Received September 25, 2001 From: "Thomas A. Lewry" This is to advise the IETF that Storage Technology Corporation has a patent (U.S. Pat. No. 5,566,170) that it believes covers implementations of recently issued IETF RFC's in the area of MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching). Thomas A. Lewry Brooks & Kushman P.C. 1000 Town Center Twenty-Second Floor Southfield, MI 48075