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154 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 15 versity in this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation. It is further recommended that the University retain shop rights in this invention. (Shop rights are defined as a nonexclusive, nontransferable royalty-free right to make and use the device.) 3. Novel, Biodegradable Analogues of DDT Insecticide —- Robert L. Metcalf, Professor of Biology in the School of Life Sciences, Professor of Entomology and of Agricultural Entomology, and Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology and Research Professor in the Institute for Environmental Studies, and Joel R. Coates, Research Associate in Entomology, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of T h e Rockefeller Foundation. University Patents, Inc., states that this idea has good prospects for patentability and marketability. A patent application has been initiated so that the foreign rights will not be lost by publication. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation, subj ect to the rights of the sponsor. 4. Method of Performing Precision Arithmetic by Averaging the Results of Many Low Precision Operations — W. J. Poppelbaum, Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering, Urbana, inventor; developed under the sponsorship of the Office of Naval Research. University Patents, Inc., reports that the concept of this invention is novel and apparently has commercial potential. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to the rights of the sponsor. 5. N-(carboxymethyl-'H)-d-lysergamide — Jeffrey L. Winkelhake, Predoctoral Fellow in Department of Microbiology, Urbana, and Edward W. Voss, Professor of Microbiology, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the United States Public Health Service. University Patents, Inc., reports a lack of apparent significant commercial potential for this synthesized chemical. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the sponsor. 6. Long Distance High-Pressure Pneumatic Transport System for Granular Materials — Shao Lee Soo, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reports that there is little or no novelty in the disclosure. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the inventor. 7. Low Temperature Grinding of Seeds — Jay W. Johnson, Associate Agronomist in the College of Agriculture, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reports a lack of novelty in this invention. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the inventor. 8. Use of Molten and/or Solidified Power Plant Bottom Ash (or Other Ash from the Combustion or Conversion of Coal) as a Raw Material for the Production of Iron and/or Iron Alloys—Sherman D. Brown, Professor of Ceramic Engineering, Urbana, Arthur L. Friedberg, Professor of Ceramic Engineering and Head of the Department, Urbana, and Chris Goodbrake, Graduate Student in Ceramic Engineering, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the M. H. Detrick Company. University Patents, Inc., reports a lack of novelty in this invention. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the Univer-
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