"It clearly seems to this investor that one skilled in the arts would assume that RAM chips would be a part of the circuitry described below. If so, the Defense's argument is neutralized and patent is monetized."

A notable issue involving our investment is to be proven in 5 words...at this stage of the game.

"a receiving socket electrically coupled to the memory control circuitry and configured for electrical coupling with a flash memory module which operates as sole memory of the received processed sound electrical 10 signals and is capable of retaining recorded digital information for storage in nonvolatile form;"

It clearly seems to doni , that one skilled in the arts would assume that RAM would be a part of the circuitry described above.

I'm really interested to see how a judge assessing a "matter of law" recognize them, while not being skilled in the arts. Where most of the precedent offered by the defendants is nonsense and unrelated to those five words.

NOW we wait for 6 months....I,m fine with that, it allows the court to look into the matter and get a feel for what those five words mean, as a claim term within the full scope of the embodiment. Woody is important, but the five words are more important.....because, they're part of the published patent and on the record of the prosecution history with a meaning to be addressed by "one of ordinary skill in the art".

As the defendants stated in there last brief....."e.Digital can not re-write the prosecution history no matter how hard they try".....where I say back to them....neither can you......e.Digital wants those 5 words to be excepted for what they mean without the verbiage defendants want written to them.

If the judge wants to weigh facts ...they're right there in back and white. Woody is not necessary to prove the issue, but it would be nice to have him at the hearing and give his inventor details, seems the possibility is there.

You can bet your bottom dollar that the defendants are way beyond the consideration of "one of ordinary skill in the arts" when it comes to this stuff. They had this figured out 9 ways to Sunday and understand it exactly as it's written. That is why they are so point on it.

We have to beat them silly with the five words....and they should not be allowed to re-write the patent, or the history.

Thanks Silver....and the rest of this board...damn good.

doni