IPR Details
Kishore Swaminathan's Statement about IPR related to draft-swaminathan-dka-framework

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Submitted: April 20, 2026 under the rules in RFC 8179.

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

Holder legal name Kishore Swaminathan

II. Patent Holder's Contact for License Application
Holder contact name Kishore Swaminathan
Holder contact email k.s.swaminathan@live.com
Holder contact info

Willowbrook, IL
USA
+1-312-six-five-six-1657

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

Internet-Draft:
draft-swaminathan-dka-framework ("Domain Key Authorities (DKA): DNS-Designated Public Key Distribution for Email-Address Identifiers")
Revisions:
00

IV. 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)

Number: US12401508
Inventor: Kishore Swaminathan
Title: Public-key distribution framework
Date: 2025-08-26
Notes: The granted patent may be accessed at https://patents.google.com/patent/US12401508B2.

B. Does this disclosure relate to an unpublished pending patent application?: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

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Licensing information, comments, notes, or URL for further information

The Patent Holder is prepared to grant a royalty-free license under its Necessary Patent Claims (per RFC 8179) to any party implementing the referenced IETF specification on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, subject to reciprocity. The licensee must grant the Patent Holder a reciprocal royalty-free license under any of the licensee’s Necessary Patent Claims that are necessarily infringed by the Patent Holder’s implementation of the same specification.

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VI. Contact Information of Submitter of this Form

Submitter name Kishore Swaminathan
Submitter email k.s.swaminathan@live.com

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