Appeal 2007-2173
Application 09/682,701
is so indefinite that “considerable speculation as to meaning of the terms employed
and assumptions as to the scope of such claims” is needed, is likely imprudent.
See In re Steele, 305 F.2d 859, 862 (CCPA 1962) (holding that the examiner and
the board were wrong in relying on what at best were speculative assumptions as to
the meaning of the claims and basing a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 thereon.)
ANALYSIS
Claim Interpretation
Independent claim 1 recites a computer system configured to “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.” Independent claim 12
similarly recites a computer-implemented method for generating a cost estimate
comprising “outputting 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 and corresponding supply tier wherein the value chain
includes an image and burden information for the at least one item and each
constituent component.” Independent claim 19 likewise recites a computer system
for generating a cost estimate comprising “a means for outputting from the
computing device a value chain for the at least one item selected by the computing
device based on one or more constituent component(s) of the item and
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