Appeal No. 2002-1777 Page 5
Application No. 08/953,219
"Analysis begins with a key legal question -- what is the invention claimed?"
Panduit Corp. v. Dennison Mfg. Co., 810 F.2d 1561, 1567, 1 USPQ2d 1593, 1597 (Fed.
Cir. 1987). In answering the question, "the Board must give claims their broadest
reasonable construction. . . ." In re Hyatt, 211 F.3d 1367, 1372, 54 USPQ2d 1664,
1668 (Fed. Cir. 2000).
Here, independent claim 1 specifies in pertinent part the following limitations:
"reorganizing a plurality of data sections into a reversible pattern of reorganized data,
for at least one of the data sections that is reorganized, the reorganizing of the data
section being performed independent of a temporal decoding relationship with any of
the other data sections. . . ." Similarly, independent claim 16 specifies in pertinent part
the following limitations: "reorganizing a plurality of data sections, for at least one of the
data sections that is reorganized, the reorganizing of the data section being performed
independent of a temporal decoding relationship with any of the other data sections. . .
." Further similarly, independent claim 29 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations: "reorganizing the original pattern of MCUs into a reversible pattern of
reorganized MCUs, for at least one of the MCUs that is reorganized, the reorganization
of the MCU being performed independent of a temporal decoding relationship with any
of the other MCUs. . . ." Giving the independent claim their broadest, reasonable
construction, the limitations require reorganizing sections of data wherein one of the
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