Dynamic Biometric Systems and patent backlog

In a press release about Dynamic Biometric Systems, one has

The Company has also filed its Patent #1 with the European Patent Office (the "EPO") covering England, France, Germany and other European Union countries. The Company is awaiting comments on this application. In September 2006, the Company filed Patent #2 with the USPTO titled "Signature Authentication" but due to USPTO backlog does not expect action until 2010. Regardless, the Company filed Patent #2 with the EPO on March 31, 2008.

Patent #1 (in the US) would seem to be published application 20050063570, corresponding to 10/924301, initially assigned to DYNASIG CORPORATION. The first claim states:

A method for capturing and verifying biometric information, comprising:

writing a reference signature using a pen, said pen being configured to record and digitize two or more forms of biometric information;

encrypting said biometric information to create an encrypted reference value; writing a signature to be verified using a pen, said pen also configured to record and digitize two or more forms of biometric information;

encrypting said biometric information from said signature to be verified to create an encrypted data value; and

comparing said encrypted reference value with said encrypted data value to determine if the values substantially match.