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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Recommendations of the University Patent Committee

(8) The University Patent Committee submits the following recommendations relating to discoveries and developments by staff members. (The University Patent Committee, as part of its procedure, asks the advice of University Patents, Inc. ( U P I ) , a patent marketing firm with which the University of Illinois Foundation has contracted, before determining its recommendations.) 1. PLATO V Terminal ASCII Interface — Andrew W. Appel, computer aide, Douglas Jones, graduate research assistant, and Frank J. Mabry, Jr., staff associate, all in the School of Clinical Medicine, Urbana, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported that it did not wish to commercialize the invention, and an independent study substantiated U P I ' s opinion that the proposed design could be circumvented by several alternate designs. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the University retain shop rights and release all other patent rights to the inventors. 2. Accessory Table Clamp — Ruben G. Stortzum, instrument maker in the Medical Radiology Department, Medical Center, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported that the device was unlikely to obtain meaningful patent protection. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the University retain shop rights and release all other patent rights to the inventor. 3. Synthesis of 1,215,6-dibenzocyclooctatraene-3,7-oxides— Jacques Kagen, professor of chemistry, D. A. Agdeppa, Jr., graduate student, and S. A. Chen, former graduate student, all in the Department of Chemistry, Chicago Circle, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported that it would apply for patent coverage quickly because of publication in the December 1977 issue of Tetrahedron Letters. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the University transfer its patent rights to the University of Illinois Foundation. I concur in these recommendations.

On motion of Mr. Howard, these recommendations were approved. Amendment to Grant Agreement, Airport Development Aid Program, Urbana

(9) T h e Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, and the Federal Aviation Administration have requested that the Board of Trustees authorize the acceptance and execution of a "first amendment" to the grant agreement for the fiscal years 1978 and 1979 Airport Development Aid Program. 1 T h e agreement covers Illinois Project 78A-18-759 and Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP) Project 6-17-0016-04 which provide for: 1. Overlaying, marking, and grooving Runway 4-22 and appurtenant work; and 2. Acquiring land parcel 2-4-B, consisting of sixty-eight acres (of which 45.3 acres are presently eligible for participation under this grant), and acquiring avigation easement Parcels 10-3-A and 10-4-A, consisting of twenty-one acres. The intent of the project is to bring existing runway facilities and clear zones within Federal Aviation Administration standards.' Funds for this project in the amount of $1,000,000 were provided for FY 1978. T h e amendment, as a new and separate obligation, provides for funds to be obligated in FY 1979 which will increase the maximum federal obligation by * The Board of Trustees approved the grant agreement on May 24, 1978. * The improvement program is limited to the objective indicated. It bears no relationship to the consultant's recommendations in the Airport Master Plan.