The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007