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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 10

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD President Clement announced that the next three meetings of the Board will be held on December 8, 1966, at Chicago Circle, on January 12, 1967, in Chicago (the place to be determined later), and on February 9, 1967, at the Medical Center.

MARCH A N N U A L MEETING

The By-Laws of the Board of Trustees provide that the Board shall hold an annual meeting on the second Tuesday of March, unless the date of such meeting be changed by the Board. This year the second Tuesday will be March 14, 1967. President Clement asked the wishes of the Board regarding the date of this meeting. It was agreed that the annual meeting should be held on the second Tuesday of March (March 14,1967) as provided by the Statutes.

GUESTS OF THE BOARD

President Clement announced that a group of undergraduate student leaders had been invited to be guests of the Board at this meeting and at luncheon. RECESS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION President Clement stated that an executive session had been requested and was being ordered for consideration of business relating to patentable inventions and property acquisitions. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the Board recessed for five minutes. When the Board reconvened, the same members of the Board, officers of the Board, and officers of the University were present as recorded at the beginning of these minutes. The following recommendations from the President of the University were presented and considered.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE (29) The University Patent Committee submits, with the concurrence of the Chairman of the University Research Board, the following reports and recommendations relating to patentable inventions by members of the staff. 1. Simplified methods of selection of quotient digits for Digital Computer Division — James E. Robertson, Research Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Computer Science, inventor; developed under Contract AT(11-1)-1018. T h e choice of the particular value of the quotient digit can be made on the basis of a limited number of the most significant digits of the divisor and partial remainder (or dividend), in contrast to conventional methods for which all digits of the divisor and an equal number of digits of the partial remainder must be compared. The inventor advised that the International Business Machines Corporation was riling for a patent on this idea, and the University of Illinois Foundation, after study, advised that there is little probability of commercial value to the University. It is recommended that the rights of the University be released to the inventor, subject to the rights of the sponsoring agency. 2. Acoustic pressure transducer — the late Robert C. Dimick, formerly Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and George J. Trezek, formerly National Science Foundation Trainee I I I in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, inventors; developed under Project S Q U I D Subcontract S-6, Contract Nonr-3623. This invention relates to a low cost pressure transducer which is based on the change of impedance of a small permanent magnet loudspeaker when the air density surrounding it changes. This device is useful for pressure