History for IPR disclosure
BMC's patent statement pertaining to draft-ietf-snmpconf-pm

From: http://www.ietf.org/ietf-ftp/IPR/BMC-SNMPCONF.txt

Received January 9, 2002
From: Randy Presuhn

This is to advise the IETF that BMC Software Inc. ("BMC
Software") believes that it has rights in one or more United
States or foreign patents or pending patent applications,
including but not limited to U.S. Patent No. 5,978,594
and/or U.S. Patent No. 5,665,081, that may relate to
technologies and processes discussed in the Internet Draft
draft-ietf-snmpconf-pm-xx, including but not limited to
technologies and/or processes for which employees of BMC
Software may have contributed information. BMC Software may
also seek patent protection for any such technology or other
information if BMC Software concludes that such protection
is warranted. Parties interested in obtaining information
regarding any such license from BMC Software should contact:

Ken Sidelinger
Senior Legal Counsel - Intellectual Property
BMC Software, Inc.
o: (713) 918-1259
f: (713) 918-1110
e: ken_sidelinger@bmc.com

Received January 21, 2002

The correct number is 5,655,081.