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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 20

All other conditions of the fee as approved by the board will remain unchanged. T h e chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has recommended approval of the changes as described effective with the 1982 fall semester. T h e executive vice president concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this recommendation was approved. Revision of The General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure (Article II, Sec. 7(e), Patents on Inventions)

(16) The University Patent Committee has recommended certain changes in Article I I , Section 7, of the General Rules (see below) to provide more flexibility in negotiating research agreements with sponsors which include terms relating to patentable inventions and discoveries. T h e changes are designed to allow more timely agreement with research sponsors as well as to allow those sponsors preferential treatment on inventions and discoveries that might result from projects they have supported. Under the University Statutes, changes in the General Rules related to patents must be sent to the University Senates Conference, which must advise the president and, through him, the Board of Trustees, before adoption of such a change. These steps have now been accomplished.. T h e executive vice president concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval.

The General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure1

Article I I , Sec. 7(e) (e) Contracts or grants from outside sponsors which carry the provision that the sponsoring agency may determine the disposition of patentable discoveries developed thereunder may be accepted by the University, when required by federal statute or regulation or the established policies of the sponsoring agency, and when that agency is governmental or nonprofit in character primarily devoted to the public good, and when the action of the University in waiving its rights to such discoveries is determined to be clearly in the public interest by the University Patent Committee. [Generally, if patentable discoveries result from research sponsored by an agency outside the University, the sponsor shall have the following options: (1) I n the event the University or its transferee determines that an exclusive licensing arrangement may be appropriate, the sponsor shall have the option for a period of ninety (90) days from and after (a) a date specified by the University or its transferee, or (b) the date of the filing of a patent application if no earlier date is so specified, to negotiate in good faith with the University or its transferee for an exclusive license of the invention; and (2) In the event the University or its transferee grants a nonexclusive license at any time, it shall so notify the sponsor, and for a period of ninety (90) days thereafter the sponsor shall have the option to obtain a nonexclusive license on terms not less favorable than those granted any other nonexclusive licensee prior to the exercise of said option. Recommendations for exceptions shall be made by the University Patent Committee, which shall advise the president. After Board of Trustees' approval, the proposed contract shall be placed in the normal sequence of research contract formulation.]

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