IPR Details
Linear Technology Corporation’s Statement of IPR Related to draft-thubert-6tisch-architecture-00

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Submitted: November 3, 2013 under the rules in RFC 3979 as updated by RFC 4879.

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

Holder legal name Linear Technology Corporation

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application
Holder contact name John England
Holder contact email jengland@linear.com
Holder contact info

Corporate & Intellectual Property Counsel
T: 510-400-2900

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

Internet-Draft:
draft-thubert-6tisch-architecture ("An Architecture for IPv6 over the TSCH mode of IEEE 802.15.4e")
Notice:
No revisions for this Internet-Draft were specified in this disclosure. The Internet-Draft's revision at the time this disclosure was posted could not be determined. Contact the discloser or patent holder if there are questions about which revisions this disclosure pertains to.

IV. Disclosure of Patent Information
i.e., patents or patent applications required to be disclosed by RFC 3979 as updated by RFC 4879

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

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

US Patent Nos. 7873043, 7420980, 8194655, 7529217, and 8059629

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?:

Has patent pending No

V. Licensing Declaration

The Patent Holder states that its position with respect to licensing any patent claims contained in the patent(s) or patent application(s) disclosed above that would necessarily be infringed by implementation of the technology required by the relevant IETF specification ("Necessary Patent Claims"), for the purpose of implementing such specification, is as follows(select one licensing declaration option only):

Licensing See Text Below for Licensing Declaration
Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information

If technology in this document is included in a Standard adopted by the IETF, and any claims of these patents are necessary for practicing that Standard, any party will have the right to use any such claims under reasonable, non-discriminatory terms, with reciprocity, to implement and fully comply with that Standard. If that Standard is adopted, under the reasonable, non-discriminatory terms, Linear Technology Corporation will not assert the claims against any party for making, using, selling, importing or offering for sale any product implementing or necessary for compliance with that Standard.
However, Linear Technology Corporation retains the right to assert its patents, including right to claim past royalties, against any party that asserts against Linear Technology or any of its affiliates or successors in title, or against any products of Linear, any claims of a patent the party owns or controls, directly or indirectly, where such asserted claims are necessary for practicing that Standard.

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VI. Contact Information of Submitter of this Form

Submitter name
Submitter email

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