Harald, I want to apologize again for screwing up the IPR disclosure process. Normal IPR disclosure process is to alert the IETF community via the IETF website that a patent has been filed. I mistakenly thought that adding the boilerplate IPR statement at the top of the ID was sufficient to say what needed to be said. However, I don't think IETF requires the disclosure of an unpublished patent application. I finally made my disclosure on the IETF website (what I mistakenly thought was a second disclosure) after my patent got published. And, in all honesty, even this disclosure got delayed because I sought advice. Please note that the filing's publication, the delay, and the IPR disclosure all happened after the last IETF approval for the ID. The right thing to do is to use the IETF website the very day your file your first ID, and not hope that the verbiage atop the ID will somehow disclose that IPR filings are in progress. As a result of my mistakes, the IETF withdrew approval of the ID and explained the process to me. That's fair. But please keep in mind that even for important things, it's easy to make mistakes your first time through a process. --mark _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf