Mealey's (February 3, 2017, 7:30 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Patent owners ask the U.S. Supreme Court in a Dec. 22 petition for writ of certiorari to answer whether claim construction presumes that “the ordinary meaning as understood by a person of skill in the art is the correct construction for claim terms, absent a redefinition or disclaimer in the patent specification” and whether the specification limits “the scope of claim terms to capture the ‘actual invention’ as implemented in the exemplary embodiments provided in the specification” (Wi-LAN USA Inc. and Wi-LAN Inc. v. Apple Inc., No. 16-913, U.S. Sup.)....