stds-802-16: new 802.16 Intellectual Property Page, inc. Patent Letters on File

["Roger B. Marks" <r.b.marks@ieee.org>]

[It turned out that the PDF files of the patent letters were 
corrupted. I have replaced them and so am sending this notice again. 
-Roger]

Folks:

I have extracted, from all relevant IEEE-SA documents I can pinpoint, 
all of the information bearing on patent policies and procedures. 
This information is complied at new 802.16 Intellectual Property web 
page:

	<http://ieee802.org/16/ipr/index.html>

[Patents are included; I still haven't done copyrights yet.]

For the most part, this is pretty much the same as when I announced 
the availability of this information on 1 Feb.

However, there is one major addition to the page: "Patent Letters On File"

This includes two pages:

(1) PATENT LETTERS ON FILE WITH IEEE 802.16
<http://ieee802.org/16/ipr/patents/letters/index.html>
This is an archive of patent letters received by 802.16. It includes 
the company name, the letter received, any replies from 802.16, and a 
list of patents referenced in the letter. Regarding the patent 
references, I plan to include links to the patents themselves, when 
available, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (which has all 
U.S. patents since 1976 on-line and free of charge). The posted 
letters need not be official Letters of Assurance; they may be any 
patent letters I receive that I have permission to post.

****** NOTE: THERE IS NOW ONE PATENT LETTER ON-LINE ******

(2) RECORDS OF IEEE STANDARDS-RELATED PATENTS
<http://standards.ieee.org/db/patents>
This is a database of IEEE Standards for which Letters of Assurance 
have been received from patent owners in accordance with IEEE-SA 
Standards Board Patent Policy. At this time, none of these letters 
references 802.16. However, you may find it useful to see how the 
IEEE-SA handles Letters of Assurance.


Regards,

Roger