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506 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [July 15
5. Elevated temperature resistant ceramic structural adhesives and methods
for bonding metals with them — Dwight G. Bennett, Research Professor of Ceramic
Engineering, Richard M. Spriggs and Henry G- Lefort, Research Assistants
in Ceramic Engineering, inventors. This invention relates to certain ceramic
materials and to methods of preparing and applying them for use as structural
adhesives in the bonding of metal to metal to produce joints possessing high shear
strength at temperatures up to iooo 0 F. or more. It is the opinion of the inventors
and the Head of the Department of Ceramic Engineering that because of former
art in forming ceramic to metal cells, an attempt to secure a patent would lead to
extensive litigation, which would not be justified by any financial gain. Accordingly,
the Committee recommends that this invention be released to the agency sponsoring
the research program under which it was developed, the United States Air Force.
6. Instrument for measuring fluorescence decay of pigments with excitation
life times of the order of millimicroseconds — Seymour S. Brody, Research Associate
in Botany, inventor. The Committee seriously doubts that this invention is
patentable, since it is a combination of well-known elements which have been
improved by others so as to enable the experiment referred to, to be developed
successfully. The Committee was also of the opinion that there was no significant
commercial application of the invention and therefore recommends that it be released
to the Office of Naval Research, the agency supporting the research under
which it was developed.
7. Sense gate separate channel averaging radio direction finding system —
Albert D. Bailey, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Albert J.
Wavering, Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering, inventors. This is a radio
direction finding system using a bearing shifter in the operation of a bearing
computer. The inventors and the Head of the Electrical Engineering Department
are of the opinion that this invention has little or no commercial value and have
recommended its release to the sponsoring agencies of the research under which it
was developed, the Bureau of Ships and the Office of Naval Research of the
United States Navy. The Patent Committee concurs in this recommendation.
8. Perspiration inhibitor using malonate salts — A. Rostenberg, Jr., Professor
of Dermatology in the College of Medicine, inventor. This idea consists of the
inhibition of perspiration by the application of malonate salts. The malonate ion
inhibits the enzyme, the activity of which is apparently necessary for the production
of perspiration. It is the opinion of the Head of the Department of Dermatology
that this idea may have definite commercial application. Accordingly, the
Patent Committee recommends that this invention be released by the University to
the University of Illinois Foundation, with the understanding that an application
for a patent will be filed if conditions seem to justify such action. This recommendation
is made with the condition that if the invention proves to be commercially
desirable any distribution of income shall be approved by the Board of
Trustees of the University upon recommendation of the Patent Committee.
9. A new high-melting plastic — Carl S. Marvel, Research Professor of
Organic Chemistry, and R. D. Vest, Research Assistant in Chemistry, inventors.
This is a plastic which can be melted at approximately 340° C. to give a clear
melt which resolidifies to a glass-like material by the polymerization of a pure
dialkyl a, a'-dimethylenepimelate. The Head of the Department of Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering and the inventors state that while the invention appears to
be patentable, it will not be a money-making invention because the material will be
expensive and it will be limited to military use. Accordingly, the Patent Committee
recommends that the rights of the University in such invention be released to the
United States Air Force.
10. Method of cleaning gases with electrostatically charged particles •— H. F.
Johnstone, Research Professor of Chemical Engineering, inventor. This invention
pertains to the use of electrostatically charged pellets of glass or plastic as a "dry
scrubber" to remove pollution from streams of air. Such an invention may have
very important commercial possibilities in view of air pollution over many urban
areas.
Dr. Johnstone is an eminent authority in this field and has worked on these
problems since he came to the University in 1928. During World War II, as a
result of his work with defense agencies, he had the opportunity of studying these