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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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terminate the contract by providing 15 days notice. Fund raising and promotion will be the responsibility of Games, Inc. T h e chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended that the agreement described be authorized. The vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Recommendations of the University Patent Committee (8) The University Patent Committee has recommended the following actions concerning inventions made at the University of Illinois. (Background information has been sent to the Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees.) 1. Intermediate Speed Electronic Device for Measurement of Center Position of Light Image or Shadow — Alexander Scheeline, assistant professor of chemistry, James A. Stewart, postdoctoral fellow in chemistry, and Charles J. Hawley, Jr., senior electronics research engineer in chemical sciences, Urbana-Champaign, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. University Patents, Inc. ( U P I ) , has reported that it does not elect to subject this disclosure to the terms of the servicing agreement. Although U P I has rendered the opinion that this discovery is novel and would support limited patent claims, it does not believe that, from a commercial point of view, the potential applications for the technology are sufficiently substantial to support the cost of a patent and licensing effort. The University Patent Committee recommends that the University release its rights to the sponsor of this work, the National Science Foundation. 2. Woodhand — A Wood Bundler and Hauler for Use with Medium to Small Farm Tractors — Lester E. Arnold, forester in forestry, F. Ray Morris, extension adviser, Cooperative Extension Service, and Donnie Morris, garage foreman, Dixon Springs Agricultural Center, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. University Patents, Inc., has reported that it does not elect to subject this disclosure to the terms of the servicing agreement because of lack of novelty to support patenting and licensing efforts. The University Patent Committee recommends that the University release its rights in this invention to the sponsor, the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 3. EPR INMR Tube Cleaner — Mary M. Fox, graduate student, and Donald M. O'Brien, Sr., glass shop supervisor, Department of Chemistry, Urbana-Champaign, inventors; developed with support from the National Institutes of Health. University Patents, Inc., has reported that it does not elect to subject this disclosure to the terms of the servicing agreement because obtaining patent protection for the device would be difficult, and the coverage obtainable, if any, would be exceedingly narrow in scope. Because of this, UPI has released the invention back to the University at this time. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the University release its rights in this invention to the sponsoring agency, the National Institutes of Health. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Madden, these recommendations were approved.

Agreement for Prepaid Medical Service, College of Medicine a t Rockford (9) The chancellor at Chicago has recommended the approval of a contract with CliniCare (a state and federally approved health maintenance organization) to be