The question was..."Is the current lull in licensing activity directly related to the USPTO review?"

Answer: "There are several factors that might influence the rate at which licenses are secured and that the USPTO review could certainly be one of them. How significant of a factor it may be we don't know."

Good answer, imo. What is he supposed to say?....joamval

He could have just said "maybe...maybe not"....

fewer words.....saves time....time is money....blah...blah...blah