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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 21

Foundation, and the University of Illinois Foundation is holding and developing foreign patents and patent applications. T h e University Patent Committee recommends transfer of foreign rights in these inventions to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to the rights of the sponsors. 6. Synthesis and Application of a Broad-spectrum Chromatographic Resolving Agent — William H . Pirkle, Associate Professor of Chemistry, and Marvin S. Hoekstra, Graduate Fellow in Chemistry, Urbana, inventors; developed under sponsorship of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. University Patents, Inc., reported that this invention has been published in the United States, limiting the countries in which patent protection would be available. Therefore, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the sponsor. 7. Automated Preparative Liquid Chromatography System — William H. Pirkle, Associate Professor of Chemistry, and Ronald W. Anderson, Director of Electronic Service in the School of Chemical Sciences, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. University Patents, Inc., reported that this invention has very limited novelty. T h e University Patent Committee therefore recommends that the rights of the University in this invention be released to the sponsor. 8. System for Photographically Producing and Printing Multi-Image Stereo Pictures— Willis L. Emery, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Urbana, inventor. 9. Screen for Displaying Multi-Image Stereo Pictures — Willis L. Emery, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported that the market for the ideas in inventions numbers eight and nine above is not significant and that their patentability is questionable. T h e inventor disagrees and has written an analysis refuting UPI's report. The University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in these inventions be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation for development and that 15 percent of the net income received by the University of Illinois Foundation from the inventions, after the payment of any costs and expenses of securing patents and of development and administration, be paid to the inventor.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, these recommendations were approved. (At this point, Mrs. Shepherd left the meeting.)

Subcontract with Illinois Board of Higher Education for Health Manpower Study, Medical Center

(12) On October 16, 1974, the Board of Trustees approved a proposal to subcontract with the Illinois Board of Higher Education to provide support for development of a statewide health education information system. All funds expended by the University under this subcontract were reimbursed by the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare through the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) contract. T h e principal components of the project consisted of: (1) updating health manpower data for physicians, dentists, registered nurses, pharmacists, veterinarians, occupational therapists, podiatrists, and optometrists; (2) updating a health education program inventory; and (3) documenting the supply of hospital-based allied health services and professionals within the State. It is now proposed that the subcontract be extended to include a study of the supply and demand for selected categories of allied health personnel. The proposed study would provide information for determining trends in the institutional