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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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2. Infra-red Light Beam X-Y Touch Activated Position Encoder for Computer Input — Frederick A. Ebeling, Research Engineer in Computer-based Education Research Laboratory, Roger L. Johnson, Research Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, in the Coordinated Science Laboratory and Computer-based Education Research Laboratory, and Richard S. Goldhor, Graduate Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (formerly undergraduate student assistant at U r b a n a ) , inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. University Patents, Inc., recommended that the rights of the University in this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation. The Vice President for Planning and Allocation has also recommended that the Board of Trustees release the rights of the University in the following inventions to the inventors subject to the rights, if any, of the sponsoring agencies. 3. Adder Network with NOR Gates (or NAND Gates) — H. C. Lai, Research Assistant in Computer Science, and Saburo Muroga, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. University Patents, Inc., recommended that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the inventors because the invention lacks novelty. 4. Majority Decoding of Geometric Codes—Chin-Long Chen, Research Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and Robert T . Chien, Director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory and Professor of Electrical Engineering, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the Air Force Rome Air Development Center. University Patents, Inc., recommended that the rights of the University in this invention be returned to the inventors because of lack of novelty and insufficient commercial potential. 5. Voice Input Interface for Remote Computer Terminal Utilizing Memory to Reduce Input Bandwidth — James H. Parry, Research Associate in the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory, inventor. University Patents, Inc., recommended that the rights of the University in this invention be returned to the inventor because the invention lacks novelty. 6. Time Division Demultiplexing Mechanism for Crossed Field Photo-Multipliers Using Dynamic Deflection of Electrons in a Divided Drift Region — Stuart M. Abbott, formerly Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering, and Oscar L. Gaddy, Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Nuclear Engineering and Associate Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. University Patents, Inc., recommended that the rights of the University in this invention be returned to the inventors because an exclusive license on the basic concept is held by another institution and the chances of getting significant patent coverage are not very high. 7. Circuits for Parallel Computation of the Cyclic Redundancy Check for BISYNC and SDLC Communications — Dilip V. Sarwate, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Research Assistant Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, Urbana, and Aran K. Pandeya, Senior Development Engineer, Interdata Corporation, Oceanport, New Jersey, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the Air Force Rome Air Development Center. University Patents, Inc., recommended that the rights of the University in this invention be returned to the inventors because the invention lacks sufficient commercial potential.