Ex Parte Zulpa et al - Page 3



           Appeal 2007-1401                                                                         
           Application 09/882,094                                                                   
                       being one of an active status and an inactive status; and                    
                             storing said part data and said status code in said                    
                       data storage location, wherein said facilitating said                        
                       database management processes is accomplished by a                           
                       parts database management software application.                              

                                         THE REJECTION                                              
                 The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:             
                  Huang                   US 6,151,582               Nov. 21, 2000                  
                  Liff                    US 6,581,798                Jun. 24, 2003                 
                  Underwood               US 6,633,878                Oct. 14, 2003                 
                 The Appellants seek our review of the rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, and 9     
           under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Huang, Underwood, and Liff.                

                                              ISSUE                                                 
                 The issue before us is whether the Appellants have shown that the Examiner         
           erred in rejecting claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, and 9 as unpatentable over Huang,               
           Underwood, and Liff.  In particular, the issue focuses on whether one having             
           ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention would have had an apparent        
           reason to combine the known elements of Huang, Underwood, and Liff in the                
           manner claimed.                                                                          

                                       FINDINGS OF FACT                                             
                 We find that the following enumerated findings are supported by at least a         
           preponderance of the evidence.  Ethicon, Inc. v. Quigg, 849 F.2d 1422, 1427, 7           

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