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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1952
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1340 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 21 ston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Hickman, Mr. Stevenson. APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE O F LAND (9) On April 21, 1949 (Minutes, page 310), the Board of Trustees authorized the purchase of the 320-acre McCulIough Farm, adjoining University farm lands south of the campus at Urbana-Champaign. The purchase was on a contract providing for annual payments. The last installment, amounting to $15,000, is due on March I, 1952. Interest on the unpaid balance is charged to the income from the farm. The Dean of the College of Agriculture and the Comptroller recommend an appropriation of $15,000 from the General Reserve Fund for this payment. I concur. On motion of Mr. Johnston, this appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Hickman, Mr. Stevenson. APPROPRIATION OF AGRICULTURAL INCOME (10) The Dean of the College of Agriculture and the Comptroller recommend an appropriation of $4,500 from excess receipts over estimated budgeted income of the Department of Dairy Science for the purchase of a replacement for a 1937 one and one-half ton truck, the purchase of a replacement for a threequarter ton jeep, and for overhauling a one and one-half ton 1946 truck. I concur. On motion of Mr. Megran, this appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Hickman, Mr. Stevenson. RELEASES OF PATENTABLE DISCOVERIES (11) The University Patent Committee submits the following reports and recommendations relating to potentially patentable discoveries: 1. Assistant Professor Lloyd L. Kempe of the Department of Food Technology, who joined the University faculty in 1950, brought with him an idea for a continuous hydrostatic pressure cooker for canned foods which would permit an increase in the temperature at which liquid water can be used for heat treatment of canned foods. The hydrostatic pressure would also be used to neutralize externally the steam pressure developed inside tin cans during pressure cooking and permit a gradual reduction of the external pressure while the cans are cooled. Professor Kempe has since developed a small model which he believes demonstrates the validity of his idea. The Department of Food Technology is not at present equipped or prepared to undertake large-scale development work such as would be required for an invention of this kind. Hence, the University Patent Committee recommends that all rights be released to Professor Kempe with the understanding that no University facilities or time will be spent on its further development. 2. Messrs. Edward F. Moore and Theodore Shapin, Jr., working in the electronic digital computer laboratory, have prepared a report concerning a magnetic drum-controlled computer which they believe might be subject to patent coverage. This computer would be faster than a relay computer but slower than an electronic computer. The advantages in this type of computer are low cost and few components, and the ability to change the list of machine orders without changing any electrical circuitry by recording new control signals on the drum. The University Patent Committee is of the opinion that the University should not spend money for seeking patent protection on the possible invention claimed. Since this work was supported by the Office of Naval Research, the Committee recommends that the University declare its intention not to seek patent protection on the drum-controlled computer and to release all rights to the
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