thank DB...he's the one that got the heads up....

"we are examining the new prior art cited by the USPTO in their latest office action on our digital storage media encryption patent application."

http://agoracom.com/ir/edigital/forums/discussion/topics/440465-encryption-patent-pending-effort-update/messages/1438418#message

Perhaps "new" means the USPTO has run out of room....I could not understand what was happening after I reviewed the patent examiners list at varying dates of submission...Okamoto was not in any of the lists....so this must have been a last minute detail.

doni