Call for Exclusions: FindText API

(Bcc: AC Reps of participating Members of Web Applications Working
Group who may not have formally joined Web Platform Working Group)


Dear Advisory Committee representative,

This is a W3C Patent Policy Call for Exclusions for the following
Recommendation Track document:

- FindText API
(http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-findtext-20151015/),
exclusion opportunity ending on 13 March 2016 23:59 UTC


This specification was produced by the following groups:
- Web Annotation Working Group
- Web Platform Working Group

If you do not wish to exclude patent claims during this exclusion
opportunity, no further action is required. Member participants who
think their organization may have patent claims to exclude should
contact their Advisory Committee Representative.

Participants made a Royalty-Free licensing commitment upon joining
this Working Group. With the publication of this document, per
section 4.1 of the Patent Policy [1] Participants have an opportunity
until 13 March 2016 23:59 UTC to exclude patent claims reading on this
Recommendation track document. Excluded claims are not subject to the
licensing requirements of the W3C Patent Policy for this document. For
more information about exclusions, please see
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Exclusion

To make exclusions, please use one of the following forms:

Web Annotation Working Group:
https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/73180/exclude
Web Platform Working Group:
https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/83482/exclude

The Patent Policy anticipates that the document will evolve during the
90 days following the first publication. Per section 4.1 of the Patent
Policy [1], whatever draft is available on 13 January 2016 establishes
the reference material [3] for the purposes of this exclusion opportunity.
Just after 13 January 2016, we will send a reminder and identify the
reference draft. Due to the anticipated instability of the document
prior to 13 January 2016, Participants may wish to exclude any claims
only after publication of the reference draft (and no later than the
end of the exclusion opportunity).

Per section 4.2 of the Patent Policy [2], a Participant may resign from
the Working Group before 13 January 2016 and be excused from all
licensing commitments arising out of Working Group participation.

To resign from the Working Group before 13 January 2016, please use the
following form:

Web Annotation Working Group:
https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/73180/leave
Web Platform Working Group:
https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/83482/leave

Summary information for these groups related to the W3C Patent Policy is
available at:

Web Annotation Working Group:
http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/73180/status
Web Platform Working Group:
http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/83482/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact,

for the Web Annotation Working Group:
* Doug Schepers at schepers@w3.org
* Ivan Herman at ivan@w3.org

for the Web Platform Working Group:
* Yves Lafon at ylafon@w3.org
* Xiaoqian Wu at xiaoqian@w3.org

For more information on the W3C Patent Policy and patent claim exclusions,
see:
http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq

Thank you,

For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director;
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications

[1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-with
[2] 
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-resign
[3] http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq#exclusion-date


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Received on Thursday, 15 October 2015 15:19:41 UTC