Ex parte MARUYAMA - Page 11




          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.                           















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