Update Received: January 14, 2004
From: Robert Barr <rbarr@cisco.com>
 
The patent application referencede in that statement has been abandoned.
 
Robert Barr
VP, Intellectual Property
Worldwide Patent Counsel
Cisco Systems
408-525-9706

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Original IPR Statement
Received: July 3, 2002
From: Robert Barr <rbarr@cisco.com>

Cisco has a pending patent application relating to the subject matter of the
following Internet Drafts:

(1) draft-ietf-tewg-diff-te-reqts-05.txt, "Requirements for support of
Diff-Serv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering" ; and
(2) draft-ietf-diff-te-proto-01.txt, "Protocol extensions for support of
Diff-Serv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering".

If a standard relating to this subject matter is adopted by IETF and any
claims of any issued Cisco patents
are necessary for practicing this standard, any party will be able to obtain
a license from Cisco to use any such patent claims under openly specified,
reasonable, non-discriminatory terms, with reciprocity, to implement and
fully comply with the standard.

For information contact:

Robert Barr
Worldwide Patent Counsel
Cisco Systems
408-525-9706
rbarr@cisco.com