Appeal 2007-1401
Application 09/882,094
ability to service plural supply chains and the need to have a code assigned to
parts, particularly with respect to repair parts, to tell anyone involved in the chain
the status of the involved part (Answer 11). While it may appear obvious in
hindsight to assign an active or inactive status code to parts, we see no reason from
the prior art relied upon by the Examiner why one having ordinary skill in the art
would have added this feature to the method of Huang absent the Appellants’
teaching to do so.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
We conclude that the Appellants have shown that the Examiner erred in
rejecting claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Huang, Underwood, and Liff.
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