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UHIVER5ITY OF ILLINOIS

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tbus to acquire is an outlet which will enable it to drain water from the southwest portion of its Urbana-Champaign campus into the Upper Embarrass River. The estimated cost to the University of rerouting that outlet through other land and of the extension of a water main which will not be needed if this land is acquired by it is $110,000 so that a saving in approximately that sum will be effected through acquiring this land. Effecting this saving, in addition to acquiring the land for other purposes for which it is needed by the University, clearly justifies paying $127,500 for it. Also, in view of this saving, it is proper to consider, and it should be considered, from the University's standpoint that uot more than $100,000 of the $127,500 is attributable to, and is being paid for, the land itself, and the balance is attributable to, and is being paid for, the drainage outlet needed to effect said savings. Therefore, special counsel for the University in the condemnation suit, the Legal Counsel, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the above outlined settlement be approved and authorized by the Board of Trustees, and that said special counsel and the Legal Counsel be authorized to enter into and file in the condemnation suit, on behalf of the University, any stipulation or stipulations, and the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute, on behalf of the University, any contract and other papers, approved by the Legal Counsel, which will be necessary or desirable in order to effect and carry out the recommended settlement, and the acquisition by the University of the land it will acquire thereunder. I concur. On motion of Mr, Swain, this settlement was authorized, and the other recommendations as presented above were approved, this action being taken by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . H a r e w o o d , Mr. Hughes, M r . Pogue, M r , Swain, M r s . Watkins, M r . Wilkins, M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . Herrick, M r . Johnston, M r . Stratton,

RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE

(4) The University Patent Committee submits, with the concurrence of the Chairman of the University Research Board, the following recommendations relating to inventions by members of the staff._ 1. New switchable bean] antenna with applications in radio direction finding — John D. Dyson, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, inventor, and new direction finding system using frequency independent antennas — Albert D. Bailey, Professor of Electrical Engineering and John D. Dyson, inventors. The first invention is a system using one antenna with switchable radiation modes, thus eliminating the two basic limitations of the two-anteuna system. The second invention has advantages over present systems of extreme bandwidths possible by the use of equiangular spiral antennas, capability of providing azimuthal information through a hemisphere, i.e., both low and high angle coverage, and simplicity. The Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering advised that tie felt there is a possibility of commercial development for these inventions. They are additions to the complex of inventions from the antenna group for which patent applications have been made. The Committee recommends release of the rights of the University in the inventions to the University of Illinois Foundation for filing of patent applications, with the condition that the Foundation fully recognize the contractual rights of the sponsoring agency, the United States Army Signal Corps. 2._ Formation permeability measurement by supersonic energy—V, S. Tuman, Associate Professor of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, inventor. This discovery is concerned with a method of measuring the permeability of rock formations at various distances from the bore of an oil well. The Head of the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering reported that this idea probably has substantial potential commercial value; therefore, the Patent Committee, after study and due to the necessity for prompt action, authorized the University of Illinois Foundation to file a patent application. The Committee requests confirmation of this action and recommends release of the rights of the University in this invention to the University of Illinois Foundation and further recommends the distribution of 15 per cent of any net income resulting from a patent to the inventor.