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==Intellectual property== Unlike most TCP congestion avoidance algorithms, FAST TCP is protected by several patents.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jin |first=Cheng |author2=Low, Steven H. |author3=Wei, Xiaoliang |title=Method and apparatus for network congestion control |publisher=[[United States Patent & Trademark Office]] |date=2005-01-27 |url=http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=jin.IN.&s2=low.IN.&OS=IN/jin+AND+IN/low&RS=IN/jin+AND+IN/low |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214082726/http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=jin.IN.&s2=low.IN.&OS=IN/jin+AND+IN/low&RS=IN/jin+AND+IN/low |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-14 |access-date=2006-11-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Jin |first=Cheng |author2=Low, Steven H. |author3=Wei, David X. |author4=Wydrowski, Bartek |author5=Tang, Ao |author6=Choe, Hyojeong |title=Method and apparatus for network congestion control using queue control and one-way delay measurements |publisher=[[United States Patent & Trademark Office]] |date=2006-03-09 |url=http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=jin.IN.&s2=low.IN.&OS=IN/jin+AND+IN/low&RS=IN/jin+AND+IN/low |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214071939/http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=jin.IN.&s2=low.IN.&OS=IN/jin+AND+IN/low&RS=IN/jin+AND+IN/low |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-14 |access-date=2006-11-05 }}</ref> Instead of seeking standardization by the [[IETF]], the inventors of FAST, notably [[Steven H. Low]] and Cheng Jin, are seeking to commercialize it through the company FastSoft. Currently FastSoft sells a 1-Unit rack appliance which can be deployed at the sender-side with no other software or hardware modifications needed on either end.
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