Incidently, IETF generally have more engineers and very few lawyers. I am not sure if idn wg is in any position to review your patent filing claims, a job usually reserved for patent lawyers.
James,
1. Unfortunately, quite a few IETF engineers have had to deal with patent issues in recent years. This means that they/we are in a position to do expert review of the technical aspects of a filing. Often that leads to distracting discussions in which we fall into the trap of forgetting that we are not attorneys, but it still can provide useful review of a filing's technology.
2. An IETF working group has an obligation to pay attention to claims that are asserted over IETF work.
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