alsowaiting said:May '04 is a really new case.
You'll probably need a good fresh dose of patience.
Don't expect approval soon. My I-140 even took longer than a year.
There are lots op people who filed their '485s in 2002 who are still waiting for any progress on their cases and would be happy to just get a fingerprint request, an actual response to an inquiry, or sometimes just to get their third EAD in time before their current one expires...