Appeal 2007-1401
Application 09/882,094
11-20 from consideration. The Examiner withdrew the rejections of claims 3, 6,
and 7 (Answer 3). We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2002).
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We REVERSE.
THE INVENTION
The Appellants’ claimed invention is to a method for determining active part
numbers and maintaining a current data repository for active part numbers in a
manufacturing environment (Specification 1:4-6). Claim 1, reproduced below, is
representative of the subject matter on appeal.
1. A method for facilitating database management
processes for an enterprise via a communications
network, comprising:
extracting part data relating to a part from a data
storage device;
retrieving activity data related to said part, said
activity data including:
demand data;
purchase data; and
creation data including a date a part number
for the part is added to the data storage device;
evaluating said part data and said activity data;
associating a status code with said part data based
upon results of said evaluating, the status code assigned
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