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IPR Details
Google LLC's Statement about IPR related to draft-ietf-mlcodec-opus-scalable-quality-extension

Submitted: November 6, 2025 under the rules in RFC 8179.

Note: Updates to IPR disclosures must only be made by authorized representatives of the original submitters. Updates will automatically be forwarded to the current Patent Holder's Contact and to the Submitter of the original IPR disclosure.

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

Holder legal name Google LLC

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application

Holder contact name Michael Lee
Holder contact email mclee@google.com
Holder contact info

III. Contact Information for the IETF Participant Whose Personal Belief Triggered this Disclosure

Name Jean-Marc Valin
Email jeanmarcv@google.com
Other info

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

Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-mlcodec-opus-scalable-quality-extension ("Scalable Quality Extension for the Opus Codec (Opus HD)")
Revisions:
01

V. Disclosure of Patent Information
i.e., patents or patent applications required to be disclosed by RFC 8179

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

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

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?:

Has patent pending Yes

VI. 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 Royalty-Free, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory License to All Implementers
Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information

If the above referenced specification is adopted, Google will not assert any patents it owns or controls that are necessarily infringed by a compliant implementation of such specification against any party for the making, using, selling, importing or offering for sale of compliant implementation of such specification or a compliant portion thereof (each a “Compliant Implementation”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Google’s non-assertion obligations automatically terminate with respect to any entity that asserts a patent it directly or indirectly owns or controls against (i) Google or any of its affiliates, or their successors (collectively, “Google Parties”), (ii) any products or services of any Google Parties, whether alone or in combination with other products or services, or (iii) any Compliant Implementations that are made, used, sold, imported or offered for sale by any other entity. For clarity, the foregoing non-assertion obligations do not apply to any portion of any products or services that are not required for compliance of such specification.

Note: The individual submitting this template represents and warrants that he or she is authorized by the Patent Holder to agree to the above-selected licensing declaration.

VII. Contact Information of Submitter of this Form

Submitter name Jennifer Zanocco
Submitter email zanocco@google.com

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