Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978 [PAGE 645]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 24

University to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to the rights of the Department of Defense Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation ; and (2) distribution of income to the inventors in accord with. Article I I , Section 8 ( C ) , of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure. 2. Instrument for the Automated Analysis of Organic Halogens — Robert H . White, former graduate student in biochemistry, Urbana, and Lowell P. Hager, professor of biochemistry and head of the department, Urbana, inventors; sponsored by the National Science Foundation. University Patents, Inc., reported that it wishes to file a patent application. T h e University Patent Committee recommends: (1) transfer of the rights of the University to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to the rights of the National Science Foundation; and (2) distribution of income to the inventors in accord with Article I I , Section 8 ( C ) , of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure. 3. Electrochemical Conversion of Organic Material — Donald L. Day, professor of agricultural engineering, Urbana, and Marvin P. Steinberg, professor of food engineering in the Department of Food Science, Urbana, inventors. University Patents, Inc., reported that the invention is nonpatentable because of prior art. T h e University Patent Committee recommends release of the rights of the University to the inventors. 4. Domestic Water Softener Which Uses a Freezing Process — Howard W. Knoebel, professor of general engineering, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., reported that the prior art was quite similar and suggested that no attempt be made to commercialize this process. T h e University Patent Committee recommends release of the rights of the University to the inventor. 5. Meridian Plane Scanning Reflector and Off-set Reflector — A. R. Jamieson, former research fellow in electrical engineering, Urbana, and G. A. Deschamps, professor of electrical engineering, Urbana, inventors; sponsored by the Department of Defense through the Aerospace Corporation. University Patents, Inc., reported that limited protection might be available but that commercial potential is slight. T h e University Patent Committee recommends release of the rights of the University in these two inventions to the Department of Defense through the Aerospace Corporation. 6. Concept and Devices to Prevent Progression of Idiopathic Scoliosis — Albert B. Schultz, professor of mechanical engineering in the Department of Materials Engineering, Chicago Circle, inventor; sponsored by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. University Patents, Inc., reported that this discovery is nonpatentable. The University Patent Committee recommends release of the University's rights to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. O n m o t i o n of M r . O v e r s t r e e t , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d .

Donation of Laser Facility by Caterpillar Tractor Company, Urbana

(36) T h e Caterpillar Tractor Company has offered to donate to the University a large industrial laser facility to be installed on the Urbana-Champaign campus. T h e equipment will be an exceptionally valuable addition to the facilities available to the materials engineering research program of the College of Engineering. The laser would be used in experimental work on production and fabrication techniques as well as in various basic research projects involving intense energy beams.