Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976 [PAGE 102]

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in Physics; Laura Eisenstein, formerly Research Assistant Professor of Physics; and Hans Frauenfelder, Professor of Physics, all on the Urbana campus, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. University Patents, Inc., reports that the idea is novel and commercially profitable. 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. High Speed, Four Directional Self Shift Technique for Use with High Density Plasma Display/Memory Panels — Larry M. Jones, formerly Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering, Urbana, and Roger L. Johnson, Research Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and in the Coordinated Science Laboratory and the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. T h e sponsors will allow the University rights in the invention. A patent application was filed in the United States May 30, 1974, because of potential value. 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 a royalty-free nonexclusive license to the United States Government. 3. In Vitro Net Biosynthesis of Chlorophyll and Grana — Constantin A. Rebeiz, Associate Professor of Plant Physiology in Horticulture, Urbana, inventor. A patent application was filed on April 23, 1974, because of reported commercial potential. Therefore, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation. 4. Novel Digital Lighting Control System-—Leslie N. Daley, Teaching Assistant in Computer Science, Urbana; Jaap K. Spek, Audio Director at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts; and W. J. Kubitz, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the Office of Naval Research. University Patents, Inc., reports that the idea has very little commercial potential. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be transferred to the inventors, subject to the rights of the sponsor. 5. Method and Apparatus for Plotting Line Segments and Characters on a Display Device (also known as Plasma Display Computer Terminal) — John E. Stifle, Senior Research Engineer in the Computer Science Laboratory and in the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory, Urbana, inventor. A request for greater patent rights from the National Science Foundation, the reported sponsor, was refused May 31, 1972. A patent application was filed in the United States April 27, 1973. In October, 1973, the inventor stated that the National Science Foundation was not the sponsor. Accordingly, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation and that the Foundation be asked to clarify the role of the National Science Foundation in the development of this idea and to determine who should pay the costs of the patent application. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , these r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . M r . H o w a r d a n d o t h e r s e x p r e s s e d c o n c e r n o v e r this i t e m , w i t h p a r t i c u l a r r e f e r e n c e t o t h e assigning of p a t e n t s w i t h o u t B o a r d c o n s i d e r a t i o n