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Network Working Group                                        G. McAnallyRequest for Comments: 1988                                    D. GilbertCategory: Informational                                         J. Flick                                                 Hewlett Packard Company                                                             August 1996Conditional Grant of Rights to Specific Hewlett-Packard PatentsIn Conjunction With the Internet Engineering Task Force'sInternet-Standard Network Management FrameworkStatus of This Memo   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  This memo   does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of   this memo is unlimited.Note:   This document is NOT a standard.  It is an announcement to interested   parties of a conditional grant by the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) of   certain rights to use autotopology network management technology   covered by specific HP patents in conjunction with the Internet   Engineering Task Force's (IETF's) Internet-standard network   management framework.Purpose   This grant is made to help facilitate inclusion of certain patented   search address technology covering network device mapping in IETF   standards-track Management Information Base (MIB) modules.  HP is   offering this search address technology to the IETF as a technique   for mapping network devices.  It should be noted that the   confirmatory license mentioned is optional, since the grant of rights   is automatic.A Grant of Rights to Hewlett-Packard US Patents 5,293,635 and 5,421,024   HP hereby covenants that it will not assert any claims in US Patents   5,293,635, 5,421,024, any continuations, divisions, or   continuations-in-part of either, or any non-US counterparts of any of   the foregoing against any party that makes, uses, sells, imports, or   offers for sale, an implementation of an IETF standards-track MIB   module that includes HP's contributed search address technology, or   any derivative of that contribution, provided that the MIB module is   employed to implement the Internet-standard network management   framework.  Such grant of rights is limited in that it does not   include a right to incorporate such HP search address technology intoMcAnally, Gilbert & Flick    Informational                      [Page 1]

RFC 1988               Search Address Patent Use             August 1996   proprietary MIB modules.   This grant of rights will permanently terminate with respect to any   party (and to any subsidiary of a party) that asserts a patent it   owns or controls, either directly or indirectly, against HP or any of   its subsidiaries for implementation of, or operation of any system   utilizing, search address technology.  The termination of rights will   occur as of the date the patent is asserted against HP.   A written confirmation of this grant, and/or a license under any   other HP patent under HP's then-current terms, conditions, and   royalty rates, can be obtained by sending a request to:           Patent Counsel           Hewlett-Packard Company           3000 Hanover Street           Palo Alto, CA 94304           USASecurity Considerations   Security issues are not discussed in this memo.Authors' Addresses   Gary McAnally   Hewlett-Packard Company   8000 Foothills Blvd.   Roseville, CA 95747   USA   Douglas Gilbert   Hewlett-Packard Company   3000 Hanover Street   Palo Alto, CA 94304   USA   John Flick   Hewlett-Packard Company   8000 Foothills Blvd. M.S. 5556   Roseville, CA 95747-5556   USA   Phone: (916) 785-4018   EMail: johnf@hprnd.rose.hp.comMcAnally, Gilbert & Flick    Informational                      [Page 2]