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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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which are generated from the SEARLE funded Clinical Studies and which vest in UNIVERSITY. Should SEARLE decide to become an exclusive licensee hereunder, then both SEARLE and UNIVERSITY shall negotiate in good faith the terms of such a license agreement. UNIVERSITY shall be free to grant to third parties the above mentioned patent rights if SEARLE decides not to exercise its right of first refusal or does not exercise said right within three (3) months from the date that UNIVERSITY informs SEARLE in writing of its intention to license others. "As further consideration for the grant to SEARLE of said right of first refusal, SEARLE agrees, at its expense, and with the cooperation of UNIVERSITY and the research and faculty members under its control, to file and prosecute to aconclusion in the United States Patent Office, a single patent application directed toward the UNIVERSITY'S principal patentable invention, if any. Upon completion of negotiations with UNIVERSITY regarding an exclusive patent license, SEARLE at its expense, shall additionally provide filing and prosecution services for divisional, continuing and reissue applications filed in the United States and filing, prosecution and maintenance services for all patent applications to be filed in selected countries foreign to the United States where SEARLE desires to be licensed," In accordance with Section 17(e) of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure? the committee established by Section 14(f) has reviewed the proposed arrangement with regard to: (a) the academic value of the project; (b) the importance of further development of the University capabilities in this field of the application of modern technology to health care delivery; and (c) the need for giving proper consideration to the sponsor in connection with the sponsor supplying a considerable amount of proprietary background information and technical knowledge to the University research team. It is the opinion of the 14(f) committee that the request is reasonable and that it is in the best interest of the University and the public. The committee and the Vice President for Planning and Allocation recommend its acceptance. I concur. O n motion of Mr. H o w a r d , this recommendation was approved.

CONTRACT FOR DEVELOPMENT O F AVIONICS INFORMATION SYSTEMS SIMULATOR, URBANA

(20) The University has completed negotiations on a contract with the United States Air Force for a project to be carried out by the Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL) at the Urbana-Champaign campus. The contract, to be funded by the Air Force in the amount of $1,946,688, will cover a two-year period during which the staff of CSL will work with the Avionics Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The objectives of the project are to develop and implement a high-level, interactive avionics systems simulator. The development of such a simulator would provide the capability to determine, specify and demonstrate practical avionic information system configurations to meet future aircraft requirements. The simulator would also provide "real time" Digital Avionics Information System support to the prototype hardware. The Coordinated Science Laboratory has been conducting research in software development and computer-controlled hardware for a number of years. The proposed contract provides $276,561 for research (support of graduate students, publications, etc.), $238,280 for additional computer equipment for the existing computer system in CSL, and $1,431,847 for a computer system to be installed at the Avionics Laboratory for use by scientists there,

1 Sec. 17(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 the established policies of the. sponsoring agency, and when that agency is governmental or non-profit in character, 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 committee specified in paragraph <f), Section 14. "Generally, if patentable discoveries result from research sponsored by an agency outside the University, preferential treatment in the use of any resulting patent may be accorded that agency."