Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1982 [PAGE 384]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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and Ananda M. Chakrabarty, professor of microbiology in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and in the Center for Genetics, Medical Center, inventors; developed with support from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the March of Dimes. 2. Braille Printer — Andrew W. Appel, computer programmer in the School of Clinical Medicine, and Douglas W. Jones, former graduate research assistant in the School of Clinical Medicine, Urbana, inventors; developed with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. University Patents, Inc., reviewed these two disclosures and reported that it wished to commercialize them. The University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation subject to the rights of the sponsors. 3. Compact, Versatile Device for Connecting a Rod-mounted Micromanipulator to a Magnetic Base — Fred Delcomyn, associate professor of entomology in the Department of Entomology, Urbana, inventor; developed with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. University Patents, Inc., reviewed this disclosure and reported that limited patent protection might be available and that the market for the device would be too small to justify patent activities. It does not wish to commercialize this discovery. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the University release its rights to the sponsor. 4. Vu-Grapk — Steven J. Holland, technical draftsman-illustrator in the College of Engineering, Urbana, inventor. 5. Cardinal — An Ornamental Crabapple — Daniel F. Dayton, professor of plant breeding in the Department of Horticulture, Urbana, inventor. 6. Template System for Architects to Plot Building Shadows and Solar Penetration on Plan View Drawings — Michael J. Siminovitch, former graduate teaching assistant and graduate research assistant in the Department of Architecture, Urbana, inventor. 7. Filing Wedge — Gary E. Shaw, accountant in the College of Commerce and Business Administration, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reviewed these disclosures and reported that it did not wish to commercialize them. The University Patent Committee recommends that the University retain shop rights and release all other patent rights to the inventors. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . N e a l , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d .

Transfer of Rights to the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago

(25) Members of the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at Urbana-Champaign have conducted a study of sewage organisms funded by the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago. A result of the study is a document, "Sewage Organisms: A Color Atlas." The sanitary district now plans to print and distribute at cost 4,000 copies of the atlas and has requested a transfer of the University's interest so that the district may copyright the atlas. The Committee on Copyrightable Works recommends that the University transfer its rights in the materials to the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago. 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 .