Appeal 2007-0223
Application 09/752,090
access to the evaluation system databases in Aycock over a network (col. 9,
ll. 13-17; col. 10, ll. 62-67; col. 12, l. 57, to col. 13, l. 4), the databases can
be considered a "shared data repository" in a "collaboration network
environment." We conclude that Appellants have not shown that the
Examiner erred in concluding that the combination of Aycock and Gervais
discloses or suggests the limitations of claim 47. Thus, the rejection of
claims 47, 58, and 69 is affirmed. Claims 54, 65, and 76 are not separately
argued and therefore stand or fall with claims 47, 58, and 69. The rejection
of claims 54, 65, and 76 is affirmed.
Group 5 - claims 50, 51, 61, 62, 72, and 73
Representative claim 50 recites "said managing proposed changes to a
supplier process includes: submitting a proposed process change to said
shared data repository by a supplier, said proposed change accessible to
collaborative sources affected by said proposed process change via a
web-based user interface; accessing said proposed process change; analyzing
said proposed process change; and determining whether to accept said
proposed process change based upon said analyzing." Representative
claim 51 recites "[t]he method of claim 50, wherein said proposed changes
include at least of one short-term process change, long-term process change,
and off-specification change."
The Examiner finds that Aycock and Gervais do not disclose that the
data is a proposed change. The Examiner takes Official Notice that a
proposed change including a short term process change by a supplier was
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