Title: Cisco System's Statement regarding IPR claimed in draft-ietf-mpls-nodeid-subobject-01.txt Received: July 22, 2003 From: Robert Barr Cisco is the owner of one or more pending patent applications relating to the subject matter of "Definition of an RRO node-id subobject" . If technology in this document is included in a standard adopted by IETF and any claims of any Cisco patents are necessary for practicing the standard, any party will be able to obtain a license from Cisco to use any such patent claims under 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