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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 17

Livingston, Mrs. Rader, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Forsyth, Governor Walker. Mr. Neal asked to be recorded as not voting.

RECOMMENDATIONS O F T H E UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE

(12) The University Patent Committee submits the following recommendations relating to patentable inventions by members of the staff. I concur in these recommendations. The Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees has examined the disclosure documents and other background materials related to these inventions and recommends approval. 1. Antibody Coated Erythrocytes as a Probe for Antigens — Giuseppe A. Molinaro, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Medical Center, and Sheldon Dray, Professor of Microbiology and Head of Department, Medical Center, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Because of a March, 1973, date of public disclosure, the patent attorneys have filed a patent application on the idea. University Patents, Inc., has reported that there may be three commercially feasible patents in the disclosure. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to the rights of the sponsor. 2. A. Derivatives and Analogs of Geldanamycin as Antitumor, Antiviral, and Antibacterial Agents — Kenneth L. Rinehart, Jr., Professor of Chemistry, Urbana, Wojciech Sobiczewski, formerly WHO Fellow in Chemistry, Urbana, and Moses W. McMillan, formerly Research Assistant in Chemistry, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and National Cancer Institute. B. Heterocycles Related to Nybomycin as Antibacterial, Antiviral, and Antitumor Agents — Kenneth L. Rinehart, Jr., Professor of Chemistry, Urbana, Richard M. Forbis, formerly Research Assistant in Chemistry, Urbana, Richard A. Larson, formerly Research Assistant in Chemistry, Urbana, Graham Leadbetter, formerly Research Assistant in Chemistry, Urbana, and Ryan J. Huxtable, formerly Research Associate in Chemistry, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Cancer Institute. C. Quinones and Other Compounds Derived from Streptovaricins as Antitumor, Antiviral, and Antibacterial Agents — Kenneth L. Rinehart, Jr., Professor of Chemistry, Urbana, Frederick J. Antosz, formerly Research Associate in Chemistry, Urbana, and Waltraut M. J. Knoll, formerly Research Associate in Chemistry, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Cancer Institute. University Patents, Inc., indicated that there are possibly six patentable items in the three disclosures, that there is moderate interest in licensing one of the ideas, and that patent applications should be filed. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in these inventions be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to the rights of the sponsors. 3. Two Schemes for Achieving Gray-scale in Plasma Display Panels — Yogendra Singh, formerly Research Associate in Computer-based Education Research Laboratory, inventor; developed under the sponsorship of the Joint Services Electronics Program and the National Science Foundation. University Patents, Inc., reports that this invention is not commercially feasible and that, therefore, a patent application should not be filed. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the sponsors. 4. Alkylative Procedure for N"-substituted Analogs of Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate that Stimulate Lipolysis — Graham Walker, formerly Fellow and Teaching Assistant in Chemistry, Urbana, Adam Vincze, formerly Postdoctoral Research Associate in Chemistry, Urbana, Nelson J. Leonard, Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and in the Center for Advanced Study, Urbana, and Richard E.