Make no mistake about it that the preferred embodiment arises from and is based on the Flashback
product , which is portable dictation device , but that is no reason to narrow the claims through claim
construction to a single embodiment of the invention.
As previously discussed , the Federal circuit has repeatedly admonished against narrowing claims
beyond the breath of specification or limiting claims to a single embodiment.
based on the claims themselves the 774 patent specification one of the ordinary skill in the art would
not understand the phase record / playback device to be limited to a dictation device.