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access to the University's P L A T O system. T h e University would retain ownership to the material. The chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, has recommended that the vice president for administration be authorized to negotiate with CDC to provide direct support of lessonware development within the framework described above. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , a u t h o r i t y w a s g i v e n as r e c o m m e n d e d .

Recommendations of the University Patent Committee1

(18) The University Patent Committee submits the following recommendations relating to discoveries by staff members. 1. Thermal Engine — C. Marvin Wayman, professor of metallurgical engineering, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported that it wished to file a patent application. The University Patent Committee recommends that the University transfer its patent rights in this concept to the University of Illinois Foundation. 2. Tuning of Group Type Unidirectional Surface Acoustic Wave Transducers-— Donald C Malocha, visiting research associate in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, Urbana, inventor; sponsored by the Joint Services Electronics Program and the United States Air Force. University Patents, Inc., reported that it wished to commercialize this idea. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the University transfer its patent rights in this concept to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to the rights of the sponsors. 3. BCD to Teletype Converter — William D. Shepherd, graduate student in microbiology, Urbana, Samuel Kaplan, professor of microbiology, Urbana, and Ronald Anderson, director of electronic services, School of Chemical Sciences, Urbana, inventors; sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. University Patents, Inc., reported no potentially patentable feature in the disclosure. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the University retain shop rights and release all other patent rights in this concept to the sponsors. 4. Thermit Reaction Processing of Ceramics — Jahar Lai Mukherjee, research associate in ceramic engineering, Urbana, and S. D. Brown, professor of ceramic engineering, Urbana, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported limited patent coverage and negative commercial potential. The University Patent Committee recommends that the University retain shop rights and release all other patent rights in this concept to the inventors. 5. Visometric Thermometer for Use in Electromagnetic Field Environments — Michael M. Chen, professor of mechanical engineering and of bioengineering, Urbana, and Charles A. Cain, assistant professor of electrical engineering and of bioengineering, Urbana, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported a lack of patentability in this disclosure. The University Patent Committee recommends that the University retain shop rights and release all other patent rights in this concept to the inventors.

1 The Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees has examined related background materials and has approved the recommendations.