ATM_Forum/95-0978 The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Sciences Phone: (614)292-3989 Fax: (614)-292-2911 Email: Jain@ACM.Org July 25, 1995 The ATM Forum 303 Vintage Park Foster City, CA 94404 Subj: Patent Disclosure To Whom it May Concern: The Ohio State University has filed a patent application for "The OSU Scheme for Congestion Avoidance in ATM Networks."(partly described in AF-TM/94-0883 and AF-TM/94-0882). In addition, OSU researchers have filed provisional patent applications for "Explicit Rate Indication for Congestion Avoidance (ERICA) in ATM Networks," (partly described in AF-TM/95-0178 and AF-TM/95-0179) and its extension "Qcontrol for Congestion Avoidance in ATM Networks." These inventions in whole or in part may apply to the ATM Traffic Management. Our inventions are available for licensing on a non-exclusive and nondiscriminatory basis and at reasonable royalties. Sincerely Yours, Raj Jain Professor