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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 13

PROCEDURE GOVERNING PATENTS ON DISCOVERIES OR INVENTIONS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY STAFF 1. The principle is recognized that the results of experimental work carried on by or under the direction of the scientific or teaching staffs of the University, and having the expense thereof paid from the University funds or from funds under the control of the University, belong to the University and the public and should be used and controlled in ways to produce the greatest benefit to the University and the public. 2. In case of valuable discoveries and inventions resulting from experimental work or of discoveries and inventions which may be expected to have a basic relation to other discoveries or inventions of commercial importance, the practise is hereby established of taking out patents to be controlled by the University; and any member of the scientific or teaching staffs of the University, who has made a valuable discovery or invention as the direct result of his regular duties on University time and at University expense, may be required to patent his discovery or invention, the expenses connected therewith to be borne by the University. 3. Application for a patent to cover such discoveries or inventions shall be made in such cases as are approved by the President of the University, after consultation with the discoverer or the inventor and the appropriate dean or director, and on its issue the patentee shall assign the patent to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for a nominal consideration. 4. The Board of Trustees shall administer the rights under the patents in ways to suit the conditions, dedicating the patent to the public or licensing its use. In case of license, the license shall be made with provisions for the use of the patent, which will safeguard the public during the life of the patent from unreasonable restrictions or exorbitant royalties for the use of later patents that may depend on a University patent for their usefulness. 5. In the event that any sum above a nominal royalty is received by the University for the use of the patent, a proper share of it shall be paid to the patentee. 6. In the case of cooperative investigations, special agreements for preferential licensing may be made with the cooperating interests, with a view to compensating for the assistance rendered in the investigation. 7. The action herein proposed shall not be construed to include questions of ownership in copyrights on books, or of inventions or discoveries made by members of the teaching or scientific staffs outside of their regular duties and at their own expense. C O M M I T T E E O N R E T I R I N G ALLOWANCES

President Abbott reported for the Committee on Retiring Allowances that another meeting with the faculty committee had been held and that progress had been made.

D E P A R T M E N T O F PUBLIC WELFARE

President Kinley, on request of Mrs. Blake, Chairman of the Committee on Chicago Departments, reported the holding of a conference with Director Jenkins of the State Department of Public Welfare concerning the buildings to be erected in cooperation with the department.

PARR COKING PROCESS

President Kinley, on request of President Abbott, reported progress in the matter of plans for the development of the Parr coking process.