Appeal No. 2004-2261 Page 2
Application No. 09/494,690
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates generally to supply chain mapping, and more
particularly to a computer-implemented system for identifying opportunities and risks in
supply chains (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Petchenkine et al. (Petchenkine) 6,380,951 April 30, 2002
Bush, Jr. (Bush) 6,486,899 Nov. 26, 2002
Claims 2 to 6, 8 to 12 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Bush in view of Petchenkine.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(mailed March 24, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to the brief (filed January 13, 2004) and reply brief (filed May 24, 2004) for
the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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