Appeal No. 96-3540
Application 07/815,654
1. An automated payment method for utilization within a
computer integrated manufacturing system which includes a
plurality of trading partners linked via an electronic data
interchange system, said method comprising the computer
implemented steps of:
creating within said computer integrated manufacturing
system a purchase order listing items to be purchased by a
first trading partner from a second trading partner;
transmitting within said computer integrated
manufacturing system an advanced shipment notice listing items
to be delivered from said second trading partner to said first
trading partner in anticipation of a planned shipment of such
items in response to said purchase order;
comparing within said computer integrated manufacturing
system items listed within said advanced shipment notice with
items listed within said purchase order; and
automatically authorizing payment in response to a
validation of said items listed within said advanced shipment
notice.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Shavit et al. (Shavit) 4,799,156 Jan. 17,
1989
Claims 1 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Shavit.2
2The Examiner's Answer incorporates by reference the
final rejection (Paper No. 13) which in turn incorporates by
reference the preceding rejection (Paper No. 10) as the
"grounds of rejection". Both papers include a rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 101, however this rejection was withdrawn by
the advisory action of Paper No. 15. Also, only those
statements of grounds of rejection as appear in a single prior
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