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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978
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1976] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 133 transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation because of nonpatentability or because of lack of existing commercial applications; and, because of the underlying rights of the sponsors, the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in these inventions be released to the sponsors involved. 9. Process to Prepare Popped Soybeans in a Microwave Oven and 10. Popped Soybeans — Errol D. Rodda, Professor of Agricultural Engineering in Agriculture and in Engineering and Professor of International Agriculture, Urbana, inventor. 11. New Cure for Meat — Jasper Lewis, Butcher, Department of Animal Science, Urbana, inventor. 12. Swallowable Esophageal Electrode-—Robert C. Arzbaecher, Adjunct Professor of Information Engineering, Chicago Circle, inventor; developed under the sponsorship of G. D. Searle and Company. 13. Adaptable Arm Ergometry — Ralph Geeseman, Research Engineering Assistant, Department of Physical Education, and Barry C. McKeown, Research Associate in Physical Education, Urbana, inventors. 14. Resonant Circuit Transponder for Identifying Animals at a Feeding Station —: Howard W. Knoebel, Professor of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and of General Engineering, Urbana, inventor. 15. Method and Apparatus for Digital Control of One to Four Voice Music — Sherwin Jay Gooch, undergraduate student in Computer Engineering, Urbana, inventor; developed under the sponsorship of Gooch Enterprises. 16. Log Splitter — Charles L. Hooks, graduate student in Department of Forestry, Urbana, inventor. 17. Railroad Crosstie — Charles S. Walters, Professor of Wood Technology and Utilization in Forestry, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported that it did not want to develop ideas 9 through 17 because of nonpatentability, lack of a market, or both. The University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University in these nine ideas. be released to the inventors. The University Patent Committee recommends that the University of Illinois Foundation distribute to the inventors of the ideas listed in the following table 15 percent of net income received by the Foundation, after payment of any costs and expenses of securing a patent and of development and administration. In ideas involving multiple inventors, the allocation among inventors of the distribution of income is indicated following the names of the inventors. On motion of Mr. Howard, these recommendations were approved. Recommendation for Distribution of Income on Ideas Previously Transferred to Foundation Department and Campus Coordinated Science Laboratory, Urbana John A. Secrist, III (25%) Chemistry, Urbana Jorge R. Barrio (25%) Nelson J. Leonard (25%) Gregorio Weber (25%) Robert L. Metcalf (33W%) Entomology, Urbana Ashalata Hirwe (33K%) Index B. Kapoor <33W%) Kenneth L. Rinehart, Jr. Chemistry, Urbana (33W%) Frederick J. Antosz (33K%) Kasuya Sasaki (33W%) Willis H. Flygare (50%) Chemistry, Urbana BennieR. Ware (50%) Jnventorts) and Income Allocation Ray L. Trogdon Date of Transfer toTitle Foundation: A method for reliably lighting cells 4/21/71 in a plasma display panel Fluorescent derivatives of adeno- 10/18/72 sine triphosphate (ATP) and other adenine-containing coenzymes Persistent biodegradable compounds related to DDT insecticide Degradation products of streptovancins as antibacterial and antitumor agents Electrophoretic light scattering 12/20/72 12/20/72 12/20/72
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