Appeal No. 1999-0478 Page 11 Application No. 08/534,106 players 121-129 and game programs in cartridges 141-147 in the system's normal operating mode.” Col. 6, ll. 45-48. Because Kondo provides free entertainment, there is no fee-based service to be made more flexible by the addition of Edwards. Relying on Hildebrandt to show an “addressing scheme,” (Examiner's Answer at 4), and Kuo to show a “shared receiver method,” (id. at 5), the examiner fails to allege, let alone show, that the additional references cure the aforementioned deficiency. Because there is no fee-based service in Kondo to be made more flexible by the addition of Edwards, we are not persuaded that teachings from the prior art would have suggested combining the two references. Therefore, we reverse the rejection of claims 1, 3-5, and 7-12.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007