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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`Smith, Jason K.
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`4.1 Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date.
`VINCENT M CAO/
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-13)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Reasons for Allowance
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`2.
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`The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance:
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`As currently claimed, the present invention is directed towards optimized
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`inventory ordering of beverage products. The present invention registers a plurality of
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`users/merchants and distributors. The distributor information including product
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`information and promotional information for particular products and the user/merchant
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`information including location information and inventory information including par
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`values. The invention determines, based on the par and invention information, a need
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`for inventory order. Based on the need, particular products are identified including
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`determining applicable promotions and respective distributors for the products to restore
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`the inventory to a par level. The invention then generates a plurality of orders toa
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`plurality of distributors including formatting orders for the individual distributors for based
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`on the merchant/user confirmation, and distribute the orders to the respective
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`distributors.
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`3.
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`The Examiner notes as previously discussed, the invention was previously
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`rejected by the combination of Vanker and Mesaros. As shown, Vanker discloses the
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`conceptof determining the need for orders based on a par and current inventory values.
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`Mesaros further teaches the concept of managing orders including the concept of
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`discounts offered by distributors and splitting a request into orders for multiple
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`distributors (See Mesaros §0057). The Examiner notes that while Mesaros teaches the
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`concept of managing orders for a user/merchant, Mesaros does not teach the distributor
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`discounts to be applicable to a single user/merchant, instead Mesaros teaches the
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`conceptof an order to be for a single distributor to a plurality of user/merchants.
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`Mesaros further does not teach the concept of automating the process of managing
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`multiple products within a single request.
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`4.
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`5.
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`The Examiner further notes the following references:
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`Wolfsonet al. (US 20090055264 A1), which talks about aggregating purchase
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`incentive information,
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`including the concept of comparing discounts from a plurality of
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`sellers for a specific product. Although, Wolfson teaches this concept, Wolfson does not
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`address the concept of generating multiple formatted order to a plurality of distributors.
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`Still furthermore, the Examiner has not found sufficient motivation to combine or modify
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`the existing references with Wolfson.
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`6.
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`Pishevar et al. (US 7124107 B1), which talks about collective procurement,
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`teaches the concept of generating multiple orders for multiple distributors to fulfill a
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`single request. While Pishevar teaches this concept, similar to Mesaros, Pishevar
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`teaches the discounts to be based on volume and groups of user/merchants. Still
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`furthermore, Pishevar does not address the conceptof a single request to include
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`managing the creation of multiple order to a first and second distributor for a first and
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`second product respectively.
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`7.
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`Although the above references and references such as Musa, Pechanec, Tatro
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`teaches individual elements of the invention such as automating the selection of
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`suppliers, generating and formatting multiple orders for a single request, and performing
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`deal identification and updating order totals, The Examiner has not found sufficient
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`motivation to combine the plurality of references required to address all of the limitations
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`in this particular arrangement. As such, the Examiner has determined the present
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`invention to be non-obvious over the prior art.
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`The Examiner further notes that while the present invention does implement
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`judicial exceptions such as the implementation of promotional discounts, and managing
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`transactions, the Examiner has determined the present invention to be significantly
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`more and the claimed invention is a practical application of these concepts. In the
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`present case, the invention particularly implements these concepts in a computer
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`environment, thereby providing a user with a comprehensive andefficient system. As
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`such, the Examiner has determined the present invention to be patent eligible.
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`Notice ofReferences Cited
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`Applicant(s)
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`1. ¥)The amendmentfiled on 09 September 2019 under 37 CFR 1.312 has been considered, and has been:
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`entered as directed to matters of form not affecting the scope of the invention.
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`disapproved because the amendment wasfiled after the payment of the issue fee.
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`and the required fee to withdraw the application from issue.
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`disapproved. See explanation below.
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`entered in part. See explanation below.
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3688 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`NINCENT M CAO/
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`PTOL-271 (Rev. 04-01)
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