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B O A R D O F TRUSTEES

[June 11

versity would not be in a position to enforce foreign patents and I do not believe that we would be justified in going to the expense and trouble of obtaining foreign patents." O n motion of M r . Barr, it w a s voted to release to the inventors a n y rights to foreign patents (except Canadian) o n this process. FOREIGN PATENT ON PREVENTION OF EMBRITTLEMENT OF STEEL IN BOILERS (17) The following communication from Messrs. Brown, Jackson, Boettcher, & Dienner, patent attorneys, concerning the application of Professor S. W . Parr and Mr. F. G. Straub for a patent on prevention of embrittlement of steel in boilers which they have filed in accordance with the action of the Board of Trustees on April 10 (Minutes, page 163). Chicago, Illinois, June 5, 1929 Board of Trustees, University of Illinois Gentlemen: W e are in receipt of notice from the Patent Office that the application of Samuel W . Parr and Frederick G. Straub, Case 1, for patent on P R E V E N T I O N O F E M B R I T T L E M E N T , was filed on M a y 25, 1929, and received Serial No. 366,085. According to the latest published report, the division in charge of this application may not reach it for about nine months, although it often happens that the Examiner acts at an earlier date. In the most important foreign countries, publication or use of the invention will deprive you of the right to protection, except that within a year after filing the above mentioned U. S. application, an application on the same invention can befiledin such foreign countries with the same effect as if filed at the same time as the U. S. application. W e are advising you of this at present so that you may not unintentionally lose any of your rights, and so that you may consider carefully whether protection in foreign countries on this invention is likely to be worth while. If you are interested let us know, and we will send you a reminder before the time limit expires for obtaining protection abroad. Otherwise we shall assume you do not care to protect this invention outside the United States. Yours very truly, Brown, Jackson, Boettcher, & Dienner On motion of Dr. Noble, it was voted to release to the inventor any rights to foreign patents (except Canadian) on this process. On motion of Dr. Noble, the President of the Board was authorized to appoint a committee of five members (the President to be chairman) on matters pertaining to patents. President Armstrong later appointed the following members to serve with him on this committee: Mr. Fisher, Dr. Noble, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Trees. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR INVESTIGATION OF EFFECT OF NITRATE OF SODA O N SOIL A N D CROPS (18) The Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station recommends approval of an agreement with the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau of N e w York City for a cooperative investigation of the effects of applications of nitrate of soda on the soil and on crop growth in various cooperating systems, and also to determine the best methods of utilization of this material as a fertilizer, to be carried out by the Agricultural Experiment Station. The agreement has been drawn for a period of one year from September 1, 1929, and the cooperating company agrees to pay the sum of $1,500, in quarterly installments, to cover the expenses of the investigations. The agreement is of the form and character hitherto authorized by the Board for cooperative investigations. I recommend that it be approved. O n motion of D r . Noble, this agreement w a s approved.