Appeal 2007-1401
Application 09/882,094
9. Further, because Huang discloses that the database 12 exchanges this
data with the supply chain information systems 15, Huang’s database must
extract the data from the database 12 to do so.
10. Huang discloses that its system includes demand management 81, a
process involving development and maintenance of medium-term customer
forecasts (Huang, col. 12, ll. 51-56).
11. Huang discloses that these forecasts are input into the enterprise’s
supply management system (Huang, col. 12, ll. 59-60).
12. As such, Huang’s forecasts represent demand data, and this data is
stored in Huang’s system.
13. Huang further discloses that its system includes PSI planning 82, a
process to determine a set of feasible sales, production and inventory
requirements for capacity and resource planning (Huang, col. 13, ll. 9-11).
14. Huang discloses that at the beginning of each fiscal year, a PSI plan is
developed based on forecast and budget plans (Huang, col. 13, ll. 12-14).
15. Huang discloses that the system generates market trend forecasts
based on, inter alia, available shipment history (Huang, col. 13, ll. 27-29).
16. Shipment history is a form of purchase data. As such, Huang teaches
retrieving purchase data for parts.
17. Table 2 of Huang includes a Date Created field.
18. Huang fails to disclose that this date represents the date a part number
for a part was added to the database.
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