Office of the President
                                                    September 15, 1992








Members, Board of Trustees:

                                PATENT ASSIGNMENT
                          RESEARCH AND GRADUATE STUDIES

Recommendation: that the Board authorize the President to execute an
assignment on behalf of the Board of Trustees to the University of Kentucky
Research Foundation the following Letters Patent of the United States and the
invention represented thereby: Pankaja K. Kadaba, Serial No. 07/793,725,
filed November 20, 1991.

Background: Pankaja K. Kadaba has invented certain improvements in
AMINOALKYLPYRIDINES AND USE AS ANTICONVULSANT DRUGS, EXCITATORY AMINO ACID
INHIBITORS AND NMDA SIGMA RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS. She has assigned her rights
to the invention to the University of Kentucky. In accord with usual
practice, it is recommended that the University assign the patent to the
University of Kentucky Research Foundation.



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Date:     September 15, 1992



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