Today Apple disclosed they are excluding - from W3C RF Licensing
Requirements [1] - two of its patent applications against the WARP spec:
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http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/p72
Name:
US Published Patent Application No. 11/432,295 and US Published
Patent Application 11/409,276
Spec:
Widgets 1.0: Access Requests Policy
http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-widgets-access-20090804/
Exclusions: excluded claims: All claims, as well as any claims that
issue in any continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part,
reissues or other counterparts. (by Apple, Inc. on 2009-11-13, )
]]
-Regards, Art Barstow
[1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Exclusion
Begin forwarded message:
Date: November 13, 2009 2:36:01 PM EST
Subject: Apple, Inc. has disclosed a patent on Widgets 1.0: Access
Requests Policy
Dear AC Rep, Chair, and Team Contact,
On November 13, 2009, 19:33 UTC, Apple, Inc. disclosed the following
patent claims within the Web Applications Working Group:
Specification Name: Widgets 1.0: Access Requests Policy
Disclosure: Laid-open/published patent application #US Published
Patent
Application No. 11/432,295 and US Published Patent Application
11/409,276
(US) held by Apple, Inc.
For more information on patent disclosures and exclusions within
the Web
Applications Working Group, see:
http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/42538/status
