RFC 3905 on A Template for IETF Patent Disclosures and Licensing Declarations

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        RFC 3905

        Title:      A Template for IETF Patent Disclosures and
                    Licensing Declarations
        Author(s):  V. See, Ed.
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       September 2004
        Mailbox:    vsee@microsoft.com
        Pages:      9
        Characters: 16110
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ipr-template-09.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3905.txt

This document describes a proposal for one form of a template for
IETF patent disclosures and licensing declarations.  The optional use
of this template is meant to simplify the process of such disclosures
and licensing declarations and to assist disclosers in providing the
necessary information to meet the obligations documented in RFC 3668.

This document is a product of the Intellectual Property Rights Working
Group of the IETF.

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
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