Appeal No. 97-1931
Application 08/364,826
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-25, which
constitute all the claims in the application. An amendment after
final rejection was filed on January 2, 1996 and was entered by
the examiner. This amendment resulted in the removal of a
rejection of claims 9, 10 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 112 [Advisory
Action, Paper #9].
The claimed invention pertains to an apparatus and method
for ordering products from two or more suppliers. More
particularly, the invention serves to minimize the cost of
obtaining the products while complying with specific ordering
requirements.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A system comprising:
(A) means, containing price information about each of a
plurality of distinct items each of which is offered by at least
two warehouses, for receiving orders from an orderer for a
retainer and for transmitting price information about said items
to said orderer; and
(B) means, electronically linked to said means (A) and being
operated by said orderer for said retailer, for receiving said
price information from said means (A), and for creating order
files used to order said items from said warehouses, said means
(B) including
(i) means for automatically obtaining said price
information from said means (A) about each of said items offered
by at least two of said warehouses,
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