Title: Overture Network's Statement about IPR claimed in draft-ietf-pwe3-tdm-requirements-01 Received: October 21, 2003 From: Prayson Pate Please find attached an IPR statement relating to section 7.6 of draft-ietf-pwe3-tdm-requirements-01.txt. I. Patent Holder/Applicant ("Patent Holder") Legal Name: Overture Networks Inc. II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application Name: Len Hayes Title: Vice Presidents Department: Operations Address: 507 Airport Blvd, Suite 111 Morrisville, NC 27560 USA Telephone: +1-919-337-4123 Fax: +1-919-337-4149 Email: len.hayes@overturenetworks.com III. Contact Information for the IETF Participant Whose Personal Belief Triggered the Disclosure in this Template (Optional): Name: Prayson Pate Title: Vice President Department: Engineering Address: 507 Airport Blvd, Suite 111 Morrisville, NC 27560 USA Telephone: +1-919-337-4102 Fax: +1-919-337-4149 Email: prayson.pate@overturenetworks.com IV. IETF Document or Contribution to Which Patent Disclosure Relates Title: "Requirements for Edge-to-Edge Emulation of TDM Circuits over Packet Switching Networks (PSN)" RFC Number or I-D Tag: draft-ietf-pwe3-tdm-requirements-01.txt Other Designations: V. Disclosure of Patent Information (i.e., patents or patent applications required to be disclosed by Section 6 of RFC XXXX) A. For granted patents or published pending patent applications, please provide the following information: Patent, Serial, Publication, Registration, or Application/File number(s): US Publication 2003/0086372: "Automatic Adjustment of Buffer Depth for the correction of Packet Delay Variation" Date(s) granted or applied for (dd/mm/yy): - provisional filed: 07/11/2001 - patent filed: 05/08/2002 - application published: 05/08/2003 B. Does your disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application? Select one: Yes ______ No __X____ C. If an Internet-Draft or RFC includes multiple parts and it is not reasonably apparent which part of such Internet-Draft or RFC is alleged to be covered by the patent information disclosed in Section V(A) or V(B), it is helpful if the discloser identifies here the sections of the Internet-Draft or RFC that are alleged to be so covered. Related to dynamic sizing of a jitter buffer as described in section 7.6 of the above cited draft document. VI. Licensing Declaration The Patent Holder states that its position with respect to licensing any patent claims contained in the patent(s) or patent application(s) disclosed above that would necessarily be infringed by implementation of the technology required by the relevant IETF specification ("Necessary Patent Claims"), for the purpose of implementing such specification, is as follows (select one licensing declaration option only): a) ___ No License Required for Implementers Check here if commitment to forgo a license is limited solely to standards-track RFCs ___ b) ___ Royalty-Free, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory License to All Implementers Check here if this commitment to license is limited solely to standards-track RFCs ___ c) _X_ Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory License to All Implementers with Possible Royalty/Fee Check here if this commitment to license is limited solely to standards-track RFCs _X__ d) ___ Licensing Declaration to be Provided Later (implies a willingness to commit to the provisions of a), b), or c) above; otherwise, the next option - "Unwilling to Commit to the Provisions of a), b), or c) Above" - must be selected) e) ___ Unwilling to Commit to the Provisions of a), b), or c) Above NOTE: The individual submitting this template represents and warrants that he or she is authorized by the Patent Holder to agree to the above-selected licensing declaration. VII. Contact Information of Submitter of this Form (if different from IETF Participant in Section III above) Name: Title: Department: Address: Telephone: Fax: Email: VIII. Other Notes: Where there is a necessary dependence upon such patents and patent applications in implementing an IETF adopted standard resulting from this document, Overture Networks will license on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms to all parties, any patent claims it owns covering such technology, solely to the extent such technology is essential to comply with such standard. Any such license to a party shall start on the date that Overture Networks and the party enter into an agreement related thereto and shall be granted on the condition that any such party grants to Overture Networks and its corporate affiliates a reciprocal license under such party's patents for which there is also a necessary dependence.