The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KAZUYA MIYAZAKI, HARUMITSU NAKAJIMA and TETSUO NAKAKAWAJI ____________ Appeal No. 2003-1329 Application No. 09/131,3861 ____________ HEARD: JANUARY 6, 2004 ____________ Before BARRETT, BARRY and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 11-30, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 1-10 have been cancelled. We reverse. BACKGROUND Appellants’ invention relates generally to digital contents distribution systems and more specifically, to a digital contents 1 Application for patent filed August 7, 1998, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of the Japanese Application No. 9-246752, filed September 11, 1997.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007