"We were so wrong" Revealed?

Take a look at this entry from the Weyland Industries time line: Weyland Industries earns patent number 18,364,003 for Method and Apparatus for device able to temporarily restart brain activity of deceased individuals. Could it be that whoever utters those immortal words from the trailer are doing so after death? Via the re-animating procedure mentioned above? So much to look through now - so many tit bits.