Appeal 2006-3387
Application 09/385,489
process (Jones, col. 12, ll. 14-20 and Board Decision in related Appeal No. 2004-
0199 (May 19, 2004) (“Board Decision”) at 11).
Jones does teach capturing and storing terms of the trade promotion in an
electronic database of the independent system, where the terms of the trade
promotion include information of sales volume (Board Decision 11-12).
Jones teaches that the electronic database of the stored terms of the trade
promotion are retained in a history file for a predetermined period, perhaps 52
weeks (Jones, col. 12, ll. 14-16 and Board Decision 12).
Jones further teaches that predetermined and customized reports of the file
are sent to both the retailer and the manufacturer (Jones, col. 12, ll. 20-25 and
Board Decision 12).
By retaining the files for 52 weeks and providing reports of the files, Jones
teaches a method of enabling the retailer and manufacturer to access the electronic
database file to determine the stored terms of the trade promotions (Board Decision
12).
Jones does not teach capturing the terms of the trade promotion including
link codes for associate discounts if any of the trade promotions are electronically
discount trade promotions (Board Decision 13).
Jones does not teach that the independent system operator determines the
amount of money the manufacturer owes to the retailer for the trade promotion and
facilitates the manufacturer’s payment and the amount of money owed (Board
Decision 14).
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