IEEE-SA
STANDARDS BOARD PATENT COMMITTEE (PatCom)
MEETING AGENDA
20 March 2007
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
IEEE Operations Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
1 CALL TO ORDER
2 APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3 APPROVAL OF 4 DECEMBER 2006 PatCom MEETING
MINUTES
4 ADMINISTRATIVE STATISTICS
a) Number of LoAs Received and Posted [Template
vs. Free-Form]
b) Number of Requests for LoAs
5 OLD BUSINESS
5.1 ANSI IPRPC and Patent Group Update - Wright
5.2 Status of Business Review Letter - Lindsay
5.3 Development of Support Material for Patent Policy Changes - Law
5.3.1 Patent Slides for WG Meetings
5.3.2 PatCom Guide/Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
5.3.3 Patent Policy Tutorial Slide Set
5.3.4 Patent Letter of Assurance (LoA) Process Flowchart
5.3.5 Standards Companion
6 NEW BUSINESS
6.1 Questions Received from Jim Carlo
6.2 Comments Received from ANSI Public Review of P&P Changes
6.2.1 Cisco Systems
6.2.2 Intel
6.2.3 Siemens
6.2.4 Sun Microsystems
7 NEXT MEETING
The next PatCom meeting will be Tuesday, 5 June
2007, in Piscataway, New Jersey.
8 ADJOURNMENT