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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 17

president recommends that the arrangement be approved as described above and that the July 16, 1981, action of the Board of Trustees be amended accordingly. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . N e a l , this 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 .

Agreement with International Fine Particle Research Institute, Inc. (Exception to the General Rules)

(22) International Fine Particle Research Institute, Inc. ( I F P R I ) , proposes to support research in the Department of Energy Engineering at the Chicago Circle campus in the amount of $50,000 for one year. The project will concern the flow of highly concentrated fine particulate slurries through complex geometries. I F P R I ' s normal patent provision provides that the University would be required to assign all discoveries or inventions resulting from this research to it; however, I F P R I has agreed to modify its patent provision so that (1) the University of Illinois may pursue and obtain patents and I F P R I members will receive a royalty-free nonexclusive right to practice the p a t e n t ( s ) ; (2) I F P R I will be free to obtain a patent (s) on any discovery made under the research that the University does not choose to patent within six months of its discovery, with the University having the right to practice on a nonexclusive basis; and (3) the University will make the patent (s) available at a reasonable fee to others. The University Patent Committee has reviewed the proposed exceptions to the patent provisions of The General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure and recommends approval. I concur.

O n motion of M r . Neal, this recommendation was approved. Agreement with Du Pont Company (Exception to the General Rules)

(23) E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company proposes to support research in the Department of Chemistry at the Urbana-Champaign campus in the amount of $75,000 for one year. The project will concern the preparation and characterization of new heteropolyacid complexes in Group I I I metals and the screening of such complexes as catalysts. According to the agreement, the University would grant Du Pont the right to negotiate in good faith for an exclusive license within a stated period of time after the filing of any patent application on inventions resulting from the research. The licensing terms to Du Pont provide for the payment of royalties based upon net sales defined as gross sales of the invention (s) or sales of services or products utilizing the invention(s) less the sum of certain specified expenses. T h e University Patent Committee has reviewed the proposed exceptions to the patent provisions of The General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure and recommends approval. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . N e a l , this 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

(24) The University Patent Committee recommends the following actions be taken in regard to inventions and discoveries made at the University of Illinois. Background information concerning the individual cases has been sent to the Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees. 1. Plasma-assisted Molecular Breeding — A New Technique for Enhanced Biodegradation of Toxic Persistent Chemicals — Scott T. Kellogg, former research associate in microbiology in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology,