Appeal No. 2001-0671
Application No. 09/129,088
means from a source to a delivery receiving location under control of the programmed
logistic system. Preselection of the commodity transit constraints is dependent on the
total number of transits and conditions at the source and receiving location at which
usage of the commodities occurs at a certain rate.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. In combination with delivery of commodities from a source to a
receiving location at which usage of the commodities occurs at a certain
rate, a programmed logistic system for planning said delivery of the
commodities during said usage thereof, comprising:
transport means for sequential transit of unit quantities of said
commodities from the source to the receiving location;
means for preselecting constraints to be imposed on the transport
means dependent on conditions at the source and the receiving location,
including total number of the transits;
means for computing rate of delivery of the commodities at the
receiving location by the transport means under said constraints; and
means imposing scheduling on said transport means for minimizing
said total number of the transits to the receiving location at said rate of
delivery in excess of said certain rate of the usage to maintain a reserve
inventory of the commodities at said receiving location.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Schrader et al. (Schrader) 4,049,131 Sep. 20, 1977
Lu et al. (Lu) 5,450,317 Sep. 12, 1995
Lewis 5,615,711 Apr. 01, 1997
Masch 5,930,762 Jul. 27, 1999
(filed Sep. 24, 1996)
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