Ex Parte Maresca et al - Page 14



                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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