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1986]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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In order to proceed with the review and public-comment provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act with respect to the program rules, the university counsel has determined that the internal rules must first be adopted formally by the Board of Trustees. Notice and public-comment procedures are not required. After the internal rules have been adopted and the program rules subjected to the additional requisites of the act, the program rules will be presented to the Board of Trustees for adoption. The Division of Services for Crippled Children, with the concurrence of university counsel, has recommended adoption of the DSCC internal rules. (A copy of the rules is filed with the secretary of the board for record.) I concur in this recommendation.

On motion of Mr. Madden, this recommendation was approved.

Agreement with Eaton Corporation (Exception to the Generaf Rules)

(11) The Eaton Corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has offered to support a research project under the direction of Professor J. G. Eden in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana-Champaign campus. T h e grant is $132,422. As a condition, Eaton has requested a nonexclusive, royalty-bearing license to use any University-owned patent resulting from such research. T h e agreement would not require the licensee to forfeit the license if specified performance criteria are not met. The omission of this provision requires an exception to Article I I , Section 7(e) (3) of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure. The terms proposed are consistent with normal licensing practice. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the vice chancellor for research at Urbana believe the terms to be acceptable and have recommended that the exception be approved. The University Patent Committee has recommended approval. T h e vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Madden, this recommendation was approved.

Agreement with Sundstrand Corporation (Exception to the Generaf Rufes)

(12) Professor Charles Tucker of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Urbana, has received a National Science Foundation award under the Presidential Young Investigators Program. A feature of the award is that NSF will provide funds equal to those provided for Professor Tucker's use by industrial sponsors, up to a maximum of $35,000 per year. Professor Tucker has been offered $30,000 in support from Sundstrand Corporation — conditioned on the execution of a research agreement covering a specific project to be pursued by Professor Tucker, involving aspects of computer modeling of flow patterns in the molding of plastic materials. Different projects in this area are being supported by Navistar International, Dow Chemical Company, and John Deere, Inc., for which exceptions to the General Rules were approved in September 1985. In common with the other sponsors, Sundstrand has requested that it be provided with an irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free license to inventions that may result from this project. The request does not provide for termination of the license if aggressive development is not demonstrated. The omission of this provision requires an exception to Article I I , Section 7(e) (3) of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure. T h e terms are consistent with normal licensing practice. The vice chancellor for research believes the terms to be acceptable and has recommended that the