Federal Circuit Held the Specification May Describe Numerous Embodiments Which Do Not Limit a Claim Term to a Meaning Narrower than What is Ordinarily Provided

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”), in Promptu Systems Corporation v. Comcast Corporation, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, No. 2022-1939 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 16, 2024), reversed the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s claim construction stating that the District Court erred in utilizing embodiments to construct claims, as the specification may describe numerous embodiments or examples but they do not narrow or limit claim language wherein the claim term is broader when given its ordinary meaning. The terms “back channel,” and “speech recognition system coupled to a wireline node,” of U.S. Patent No. 7,047,196, in addition to the “centralized processing station” of U.S. Patent No. 7,260,538 were reversed and remanded as a result.