Microsoft Corporation Statement concerning Intellectual Property Rights, submitted to OASIS 13 April 2006

Microsoft has a published patent application under United States Publication No. 20060047947 that contains one or more claims which, if allowed and issued, may be essential to implement the Web Services Reliable Messaging (WS-RM) Specification currently under development at OASIS. Microsoft commits to provide licenses as required by the OASIS IPR Policy for compliant implementations of the WS-RM specification.

Microsoft will update this statement if and when such pending patent application(s) issue.

Any questions regarding this communication should be directed to Microsoft Standards Inquiries (stdsreq@microsoft.com).

Respectfully,
Peggy Moloney
Microsoft Corporate Standards Legal Team