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access to the University’s PLAT0 system. The University would retain ownership
to the material.
The chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus, with the concurrence of
the appropriate administrative officers, has recommended that the vice president
for administration be authorized to negotiate with CDC to provide direct support
of lessonware development within the framework described above.
I concur.
On motion of Mr. Livingston, authority was given as recommended.
Recommendations of the University Patent Committee’
( 18) The University Patent Committee submits the following recommendations
relating to discoveries by st& members.
1. Thermal Engine - C. Marvin Wayman, professor of metallurgical engineering,
Urbana, inventor.
University Patents, Inc., reported that it wished to file a patent application.
Th,e University Patent Committee recommends that the University transfer its
patent rights in this concept to the University of Illinois Foundation.
2. Tuning of Group Type Unidirectional Surface Acoustic Waue Transducers -
Donald C. Malocha, visiting research associate in the Coordinated Science Laboratory,
Urbana, inventor; sponsnred by the Joint Services Electronics Program
and the United States Air Force.
University Patents, Inc., reported that it wished to commercialize this idea.
The University Patent Committee recommends that the University transfer its
patent rights in this concept to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to
the rights of the sponsors.
3. BCD to Teletype Conuerter- William D. Shepherd, graduate student in micro-
biology, Urbana, Samuel Kaplan, professor of microbiology, Urbana, and Ronald
Anderson, director of electronic services, School of Chemical Sciences, Urbana,
inventors; sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Sci-
ence Foundation.
University Patents, Inc., reported no potentially patentable feature in the dis-
closure. The University Patent Committee recommends that the University retain
shop rights and release all other patent rights in this concept to the sponsors.
4. Thermit Reaction Processing of Ceramics - Jahax La1 Mukherjee, research asso-
ciate in ceramic engineering, Urbana, and S. D. Brown, professor of reramic
engineering, Urbana, inventors.
University Patents, Inc., reported limited patent coverage and negative com-
mercial potential. The University Patent Committee recommends that the Univer-
sity retain shop rights and release all other patent rights in this concept to the
inventors.
5. Visometric Thermometer for Use in Electromagnetic Field Environments -
hlichael M. Chen, professor of mechanical engineering and of bioengineering,
Urbana, and Charles A. Cain, assistant professor of electrical engineering and
of bioengineering, Urbana, inventors.
University Patents, Inc., reported a lack of patentability in this disclosure. The
University Patent Committee recommends that the University retain shop rights
and release all other patent rights in this concept to the inventors.
‘The Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees has examined related background ma-
terials and has approved the recommendations.