FCR 8



Office of the President
June 10, 1997





Members, Board of Trustees:


                         PATENT ASSIGNMENTS REPORT



Recommendation: that the patent assignments report for the period
1997. be accepted.



April 1 through May 30,



Background: FCR 5, dated March 4, 1997, authorized that all future copyright and patent filings
and prosecutions be conducted by the University of Kentucky Research Foundation (UKRF),
and that the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies or his designee be authorized to
execute any needed documents to obtain appropriate patent or copyright protection. Quarterly
reports on patent and copyright applications are to be submitted to the Finance Committee.



















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i Disapproved      U Other



Action taken:



lApproved