Appeal 2007-2173
Application 09/682,701
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We REVERSE and ENTER A NEW GROUND OF REJECTION UNDER
37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b).
THE INVENTION
The Appellants’ claimed invention is to a computer-implemented method
and system for supporting price negotiations (Specification 1:¶0002). Claim 1,
reproduced below, is representative of the subject matter on appeal.
1. A computer system for generating a cost estimate,
the computer system configured to:
receive input at a computing device specifying at
least one item to add to a cost estimate wherein the
computing device automatically adds a burden associated
with the at least one item to the cost estimate; and
output from the computing device a first value
chain for the at least one item selected by the computing
device based on one or more constituent component(s) of
the item(s) and supply tier wherein the value chain
includes an image and burden information for the at least
one item and each constituent component.
THE REJECTION
The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Foley US 5,249,120 Sep. 28, 1993
Evans US 6,775,647 B1 Aug. 10, 2004
The Appellants seek our review of the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-16
and 19-23 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Evans and Foley.
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