Received January 22, 2002
From: Robert Barr <rbarr@cisco.com>

   Cisco has a pending patent which relates to the subject matter of
draft-droms-agentopt-8021x-00.txt " 802.1X Credentials Sub-option for the
DHCP Relay Agent Information Option".  If a standard relating to this
subject matter  is adopted by IETF and any claims of any issued Cisco
patents are   necessary for practicing this standard, any party will be able
to obtain a license from Cisco to use any such patent claims under  openly
specified, reasonable, non-discriminatory terms, with reciprocity,  to
implement  and fully comply with the standard.

Robert Barr
Worldwide Patent Counsel
Cisco Systems
408-525-9706
rbarr@cisco.com