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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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of securing a patent and of development and administration, be paid to the inventors. 3. Process for Regenerating Clinoptilolite — M . J. Semmens, Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported that the idea for this invention has commercial potential, and the University Patent Committee therefore recommends that the idea be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation for development. It further recommends that 15 percent of net income received by the Foundation from the invention, after payment of any costs and expenses of securing a patent and of development and administration, be paid to the inventor. 4. Strip Dielectric Waveguide and Inverted Strip Dielectric Waveguide -— Tatsuo Itoh, Senior Research Engineer in Electrical Engineering and in Coordinated Science Laboratory, Urbana, inventor; developed under the sponsorship of the U.S. Army. University Patents, Inc., reported that the search results are positive. T h e University Patent Committee therefore recommends that the idea for this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation for development, subject to the rights of the sponsor. It further recommends that 15 percent of net income received by the Foundation from the invention, after payment of any costs and expenses of securing a patent and of development and administration, be paid to the inventor. 5. Lipid Encapsulated Hemoglobin as a Synthetic Blood Substitute —• Irving F. Miller, Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Bioengineering Program and in Energy Engineering and Head of the Bioengineering Program, and Ljubomir Djordjevich, Bioengineering Fellow, Chicago Circle, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported that the idea for this invention is very important commercially. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the idea for this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation for development and that 15 percent of net income received by the Foundation from the invention, after payment of any costs and expenses of securing a patent and of development and administration, be paid to the inventors. 6. Intrascrotal Implant for Males — Paul S. Weathersbee, Graduate Research Assistant in Dairy Science, and J. Robert Lodge, Professor of Physiology in Dairy Science, Urbana, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported that the patent search was positive and that a commercial organization is testing this idea. T h e University Patent Committee therefore recommends that the idea be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation for development and that 15 percent of net income received by the Foundation from the idea, after payment of any costs and expenses of securing a patent and of development and administration, be paid to the inventors. 7. Rodent Identification System — John Kissling Brady, Graduate Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering, Urbana, inventor; developed under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. University Patents, Inc., reported that this idea is unpatentable. T h e University Patent Committee therefore recommends that this invention be released to the sponsor. 8. Micro-respirometer Chamber — Michael G. Gabridge, Assistant Professor in the School of Basic Medical Sciences and in Microbiology, Urbana, inventor; developed under the sponsorship of the U . S . Army. University Patents, Inc., reported that the patentability of this idea is limited and commercialization unlikely. T h e University Patent Committee recommends that this invention be released to the sponsor.