Appeal 2007-0223
Application 09/752,090
conclusion that such a system could be used for the network-base user
interface in Aycock. Thus, the rejection of claims 45, 56, and 67 is affirmed.
Group 4 - claims 47, 54, 58, 65, 69, and 76
Representative claims 47 recites "auditing a supplier and submitting
results of said auditing to said shared data repository, said results accessible
to affected collaborative sources via said web-based user interface."
The Examiner finds Aycock discloses auditing a supplier and
submitting results to a data repository at column 3, lines 35-60, while
Gervais discloses making results accessible to affected collaborative sources
via a web-based user interface at Figure 1 and column 1, lines 55-67 (Final
Rejection 3). Appellants argue that Aycock does not teach a web-based user
interface and shared data repository, lending strength to Appellants'
contention that Aycock does not disclose collaborative elements (Br. 14).
The issue is whether Appellants have shown that the Examiner erred
in concluding that the combination of Aycock and Gervais discloses or
suggests the limitations of claim 47.
Appellants have not pointed to any error in the Examiner's findings
that Aycock discloses auditing a supplier and submitting the results to a data
repository and that Gervais discloses a Web-based user interface, or to any
error in the Examiner's conclusion that such Web-based system in Gervais
could be used for the network-base user interface in Aycock. Although the
Examiner finds that Aycock does not disclose a "shared" data repository, as
noted in the discussion of Group 1, since the suppliers and the buyer have
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