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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

[May 16

This policy has been superseded by Article I I , Section 9(i) and (j), of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure, approved May 24, 1978, which provides, more generally, that the University may assign to developers a proportionate share of the net income and that the University Committee on Copyrightable Works will make recommendations concerning such assignment to the president and the Board of Trustees. For clarification the Committee on Copyrightable Works now has recommended rescission of the May 2 1 , 1969, action.

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T h e University has an agreement with the Aldine Publishing Company for marketing of audiovisual materials developed at the Center for Educational Development at the Medical Center campus. T h e agreement is being renewed, and the Committee on Copyrightable Works has reviewed the circumstances involved. Developers of materials marketed under this agreement have received a distribution of income under the 1969 policy quoted above. In accordance with the General Rules, the University Committee on Copyrightable Works now recommends that the distribution of income received from this contract with Aldine Publishing Company, after recovery of direct costs, be 50 percent to the University and 50 percent to the developers, except in those instances in which the developers have already received a portion of income. I concur in these recommendations. O n m o t i o n of M r . N e a l , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d .

Recommendations of the University Patent Committee

(12) The University Patent Committee has submitted the following recommendations 1 relating to discoveries and developments by staff members. 1. Polymer Membrane Electret for Storage of Electrical Energy— Irving F. Miller, professor of chemical engineering in the Bioengineering Program, Chicago Circle, inventor; developed with support from the National Science Foundation. University Patents, Inc., reported that it found the invention noncompetitive with presently available systems. The University Patent Committee has recommended that the University retain shop rights and release all other patent rights to the National Science Foundation. 2. Coupled Water-oil Forced Cooling of High Pressure Oil-filled (HPOF) Electric Pipe-type Cables — Richard Ghetzler, research assistant in mechanical and industrial engineering, and John C. Chato, professor of mechanical engineering and bioengineering, Urbana, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported that it thought protection was not available because the disclosed method and apparatus are obvious to one familiar with the purpose. The University Patent Committee has recommended that the University retain shop rights and release all other patent rights to the inventors. 3. Vaccine for Equine Rhinopneumonitis — Robert A. Crandell, professor of veterinary pathology and hygiene and director of veterinary diagnostic medicine, Urbana, inventor; developed with support from the Illinois Department of Agriculture. University Patents, Inc., reported that it had elicited enthusiastic responses from companies active in veterinary biologicals and that it had initiated a patent application. T h e University Patent Committee has recommended transfer of the University's rights to the University of Illinois Foundation for commercial development.

1 Background information concerning these recommendations has been sent to the Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees.