FYI
I've scripted 1000 cases with notice date 10/17/2003, 350 of them are EAD application. Within the 350 cases, 216 cases have not been touched. There are some approvals, but mostly they were approved before 2004. I guess those cases are not c(9) (I-485 pending like most of us). If you check the processing date in USCIS web site, the processing date for EAD for c(8) (based on a pending asylum application) is far ahead of c(9).
Based on the above script results, I'm afraid you have to wait longer.