I should have been somewhat more precise with my wording. The document is generally irrelevant for the purposes of deciding whether or not your product potentia

I should have been somewhat more precise with my wording. The document is generally irrelevant for the purposes of deciding whether or not your product potentially infringes the patent. It's not until after processing the claims, or perhaps during if you're unclear about terminology or meaning, that you start considering the rest of the document.