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          Appeal No. 2005-1705                                                        
          Application 09/455,956                                                      

               (g) transmitting the sport data from the sport server to an            
          output device which has requested the sport data and adapting, by           
          a filter adapting device, the sport data to a desired format for            
          the output device.                                                          
          The examiner relies on the following references:                            
          Wayner                        5,557,717          Sep. 17, 1996              
          Emery et al. (Emery)          5,727,057          Mar. 10, 1998              
          Lobb et al. (Lobb)            5,810,680          Sep. 22, 1998              
          Moriarty et al. (Moriarty)    6,062,991          May  16, 2000              
          (filed Apr. 05, 1996)                                                       
          Eiba                          6,117,013          Sep. 12, 2000              
          (filed July 25, 1997)                                                       
          The admitted prior art disclosed by appellant.                              
          Claims 1, 2, 4-9, 11-32, 37, 38, 41 and 421 stand                           
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the            
          teachings of Lobb in view of Moriarty and Eiba.  Claims 33 and 34           
          stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable               
          over the teachings of Lobb in view of Moriarty and Eiba and                 
          further in view of the admitted prior art.  Claims 35, 39 and 43            
          stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable               
          over the teachings of Lobb in view of Moriarty and Eiba and                 
          further in view of Wayner.  Claims 36, 40 and 44 stand rejected             
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings           


               1  Although claims 37, 38, 41 and 42 are not listed in the             
          statement of the rejection in the answer, the explanation of the            
          rejection in the Final Rejection refers to these claims.                    
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