8-9).  Liff will be discussed and treated infra.                                 
                 Huang discloses that its system includes demand management 81, a process           
           involving development and maintenance of medium-term customer forecasts that             
           are input into the enterprise’s supply management system (Findings of Fact 10,           
           11).  We agree with the Examiner that Huang’s forecasts represent demand data, as        
           claimed, and that this data is stored in Huang’s system (Finding of Fact 12).            
                 Huang further discloses that its system includes PSI planning 82, a process        
           to determine a set of feasible sales, production and inventory requirements for          
           capacity and resource planning (Finding of Fact 13).  Huang discloses that a PSI         

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