[IEEE P1788] Monthly Call for Patents

[Ralph Baker Kearfott <rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

P1788 members,

Consistent with IEEE Standardization Society Policy, I am
herewith issuing our agreed-upon monthly call for patents.
The instructions follow, and the explanatory presentation,
as well as a letter of assurance form, are attached.

1. Anyone with knowledge of a patent that could have a bearing
    on the standard should point it out.

2. Under certain conditions, a patent holder should submit a
    Letter of Assurance to IEEE.  I have also attached the
    letter of assurance form, to be filled out by patent
    holders.  (The letter of assurance is appropriate, e.g., for
    someone who might have an "essential patent claim," where "essential
    patent claim" means one such that the standard cannot be
    implemented without a license corresponding to that patent.)

3. The secretary should record patents that are mentioned.

4. See the last slide in the attached slides.  In particular, there
    are certain things that should not be discussed at meetings,
    including interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patent
    claims.  Furthermore, people should object if such things are
    discussed.  (However, mentioning of patents is encouraged.
    We simply shouldn't try to interpret them legally on
    the P-1788 list.)

Further information can be found on the IEEE standardization web
pages, for example, at

http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/index.html

and

http://standards.ieee.org/resources/index.html

Sincerely,

Ralph Baker Kearfott
(acting chair, P-1788)



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Attachment: patent-slideset-to-be-shown-at-each-meeting.pdf
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Attachment: letter-of-assurance-form.pdf
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