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               The opinion in support of the decision being                           
               entered today was not written for publication                          
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                   _______________                                    
                                                            Paper No. 31              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     

                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     

                              Ex parte SHINICHI HIRAIWA                               
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2004-1548                                  
                               Application 09/127,9541                                
                                                                                     
                               HEARD: January 27, 2005                                
                                                                                     
          Before BARRETT, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from             
          the non-final rejection of claims 1-10 and 19-21.  Claims 11-18             
          have been canceled.                                                         
               We reverse.                                                            


          1  Application for patent filed August 3, 1998, entitled                    
          "Information Presentation Apparatus With Meta-Information                   
          Management Function," which claims the foreign filing priority              
          benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application 10-008416,            
          filed January 20, 1998.                                                     
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