Received May 24, 2000 From: Robert Barr Cisco has a patent pending that relates to the informational RFC for "RSVP Receiver Proxy", currently titled: draft-ietf-rsvp-proxy-00.txt. If any patents issue to Cisco or its subsidiaries with claims that are necessary for implementing this RFC, any party will be able to obtain the right to implement, use and distribute the technology or works when implementing, using or distributing technology based upon the specific specification(s) under openly specified, reasonable, non-discriminatory terms. Robert Barr Patent Counsel Cisco Systems