Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1982 [PAGE 108]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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If construction of the building is cancelled for any reason, or if there are substantial alterations of the proposed construction or use, any funds transferred by the Lions Foundation will be returned to it, except those previously expended for planning, design, and preparation of bid documents. T h e Lions of Illinois Foundation has a long history of interest in problems related to visual disabilities and has provided substantial amounts of financial assistance to the visually handicapped in Illinois. Further, the organization has supported basic and clinical eye research at the Medical Center campus for many years and proposes to continue to do so in the new facility. Pledges and cash received to date exceed $2,200,000 and the Lions are confident their fund-raising objectives can be met. T h e executive vice president concurs in the recommendation for authorization to execute the agreement as described above. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . V e l a s q u e z , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Recommendations of the University Patent Committee

(14) The University Patent Committee has submitted the following recommendations relating to discoveries and developments by staff members. Background information concerning these recommendations has been sent to the Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees. 1. Use of Oral Bovine Interferon — Joseph M. Cummins, Jr., formerly assistant professor of veterinary pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine and assistant professor in veterinary programs in the College of Agriculture, and Wayne A. F. Tompkins, professor of veterinary pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine and professor of zoonoses and comparative medicine in the Center for Zoonoses Research, Urbana, inventors. 2. Bipolar Pulse Conductometric Monitoring of Ion-selective Electrodes — Timothy A. Nieman, assistant professor of chemistry, Urbana, inventor; developed with support from the National Science Foundation. 3. Carbonylation of Methanol Using Heterogeneous Catalysts — Russell S. Drago, professor of chemistry, Eric Nyberg, graduate research assistant in chemistry, and Alan Zombeck, graduate research assistant in chemistry, Urbana, inventors; developed with support from the U.S. Department of Defense. University Patents, Inc., reported that it intended to file patent applications on these discoveries. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in all three be transferred, subject to the rights of the sponsor, if any, to the University of Illinois Foundation for commercialization. 4. Detection of Polyclonal Lymphocyte Activator in Patient Serum — Marius Teodorescu, professor of microbiology and immunology, John L. Skosey, associate professor of medicine in the Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, and Jin-Lai Chang, formerly teaching assistant in microbiology and immunology, Medical Center, inventors; developed with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. University Patents, Inc., reported that no commercial interest was found for this discovery. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University be released to the sponsor. 5. Tactile Guidance System for the Blind — Bryce G. Rutter, formerly graduate teaching assistant in art and design, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported that there appeared to be no patentability and recommended that the discovery not be transferred for commercialization. T h e