Received January 29, 2003 From: Albin.Schaetzle@alcatel.de Alcatel has a pending patent application, which might become relevant for the draft BGP/MPLS VPN Policy Information Base. Alcatel is prepared to give a license under the conditions of Alcatel's general License statement (http://www.ietf.org/ietf/IPR/ALCATEL-GENERAL). For any questions on this matter, please contact: Albin Schätzle Tel.: + 49 (0) 711 821 44525 IPR Standardization Manager Fax.: +49 (0) 711 821 44587 Intellectual Property Department Alcatel e-mail: albin.schaetzle@alcatel.de