>> The associated patent, filed Oct 2008, is at >> http://www.google.com/patents?id=Mk7GAAAAEBAJ >> >> and the related draft is >> >> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bakker-sipping-3gpp-ims-xml-body-handling > >Quite aside from the question of what the IESG should do about the >registration, my reading of this patent ... Not to belabor the obvious, but this is not a patent. It is a patent APPLICATION. No patent has been issued. Indeed, it sounds like no patent should be issued. The PTO has a protest process that appears appropriate in this situation. You can file a protest including prior art with an explanation of how it relates to the application which will be included with the application for the examiner. The rules are quite strict. See here for details: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/1900_1901.htm R's, John _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf