Re: DEPLOY: Microsoft's Statement about IPR Claimed in <draft-ietf-marid-core-03.txt> and <draft-ietf-marid-pra-00.txt> in Combination

[Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 07:01:28PM -0700,
 Harry Katz <hkatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote 
 a message of 161 lines which said:

> The following IPR disclosure statement was sent to statements@xxxxxxxx
> earlier today.
...
>    V. Disclosure of Patent Information (i.e., patents or patent 
>    applications required to be disclosed by Section 6 of RFC 3668) 
...
>    Patent, Serial, Publication, Registration, or Application/File 
>    number(s): 
>     
>    Date(s) granted or applied for (YYYY-MM-DD):  
>     
>    Country(ies): 
>     
>    B. Does your disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent 
>    application? 
>     
>    Select one:  Yes  ___X___  No ______ 

Does the above mean that it is not possible to know anything about the
patent itself? It is hard to take a decision about something you
cannot read.