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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Cicero, Illinois, has proceeded in accordance with previous authorizations from the board. T h e number of parties competing for the license is greater than first anticipated; several interlocutory matters have required special attention; many on-record prehearing conferences have been held; there has been substantial discovery; and an excess of eight weeks of hearings have been involved, with crossexamination lasting from April 3 to May 23. The hearing is now in its final stages, with the direct case on presently designated issues scheduled to be concluded by the end of June. A rebuttal phase will occur in September, but it is anticipated that it will be relatively brief. When the board authorized the prosecution of the application at its December 15, 1976, meeting it was then estimated that the additional legal expenses would range from $20,000 to $50,000, depending upon the length and complexity of the hearings. T h e character of the proceedings has been such that the earlier estimates are now known to have been conservative. I t appears that the legal expenses from January 1, 1977, through June 30, 1978, will be approximately $85,000. (An updated estimate of additional expenses has been requested.) While the FCC proceedings have raised many novel issues in A M radio licensing, the University's advisers continue to be optimistic concerning the probability of an ultimate disposition favorable to the University. Accordingly, the president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends authorization for the continued prosecution of the application and for the payment of reasonable and necessary expenses in that regard.

T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Conlon. Mr. Overstreet, Miss Winter; no, none. O n motion of Mr. Velasquez, authority was given as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, Mr. Forsyth; absent, M r . Neal, Governor Thompson. Recommendations of the University Patent Committee

(23) The Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees has examined related background material on the following discoveries by staff members and recommends approval of the recommendations submitted by the University Patent Committee. 1. Fast Dissolving Polymorphic Form of 6-mercaptopurine — Sarfaraz Niazi, associate professor of pharmacy, Medical Center, and M. L. Huang, assistant in pharmacy, Medical Center, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported by letter that it found no commercial interest in this disclosure. The University Patent Committee recommends release of this disclosure to the inventors with reservation of shop rights by the University. 2. Device for Efficient Isolation of Fungi from Root, Stem, and Leaf Tissue and Metal Device for More Efficient Isolation of Fungi from Plant Tissue — Santos Valle Lamboy, student in the Department of Plant Pathology, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported by letter that the devices, although useful, could not be protected sufficiently to support a licensing program. The University Patent Committee recommends release of these two disclosures to the inventor with reservation of shop rights by the University. I concur in these recommendations.

O n motion of Mr. H a h n , these recommendations were approved.