Appeal No. 96-3540
Application 07/815,654
notice, from the supplier, listing items to be delivered
(Brief at the bottom of page 4, et seq.); (2) that Shavit does
not compare the advanced shipment list with a purchase order
list for validation (Brief at the top of page 5); and (3) that
upon validation, Shavit does not automatically authorize
payment (Brief at the bottom of page 5). These limitations
are recited in both independent claims.
In response to argument (1), the Examiner, at the middle
of page 4 of the Answer, cites Shavit at column 14, lines 17-
27, which recites delivery notifications from the supplier.
Column 16, lines 35-38, recite that such notifications may
contain "invoices from the suppliers". Invoices are defined
as "an itemized list of goods shipped usu. specifying the
price and the terms of sale", Webster's Ninth New Collegiate
Dictionary (1986). Also note column 11, line 55, of Shavit
for invoices. It is clear that, contrary to Appellants'
argument, Shavit does teach an advanced shipment notice
listing items to be delivered.
In response to argument (2), the Examiner states, at the
bottom of page 5 of the Answer, that although Shavit does not
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