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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 30

I have been unwilling to recommend the first plan, involving an expenditure of $50,000 and the removal of more than 40 trees, and so advised the Committee on Buildings and Grounds. At the meeting of the Board of Trustees on July 26, Chairman F r a n k H. McKelvey informed me that he had canvassed this matter with the members of his Committee and they concur in my recommendation. I, therefore, recommend that the Executive Committee authorize the black top resurfacing improvement and that an appropriation of $7,000 be made from the General Reserve Fund for this purpose.

On motion of Mr. Davis, this improvement was authorized, and the appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Davis, Dr. Meyer.

CONCRETE A P R O N S FOR AIRPORT (9) The Supervising Engineer of the airport, Professor J. J. Doland, requests the assignment of $20,000 for the construction of additional aprons to connect the hangar to the existing taxiways. Professor Doland recommends that this construction be done as an extension of the contract of John Felmley Company, if it can be arranged at a satisfactory price. I concur in these recommendations.

On motion of Mr. Davis, these arrangements were authorized; the funds to be taken from the appropriation of $125,000 already provided for the hangar.

LICENSING O F PATENTS (10) T h e present standard form of "Agreement for Cooperative Investigation" used for research investigations sponsored by private industries and other agencies includes the following provisions relating to patentable discoveries, which are in accordance with the present policy and regulations of the Board of Trustees governing such matters: " ( 7 ) It is agreed that all results of experimental work, including patentable discoveries, carried on under the direction of the scientific staff of the University, belong to the University and to the public and shall be used and controlled so as to produce the greatest benefits to the public. "It is agreed that if patentable discoveries grow out of the investigation and such discoveries have commercial value, the Sponsor, upon payment of the entire cost of securing a patent, shall be given free use of the patent as a nonexclusive licensee, it being agreed that other licensees shall pay the University a royalty which in the opinion of the University is fair to the Sponsor and to the public. " T h e Sponsor shall notify the University in writing whether it will pay the costs of filing an application and procuring a patent on any discoveries which may be patentable within sixty (60) days from the date when the University gives the Sponsor notice of any such discovery. In case the Sponsor does not wish to assume the expense of securing a patent, the University may, in its discretion, do so, and the Sponsor shall be given a non-exclusive license on substantially similar terms as other licensees." T h e Monsanto Chemical Company of St. Louis has been contributing funds to the University for research work on insecticides, a joint project of the Agricultural Experiment Station and the State Natural History Survey Division. These funds have been granted in the past without any other restriction than that they shall be used for research in the field indicated. It is now proposed to formalize this arrangement by an agreement covering an investigation to be described as "General evaluation of chemicals and compositions of matter for insecticidal properties." T h e Monsanto Chemical Company has requested that the provisions relating to patentable discoveries, quoted above, be in this case modified to read as follows: " ( 7 ) It is agreed that the results, including patentable discoveries, that grow out of the investigation and are made by an employee of the University,