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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 21

G. Trench deFreitai, research assistant in ceramic engineering, Urbana,. and Dennis R. O'Boyle, associate professor of ceramic engineering and of nuclear engineering, Urbana, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported that there was little novelty and a small market for this idea, and the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University be released to the inventors. 5. Automatic Gauging System — Rodney D. Hugelman, assistant professor of general engineering, Urbana, and William Pellum, Michael Resner, and Marshall Suess, undergraduate students in engineering, Urbana, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported that patent protection would be limited and that licensing would be difficult, and the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University be released to the inventors. 6. Paper Money Identifier for the Blind — David G. Lubar, undergraduate student in engineering, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported that the commercial potential would be insufficient to justify the expense of obtaining a patent, and the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University be released to the inventor. 7. Surface Method of Heating Greenhouses with Heated Water— Paul N. Walker, assistant professor of agricultural engineering, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported that it would not commercialize the idea because of nonpatentability, and the University Patent Committee recommends that the rights of the University be released to the inventor. 8. Automatic Deilluminator—Samuel G. White, Jr., research assistant in electrical engineering, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported that there is little likelihood of obtaining patent protection, and the University Patent Committee recommends release of the University's rights to the inventor.

On motion of Mr. Neal, these recommendations were approved.

improvement Program, University of lllinois-Willard Airport, Urbana

(33) On September 17, 1975, the Board of Trustees authorized the University to submit an application for a federal grant for certain projects required to bring Willard Airport to a minimum acceptable level for commercial operations under the Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP) of 1970, amended.1 A part of the application is for a project to "construct fire/crash/rescue building including site preparation and utilities." The Federal Aviation Administration and the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, have indicated that they will proceed with this project, which is estimated to cost $468,000. Ninety percent of the costs of projects eligible under ADAP is funded by grants from the Airport and Airways Trust Fund. The balance of the project costs, of both eligible and noneligible items, is normally paid by the sponsors, i.e., the Division of Aeronautics and the University. The University will be responsible for the sponsor's share, and the sum of $60,000 has been appropriated from the Capital Development Fund to the Capital Development Board for the University, subject to release by the governor, as the sponsor's share. The plans, specifications, and bid documents are now complete. In order to initiate the project as requested by the Federal Aviation Administration, documentation must be completed, signed, and returned to the Federal Aviation Administration by September 30, 1977.

i The improvement program i» limited to the objective indicated and goes back to initial board action in September 1975. It bean no relationship to the consultant's recommendatioitt ia. the Airport Master Plan.