[Claim 1] (Present Invention 1)
  A stationary reading device that reads information from an RF tag attached to a commodity, comprising:
  an antenna configured to radiate a radio wave for communicating with the RF tag; and
  a shield part that is provided inside a housing opening upwardly, houses the antenna, surrounds the commodity, and is formed to have an upward opening wider than the commodity,
  wherein the reading device reads the information from the RF tag in a state where the housing and the shield part open upwardly.

[Claim 2] (Present Invention 2)
  The reading device of Claim 1, comprising a placing part disposed on the opening side with respect to the antenna and where the commodity is deposited.

[Claim 3] (Present Invention 3)
  The reading device of Claim 1 or 2, wherein the shied part includes:
  a radio wave absorbing layer absorbing the radio wave; and
  a radio wave reflecting layer formed outside the radio wave absorbing layer and reflecting the radio wave.

[Claim 4] (Present Invention 4)
 An information providing system, comprising:
 the reading device of any one of Claims 1 to 3; and
 an information providing device communicable with the reading device,
 wherein the information providing device includes:
  a memory configured to store commodity information related to the commodity in association with the information of the RF tag;
  an acquiring unit configured to acquire the information of the RF tag from the reading device;
  an information generating unit configured to extract the commodity information corresponding to the acquired information of the RF tag from the memory and generate information to be provided; and
  an output unit configured to output the generated information to be provided.

 A reading/writing module 200, comprising:
 an insertion aperture 106 formed in a top surface and allowing objects carrying an RFID tag to be placed in a depositing cavity 202, the depositing cavity 202 being delimited by four vertical side walls 204-210 that are made of metal, each of the vertical side walls 204-210 also being provided with antennas connected to a reading means that makes it possible to read data from the RFID tag;
 an outer wall 212 surrounding the four vertical side walls 204-210 and the depositing cavity 202;
 an absorbent foam 214 arranged between the outer wall 212 and the four vertical side walls 204-210 and provided in order to absorb a radio wave used for reading/writing of the RFID tag; and
 a scale, a plate of which forms a bottom wall of the depositing cavity 202.

<Difference 1-1 (1-2)>
 "Reading part" is "stationary" reading "device" in Present Invention 1, while it is "reading/writing module 200" in Ko 1 Invention 2.
<Difference 1-2 (1-2)>
(Omitted)

(C) Judgment
 a. Regarding Difference 1-1 (1-2)
 (a) "Reading/writing module 200" of Ko 1 Invention 2 comprises "antenna" and "reading means" and is capable of "reading" by itself, and by further comprising "vertical side walls 204-210 that are made of metal," a unique operation and effect of being particularly useful for reading a tag affixed to an object containing liquid (column 3, line 31 to column 4, line 7 of Ko 1) is exerted. Therefore, it can be said to have an operation mode of a reading device.

 Further, according to Kojien 6th edition, "to make stationary" means "to set, install, keep as it is untouched; 'keep the list price as it is'," and "install" means "place at a certain location in a usable state, provide; 'install a TV in a classroom'." According to the description of Ko1, the "reading/writing module 200" of Ko 1 Invention 2 is supposed to be used in an inserted state in a housing, i.e., in the stationary state in the housing (column 4, lines 23-25; column 5, lines 24-33; and column 8, line 62 to column 9, line 35 of Ko 1), and it not supposed to be used while being moved. This clearly shows that the "reading/writing module 200" of Ko 1 Invention 2 is a stationary device.

 Similarly, it is clear that the "reading/writing module 200" of Ko1 Invention 2 is a stationary device also when incorporated in other device or used alone.
 Therefore, it cannot be said that Difference 1-1 (1-2) is a substantial difference.
 (b) Even if Difference 1-1 (1-2) is substantial, it could have been easily achieved by a person skilled in the art to adopt to Ko 1 Invention 2 the configuration of Present Invention 1 related to Difference 1-1 (1-2), by using the "reading/writing module 200" of Ko 1 Invention 2 alone, for example, and placing it stationary.

(4) Regarding Ko 1 Invention 2
 A. According to the above (1), the "reading/writing module 200" of Ko1 Invention 2 is comprised of "side walls 204-210" made of metal, the "absorbent foam 214" provided outside the "side walls 204-210" for absorbing a radio wave, and the "outer wall 212" provided outside the "absorbent foam 214" and comprising no sharp edge (above (1), D(d)).

