Received: April 15, 2003 From: Robert Barr, Subject: RFC 2026 statement re draft-hakala-diameter-credit-control-XX.txt Cisco has a pending patent application related to the subject matter of "Diameter Credit Control Application" . If technology in this document is included in a standard adopted by the IETF and any claims of any 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 reasonable, non-discriminatory terms to implement and fully comply with the standard. For information contact: Robert Barr Worldwide Patent Counsel Cisco Systems 408-525-9706 rbarr@cisco.com