Blue, That works if you only consider the final 'rejections' that occured in the last few days. However there have been numerous non-final 'rejections' over the past few months.
I find it difficult to swallow that he was unaware of those.
I am much more inclined to think that what he was saying was that the patents were still viable. I also prefer to assume that some of his loyal (and defensive) followers heard what they wanted to hear and then paraphrased the reply.
For the CSO to suggest that patent office rejections are an 'outright lie' given the facts, would be an incredibly foolish response.
It is no secret that I think he is a liar and a cheat, but even I think he is much too smart to make such a blunder.
regards,
frog