 Further, the "reading/writing module 200" of Ko 1 Invention 2 is used incorporated in the "reading/writing device 102." Specifically, the "reading/writing device 102" comprises, in a bottom part thereof, the depositing cavity formed with the aperture 106 for inserting the object in the depositing cavity, and the insertion aperture 106 is surrounded by "protective wall(s)" (above (1), D(a)). The "protective wall" forms a screen for protection principally against a tag activation wave originating from the depositing cavity and directed towards the outside and optionally, in a case where the activation wave has succeeded in leaving the cavity, against a wave emitted in response originating from the outside and directed towards the depositing cavity (above (1), C(a)), and is comprised of an inner panel made of plastic material, an absorbent foam for absorbing a radio wave, and an outer panel made of metal for reflecting the radio wave (above (1), D(a)).

 B. Here, whether the "reading/writing module 200" can be identified alone according to Ko 1 Invention 2 is determined.

 (a) Regarding designing a shield part for a reading device to have a double layer structure by providing a reflecting layer outside a radio wave absorbing layer in order to improve reading performance, the following articles existed as of the filing date of the present application.
(Omitted)
 (b) According to each of the articles in the above (a), it can be said that it was common technical knowledge as of the filing date of the present application to provide an absorbent body and a reflective body (metal) at a rear side thereof for reflecting an electromagnetic wave, in a shield part for absorbing the electromagnetic wave.

(Omitted)
 C. (a) While the "reading/writing module 200" of Ko 1 Invention is comprised of the "side walls 204-210" made of metal, the "absorbent foam 214" provided outside the "side walls 204-210" for absorbing the radio wave, and the "outer wall 212" provided further outside the "absorbent foam 214" and comprising no sharp edge, considering that the reason why the "side walls 204-210" are made of metal is for achieving a significant reflection of a transmissive radio wave used in the depositing cavity (above (1), C(e)), that the "side walls 204-210" are also provided with the antenna (above (1), D(d)), and that the antenna reads/writes at least one RFID tag carried by the object deposited in the depositing cavity (above (1), C(a)), it is recognized that a person skilled in the art would understand that the "reading/writing module 200" is for reading/writing the RFID tag carried by the object deposited in the depositing cavity.
(Omitted)

 (b) Meanwhile, even if the reason why the "reading/writing module 200" of Ko 1 Invention 2 comprises the "absorbent foam 214" which can absorb the radio wave and the "outer wall 212" comprises no sharp edge is for preventing a release of radio wave transmitted from the reading device (above (1), D(d)), considering that the "protective wall" of the "reading/writing device 102" into which the "reading/writing module 200" is inserted comprises the absorbent foam for absorbing the radio wave and the metal outer panel for reflecting the radio wave, and these components are recognized to have a function of preventing the release/entrance of the radio wave to/from the outside, as described above in (1), D(a), it is recognized that a person skilled in the art would understand that, in Ko 1 Invention 2, the "protective wall" of the "reading/writing device 102" prevents a leakage to the outside or interference of the radio wave.

 (c) Although Ko 1 Invention 2 does not specify the material of the "outer wall 212" provided outside the "absorbent foam 214," in addition to the above (a) and (b), the "side walls" are made of metal and, if another metal is provided further outside (where the outer wall 212 is located) of the "absorbent foam" which is provided outside the "side walls," the metal "side walls" and "outer wall" act as radio wave reflective plates and reflect the radio wave, and therefore, providing the "absorbent foam" therebetween becomes meaningless. Considering this together, it is recognized that a person skilled in the art would understand that the "outer wall 212" of Ko 1 Invention 2 is not required to be made of metal.

 (d) According to the above, it is recognized that the "reading/writing module 200" of Ko 1 Invention 2 is not supposed to be used alone without the "protective wall" (i.e., it is not assumed that the leakage to the outside or interference of the radio wave is prevented by the "reading/writing module 200" alone). Since this function of preventing the leakage to the outside or interference of the radio wave is essential for "reading device" to be compared to the present invention, the "reading/writing module 200" alone in Ko 1 Invention cannot be recognized as a "reading device" to be compared with the present invention.

 D. As a result, Ko 1 Invention 2 cannot be identified as in the Trial Decision and cannot be compared to the present invention.
(Omitted)
 (5) Thus, Reason for Revocation A-2 has grounds.