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US 7130807
Technology sharing during demand and supply planning in a network-based supply chain environment
Current assignee: Accenture Global Services Ltd
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview: US7130807B1
Title: Technology sharing during demand and supply planning in a network-based supply chain environment
Patent number: US7130807B1
Application number: US09/444,739
Inventor: Michael G. Mikurak
Original assignee: Accenture LLP (later listed as Accenture Global Services Ltd)
Priority/filing date: 1999-11-22
Publication (grant) date: 2006-10-31
Legal status (as listed): Expired – Lifetime; anticipated expiration 2019-11-22
Purpose and plain-language scope
Based only on the supplied text, this patent concerns sharing technology among parties during demand and supply planning in a networked supply chain environment. The record's prior-art keywords ("network," "service," "call," "data," "switch") suggest subject matter involving networked service calls and data routing, but the excerpt does not include the claims, abstract, or detailed description, so the precise scope of the invention cannot be stated from this source alone.
What the source does establish is administrative rather than technical: the invention was filed by Accenture LLP (as Andersen Consulting, LLP) in November 1999, granted in October 2006, and later assigned to Accenture Global Services GmbH and then Accenture Global Services Limited. Related continuations are noted (US11/363,926 → US7957991B2; US13/095,580 → US8560366B2).
What the excerpt does not establish
The supplied text is a bibliographic/legal-events page, not the patent document. It does not provide the claims, abstract, specification, drawings, or any prior-art references. Accordingly, this overview cannot state:
- the specific technical steps, systems, or apparatus claimed;
- the problem the invention solves or its asserted advantages;
- the scope of any independent or dependent claim;
- whether any particular feature is novel or non-obvious.
It also does not establish litigation, licensing, or the accuracy of the listed assignees or legal status — the source itself notes these are assumptions and not legal conclusions. No assertion here should be treated as a validity, infringement, or ownership analysis.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US7130807](/patent/US7130807)/en (fetched 2026-09-23)
Generated 10/1/2026, 9:51:18 PM
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