Appeal 2006-2018
Application 09/815,731
1 The Examiner rejected claims 1-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) (2004)
2 as being unpatentable over Hafner in view of Yamamoto and Salvo.
3 Claim 1 is representative of the claims under appeal and reads as
4 follows:
5 1. A method for providing a supplier interface, comprising:
6
7 a) receiving data from a plurality of stores of a supply chain
8 utilizing a network, the data relating to an amount of goods sold by the
9 stores;
10
11 b) aggregating the data in a database;
12
13 c) receiving a request from a supplier, the request including a
14 plurality of supplier parameters;
15
16 d) extracting information from the database relevant to the
17 supplier parameters in response to the request;
18
19 e) transmitting the information from the database to the supplier
20 utilizing the network;
21
22 f) adjusting a supply of raw materials from which the goods are
23 produced based on the information; and
24
25 g) calculating a predicted amount of raw materials for a given
26 level of sales of goods sold by the store; and
27
28 h) comparing an amount of raw materials sold to a store and the
29 predicted amount of raw materials for the given level of sales of goods, to
30 thereby provide an indication of a level of discrepancy.
31
32 The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
33 appeal is:
34 Hafner 5,893,076 Apr. 6, 1999
35 Yamamoto 5,914,878 Jun. 22, 1999
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