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The OAGi Patent Policy and Standards Development Process are defined to ensure that intellectual property contributions to a working group may safely be incorporated into work products that OAGi releases. In order to do accomplish this, intellectual property contributions may only be accepted from:

1. Employees of organizations that have affirmatively joined¹ the working group in which the intellectual property is being offered as a contribution.

2. Primary-contact-designated agents ² (e.g., contractors) of organizations that have affirmatively joined¹ the working group in which the intellectual property is being offered as a contribution.

3. Individuals that have affirmatively joined¹ the working group in which the intellectual property is being offered as a contribution.

4. OAGi staff

5. OAGi contractors

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1. The working group chair must invite the guest to participate.

2. The Near the beginning of the meeting in which the guest is present, the working group chair must introduce the guest to the working group and inform the working group that it may not accept intellectual property contributions from the guest.

3. The meeting minutes must state:
   The working group chair has invited [guest name] from [guest affiliation] to today’s meeting. The working group has been informed that it may not accept intellectual property contributions from [guest name].

Conversely guests and the organization organizations they represent are not bound by the OAGi Patent Policy or Standards Development Process.