The USPTO is waiting for a written response to the non-final rejection of the claims from E-Digital. The interview is not a required step in the process, but is granted at the request of the Patent holder. E-Digital must now respond in writing to either narrow the claims, or stick with the claims as written, but persuade the examiner that he has made a mistake in rejecting the claims. I think that Dr. Nunally will be spending quite a lot of time digesting the Sharp article before making the formal response.

I am still suspicious about the sudden discovery of the article on the Sharp voice recorder. Why had nobody seen it before? Did one of the defendants point it out to the examiner?