Appeal 2007-0223
Application 09/752,090
Group 1 - claims 44, 48, 49, 55, 59, 60, 66, 70, and 71
The Examiner reads the limitations of claim 44 onto Aycock and finds
that Aycock teaches the claimed invention except for a "web-based user
interface" and a "shared data repository" (Final Rejection 2). The Examiner
finds that Gervais disclosed a Web-based user interface and a shared data
repository for manufacturers and suppliers in a collaborative environment
and concludes that it would have been obvious to incorporate the Web-based
user interface and shared data repository teachings of Gervais into Aycock
because one would want to enhance the ability of a business enterprise to
organize access and sharing of information (Final Rejection 2-3).
(1)
The Examiner finds that Aycock discloses the claim limitation of
"qualifying suppliers, parts, and technologies in a collaborative network
environment" at column 3, lines 45-52, and column 7, lines 1-16 (Final
Rejection 2).
Appellants quotes column 3, lines 45-52, and argues (Br. 11): "While
Aycock may teach some aspect of supplier qualification, it is devoid of
teaching or suggesting qualifying suppliers, parts and technologies. The
general reference made in Aycock to a database that stores past and present
audit and performance data does not necessarily result in a capability to
perform qualification of supplier parts and technologies." (We assume
"supplier parts and technologies" in the second sentence was meant to be
"suppliers, parts, and technologies.")
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