REVERSED

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Reeves et al BARRETT 102(b)/103(a) Prass LLP

Ex Parte Nelson GRIMES 102(b)/103(a) VENABLE LLP

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Veglio et al MILLS 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Boneh et al JEFFERY 102(e)/103(a) DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH

Ex Parte Mills et al THOMAS 102(e)/103(a) Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Davis CRAWFORD 103(a) BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.

Claim Construction

Unless the steps of a method actually recite an order, the steps are not ordinarily construed to require one. Loral Fairchild Corp. v. Sony Corp., 181 F.3d 1313, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (stating that "not every process claim is limited to the performance of its steps in the order written").

While the specification can be examined for proper context of a claim term, limitations from the specification will not be imported into the claims. CollegeNet, Inc. v. ApplyYourself, Inc., 418 F.3d 1225, 1231 (Fed. Cir. 2005).