diff --git a/recipes-ros/ar-track-alvar/ar-track-alvar/0001-used-cmake_modules-to-find-TinyXML.patch b/recipes-ros/ar-track-alvar/ar-track-alvar/0001-used-cmake_modules-to-find-TinyXML.patch
index 5cf70687c2b63b3e9bf31ec081808aa3557f2a83..f3474e0800c8039189cc12e74d36295d0401b385 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/ar-track-alvar/ar-track-alvar/0001-used-cmake_modules-to-find-TinyXML.patch
+++ b/recipes-ros/ar-track-alvar/ar-track-alvar/0001-used-cmake_modules-to-find-TinyXML.patch
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ environment and the ROS layer for OpenEmbedded [2].
 [1] https://github.com/ros/pluginlib/commit/2e0860ca42138f837b2e34921a207d40a095d996
 [2] https://github.com/bmwcarit/meta-ros
 
+Upstream-Status: Accepted
+
 Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@oss.bmw-carit.de>
 ---
  CMakeLists.txt | 10 ++++------
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros-controllers/joint-trajectory-controller/0001-check-for-CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING.patch b/recipes-ros/ros-controllers/joint-trajectory-controller/0001-check-for-CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING.patch
index e960a887057d6b56fd367467d1e85811ae1efab2..46d50018b56f7d5a46c1b68f7aa5a81388f565a7 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/ros-controllers/joint-trajectory-controller/0001-check-for-CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING.patch
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros-controllers/joint-trajectory-controller/0001-check-for-CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING.patch
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ From: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@oss.bmw-carit.de>
 Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 07:31:32 +0200
 Subject: [PATCH] check for CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING
 
-Upstream-Status: Submitted
+Upstream-Status: Accepted
 ---
  joint_trajectory_controller/CMakeLists.txt | 44 ++++++++++++++++--------------
  joint_trajectory_controller/package.xml    |  2 +-
diff --git a/recipes-ros/urdfdom/urdfdom-py/0001-urdf-parser-py-install-scripts-use-catkin_python_set.patch b/recipes-ros/urdfdom/urdfdom-py/0001-urdf-parser-py-install-scripts-use-catkin_python_set.patch
index 9597b3581c80b03759504f03b5cdae324f5b47a6..c153612d0fb6c9c9d0f62481eb9b630622c55aff 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/urdfdom/urdfdom-py/0001-urdf-parser-py-install-scripts-use-catkin_python_set.patch
+++ b/recipes-ros/urdfdom/urdfdom-py/0001-urdf-parser-py-install-scripts-use-catkin_python_set.patch
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ The obtained files were slightly adjusted:
   - The version in the package.xml is fixed.
   - Paths in CMakeLists.txt and setup.py were changed for use
     with the bitbake recipe.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [source repository shall work without catkin]
 ---
  urdf_parser_py/CMakeLists.txt | 16 ++++++++++------
  urdf_parser_py/package.xml    | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++