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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1982
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330 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [July 16 in the Department of Horticulture, and Robert L. Metcalf, professor of entomology, Urbana-Champaign, inventors. 2. An On Line Method using NMR Spectroscopy to Monitor Multiple Biochemical and Physical Parameters of the Blood Stream in a Relatively Non-Invasive Manner — Alice M. Wyrwicz, assistant professor of chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, Chicago Circle, and C. Tyler Burt, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, inventors. 3. Microbiological Production of Acetate from Syngas — Barbara S. Genthner, graduate research assistant in the Department of Dairy Science, and Marvin P. Bryant, professor of microbiology in the Departments of Microbiology and Dairy Science, Urbana-Champaign, inventors; developed with support from the Celanese Corporation. University Patents, Inc., reported that it would like to commercialize these discoveries. The University Patent Committee recommends that these disclosures be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation for development. 4. Plasma Process for Annealing Semiconductor Materials — Joseph T. Verdeyen, professor of electrical engineering and research professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, Natale Ianno, graduate research assistant in the Department oi Electrical Engineering, and B. G. Streetman, professor of electrical engineering and research professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, Urbana-Champaign, inventors; developed with support from the Department of Defense. University Patents, Inc., reported that it did not wish to commercialize this discovery. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University be released to the sponsor, the Department of Defense. 5. Laser-Driven Oriented Crystal Growth in Glasses and Amorphous Semiconductors — Subhash H. Risbud, assistant professor of ceramic engineering, and J. A. Sekhar, research associate in metallurgical engineering in the Department of Metallurgy and Mining Engineering, Urbana-Champaign, inventors. 6. Firefighter Highrise Hosepack — Desmond J. Ryan, former graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Art and Design, Urbana-Champaign, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported that it did not wish to commercialize these discoveries. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the University retain shop rights and that all other patent rights be released to the inventors. I concur in these recommendations. On motion of Mr. Howard, these recommendations were approved. Agreement with Dow Chemical Company, Urbana (Exception to General Rules) (22) A proposal to support research in the Department of Chemistry at the UrbanaChampaign .campus in the amount of $23,000 has been made by the Dow Chemical Company. The two-year agreement would support research in "the design and synthesis of novel metal chelates with potential catalytic activity." Under the proposal, Dow would receive an exclusive option to negotiate for a license under any resulting patents for twelve months from the date of filing a patent application with a mutually-agreeable royalty and a limitation of six years, after which the license will terminate if the company has not marketed products based on the patent. T h e company would also have the right of first refusal for a limited time (not to exceed sixty days) if, after failure to negotiate an exclusive
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