Why has IP version 15 already been reserved?

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I found that Internet Protocol (IP) version numbers are published by IANA. It refers to the following table.

https://www.iana.org/assignments/version-numbers/version-numbers.xhtml

Decimal Keyword Version Reference
0-1 Reserved Jon_Postel, RFC4928
2-3 Unassigned Jon_Postel
4 IP Internet Protocol RFC791, Jon_Postel
5 Reserved (Historic) RFC1819, SC589H
6 IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6 RFC8200
7 Reserved (Historic) RFC1475, RFC6814
8 Reserved (Historic) RFC1621, SC589H
9 Reserved (Historic) RFC1347, SC589H
10-14 Unassigned Jon_Postel
15 Reserved Jon_Postel

Looking carefully, I found that IP version 15 was reserved by Jon Postel. I already know the uses of the other versions, but I have never seen or heard of IP Version 15. Why is IPv15 reserved? What is its purpose?

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