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UNIVERSITY OF ILLrNOIS

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Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by T H E BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS that the Comptroller and Secretary of this corporation, be and they hereby are authorized to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name, and on behalf of, this public corporation, and under its Corporate Seal, a Quit-Claim Deed and such other documents in connection therewith as said Comptroller and Secretary may deem to be necessary or desirable in order to convey to the UNITED STATES OF A&iERICA all right, title and interest that this public corporation may have in or to the following described property, situate, lying and being in the Township of Rantoul, in the County of Champaign and State of Illinois, viz: The following parcel of land located in the Northwest Quarter (NW \i) of Section 8, Township 21 North, Range 10 East of the 3rd Principal Meridian, County of Champaign, State of Illinois, to wit: Commencing at the Northwest (NW) comer of said Section 8; thence South along the West line of said Section 8; 2,060 feet to the point of beginning; thence East 125 feet; thence South 380 feet to a point 125 feet East of the West Jine of said Section 8; thence West 125 feet to the West line of said Section 8; thence North along the said section line to the point of beginning, containing 1.09 acres, more or Jess. Subject to any existing easements for public roads and highways, public utilities, railroads and pipelines not shown of record. O n motion of Mr. Howard, the foregoing resolution was adopted.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF T H E UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE

0-3) The University Patent Committee submits the following recommendations relating to patentable inventions by members of the staff. I concur in these recommendations. The Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees has examined the disclosure documents and other background materials related to these inventions and recomnlends approval. 1. Sputter Coating of Cutting Tools—Joseph E. Greene, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Metallurgy Engineering and Research Assistant Professor in Coordinated Science Laboratory, Urbana, and Kenneth J. Trigger, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Urbana, inventors. University Patents, Inc., recommends that a patent application be filed on this invention. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation, 2. High Speed Opto-electronic Sampler and High Resolution Sampling Photomultiplier— Henry Merkelo, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Urhana, inventor; developed under the sponsorship of the Office of Naval Research, University Patents, Inc., recommends that a patent_application be filed on this invention. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation, 3. Data Modem — John E. Stifle, Senior Research Engineer in Coordinated Science Laboratory, Urbana, and Michael Johnson, Electronics Technician II in Coordinated Science Laboratory, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. The University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation for patent applications in foreign countries.1 4. Raindrop Size Spectrometer — Terry E. Flach, Research Assistant, Illinois State Water Survey, Urbana, John R, Adam, Associate Professional Scientist, State Water Survey, Urbana, and Richard G, Semonin, Professional Scientist, Illinois State Water Survey, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

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