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an unpublished patent application.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
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