IPR Details
SSH's Patent Statement pertaining to NAT

• Disclosure
• History

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I. Patent Holder/Applicant ("Patent Holder")

Holder legal name	SSH Communications Security Corp

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application

Holder contact name	Markus Levlin
Holder contact email	jml@ssh.com
Holder contact info	Intellectual Property Rights Manager Fredrikinkatu 42 00100 Helsinki, Finland

III. IETF Document or Other Contribution to Which this IPR Disclosure Relates

IV. Disclosure of Patent Information
i.e., patents or patent applications required to be disclosed by RFC 2026

A. For granted patents or published pending patent applications, please provide the following information:

Patent, Serial, Publication, Registration, or Application/File number(s)

Finnish FI974665 US 09/333,829 Notes: In order to allow the widest possible use of NAT traversal technology, SSH Communications Security Corp presents the following statement regarding its patents and patent applications relating to NAT traversal. SSH Communications Security Corp hereby makes it known that it will not assert any claims in any patents issued in any country based on - the Finnish patent application FI974665 or any patent application listing the same as a priority application; or - the US patent application 09/333,829 or any patent application listing the same as a priority application, against any party that makes, uses, sells, imports, or offers for sale a conforming implementation of an IETF standards-track specification of an IPSec NAT traversal module. This statement is limited in that SSH Communications Security Corp does not give any rights to incorporate NAT traversal technology covered by patents of SSH Communications Security Corp in implementations for any other protocols other than the IETF standards-track IPSec protocols. This statement is limited in that SSH Communications Security Corp retains the right to assert said patents against any party and any subsidiary of a party that asserts a patent it owns or controls, either directly or indirectly, against SSH Communications Security Corp or any of its subsidiaries or successors in title for any implementation of or operation of any software or system implementing technology specified by the IETF. SSH Communications Security Corp also retains the right to claim damages for any prior use by such a party of NAT traversal technology covered by patents of SSH Communications Security Corp.

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?:

Has patent pending	Yes

V. Licensing Declaration

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VI. Contact Information of Submitter of this Form

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