Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1974 [PAGE 418]

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BOARD O F TRUSTEES

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University Patents, Inc., reports that the apparatus would not be subject of sufficiently broad patent protection to warrant the expense of filing a patent application. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the University not request a waiver of patent rights from the Atomic Energy Commission. 5. Light Collector for Automatic Gain Control and/or Blemish Cancellation in Cathode Ray Tube Systems — Robert W. Downing, Senior Research Physicist in Physics, inventor; developed under the sponsorship of the Atomic Energy Commission. The sponsor has advised that it will file a patent application. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the University take no further action concerning this invention. 6. Reconstituted Products from Lignocellulosic Residues — Poo Chow, Assistant Professor of Wood Science, Department of Forestry, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reports that prior art makes patenting marginal and that no interest in licensing has been generated. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the inventor. 7. BCG Vaccine — Ray_G. Crispen, Director, Institution for Tuberculosis Research, and Professor of Microbiology, Medical Center, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reports that this disclosure does not contain patentable subject matter. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the inventor, 8. New Strain of Bacillus Calmette and Guerin (BCG) — Sol Roy Rosenthal, formerly Director of Institution for Tuberculosis Research and Professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Medical Center, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reports that this disclosure does not contain patentable subject matter. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the inventor. On motion of Mr. Forsyth, these recommendations were approved. CONTRACT FOR DATA PROCESSING SERVICES, ROCKFORD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (14) The curriculum of the Rockford School of Medicine provides for assignment of medical students to community health centers to enable them to participate in the provision of comprehensive personal health care in the community. Each health center provides continuing care for persons in the community and continuity of educational experiences for the Students, Students are assigned to the same health center for their entire stay in the Rockford School of Medicine. All health centers Utilize problem-oriented records, terminal digit filing, full laboratory facilities, and dictated records. An_ important management aspect of the health centers is the need for data processing services as they relate to patient billing, patient records, and health statistics for the communities serviced. The Chancellor at the Medical Center recommends approval of a contract with Health Care System, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., in the amount of $36,000.00 for this service for fiscal year 1974. Funds are available in the operating budget of the Rockford School of Medicine — Medical Service Plan. (This organization provides a specialized "clinical package" of programs and services which meets the specific requirements of the family practice units at Rockford, Belvidere, Kirkland, Durand, and M t Morris and is not available from other vendors. (This transaction is considered exempt from competitive bidding procedures as specially designed business equipment economically procurable from only one source.) I concur. O n motion of Mr. Steger, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, M r s . Rader, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, D r . Eakalis, Mr, Hughes, Governor Walker.