Appeal 2007-1401
Application 09/882,094
table of process information that includes part data (e.g., ProductID) (Finding of
Fact 8). Further, because Huang discloses that the database 12 exchanges this data
with the supply chain information systems 15, Huang’s system must extract the
data from the database 12 to do so (Finding of Fact 9). As such, we find no error
in the Examiner’s finding that Huang discloses extracting part data relating to a
part from a data storage device as recited in claim 1.
The Appellants further argue that Huang does not disclose activity data
including demand data, purchase data, and creation data (Br. 4). The Examiner
responds that Huang discloses the existence of demand data (Answer 7, citing
Huang, col. 12, ll. 51 et seq.), purchase data as part of the PSI planning process 82
and “feasible sales” (Answer 7, citing Huang, col. 13, ll. 27-28 and 9-10), and
creation data (Answer 7-8, citing Huang, col. 36, l. 55 and col. 9, Table 2). The
Examiner admits that Huang does not explicitly reference the date the part number
for the part was added to the database, but he relies on Liff for this teaching
(Answer 8-9). Liff will be discussed and treated infra.
Huang discloses that its system includes demand management 81, a process
involving development and maintenance of medium-term customer forecasts that
are input into the enterprise’s supply management system (Findings of Fact 10,
11). We agree with the Examiner that Huang’s forecasts represent demand data, as
claimed, and that this data is stored in Huang’s system (Finding of Fact 12).
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 (Finding of Fact 13). Huang discloses that a PSI
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