JUDGMENT

Table of Contents A. Background ................................................................................................................... 2 B. Submissions ................................................................................................................... 6 B1. Submissions of the Appellant .................................................................................... 6 B2. Submissions of the Respondent ............................................................................... 10 C. Analysis and Findings ................................................................................................. 11 C1. Prologue ................................................................................................................. 11 C2. Claim Construction ................................................................................................ 12 C3. Assessment of the Refusal Order ............................................................................ 19 C4. Is the technical contribution of the subject patent is merely a sequence of instructions? ...................................................................................