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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