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Patent Committee Records, 1917-1963View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates: 1948-1963
The Patent Committee Records document the development and management of patent policy for Oregon State University and include correspondence, reference materials, committee minutes, documents about specific inventions and patent investigations, reports, and patents and patent applications. The Patent Committee was established at Oregon State College in the late 1940s.
ID: RG 021
Extent: 1.0 cubic feet
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Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation: Patent Committee Records (RG 021), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: Microfilmed records were acquired by the Archives in the 1960s and microfilmed in 1969. The paper records were acquired with Physics Department Records, probably in the 1970s or early 1980s; they were transferred to this collection in 2000.
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Series 1: Correspondence and General Reference File, 1917-1963 Add to Shelf
Series I documents the establishment of patent policies and procedures for Oregon State and includes materials pertaining to specific inventions as well as the files of several Patent Committee members, including E. Yunker and J.L. LeMaster. The series includes extensive correspondence with Oregon State president A.L. Strand regarding patent policy.
Reel-Folder 1.1: American Heart Association, 1958 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.2: Anderson and Lee - Chemical Dosimeter, 1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.3: Anderson and Lee, 1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.4: Assignment Forms, undated Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.5: C.H. Blumenfeld - Management of Business and Personnel Management Procedure, 1963 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.6: Federal Agencies Policies, 1949-1962 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.7: Forest Products Laboratory Patent Policy, 1952-1953 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.8: James Fulleylove - Research Corporation, 1963 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.9: R.L. Goulding - Systemic Parasiticide, 1960-1963 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.10: Invention Submission Guides, undated Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 11: John G. Killian, 1960 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.12: Fedor Kudrjavocv, 1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.13: Robert Meredith - Ammonia Electrowinning, 1962-1963 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.14: Don Langmo, 1961 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.15: Lockwood - Jet Propulsion, 1951-1953 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.16: O.H. Muth, 1959 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.17: Walter Meyer, 1962-1963 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.18: Office of Naval Research Contracts, 1952-1953 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.19: W.A. Sandine and P.R. Elliker, 1962-1963 Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.20: Policy Contracts, undated Add to Shelf
Reel-Folder 1.21: Correspondence, Reference Materials, and Sample Patents, 1917-1963 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.1: University Research and Patent Problems, 1949 Add to Shelf
Published by National Research Council.
Box-Folder 1.2: State Board Patent Policy, 1948-1963 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.3: Patent Policy Committee, 1948-1963 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.4: Patent Committee - A.L. Strand, 1951-1961 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.5: Patent Policy and Contract Opinions - J.L. LeMaster, 1952-1953 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.6: LeMaster File, 1952-1963 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.7: Patent Committee - E. Yunker's File, 1948-1955 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.8: Patent Committee - Yunker and Rogers, 1951-1953 Add to Shelf
Series 2: Research Corporation, 1950-1963 Add to Shelf
Series II documents the role of the Research Corporation in evaluating and investigating potential patents for Oregon State and includes correspondence and reports.
Box-Folder 1.9: General Correspondence and Contracts, 1950-1960 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.10: Reports, 1961 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.11: General Correspondence, 1952-1963 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.12: General Correspondence and Patent Evaluations, 1951-1961 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.13: Reports on Patents Held, 1952-1962 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.14: Assignments, 1954 Add to Shelf
Series 3: Patents, Patent Investigations, and Patent Agreements, 1951-1958 Add to Shelf
Series III consists of materials documenting equipment, tools, or processes developed by Oregon State faculty and the consideration of them for patent applications. The files include patents, patent applications and agreements, correspondence, publications, notes of Patent Committee members, meeting minutes, plans, drawings, and photographs.
Box-Folder 1.15: Maraschino Cherry, 1951-1952 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.16: H.Y. Yang - Vitamin K5 as a Food Preservative, 1958 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.17: Andrea Mackey and Barbara Robins - Yeast Ready-Mix, 1953-1954 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.18: D.K. Law - Preparing Protamines, 1952 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.19: E.F. Kurth - Producing Quercetin from Barks, 1952 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.20: C.H. Wang - Radiorespirometer, 1958 Add to Shelf
Includes 6 photographs.
Box-Folder 1.21: Charles J. Filz - Lubricating Device for Power Saw, 1954 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.22: D.M. Stuart - Smith, Kline, and French Laboratories, 1957-1958 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.23: W.T. Lund - A Teaching Aid Designed to Illustrate Diameter Development in a Plant Stem, 1954 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.24: Asa A. Robley - Divided Platen Hydraulic Veneer Press, 1955-1956 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.25: V.H. Cheldelin and T.E. King - S. Acetyl pantetheine, 1953-1956 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.26: Tsoo E. King - Process and Intermediates for Production of Pantetheine, 1952-1956 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.27: Slabaugh - American Can Company, 1954-1955 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.28: Sinnuber - Animal Feeds, 1952 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.29: L.W. Bonnickson - Pre-Fab Panel for Pole-Type Construction, 1956 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.30: E.W. Harvey - Canned Crab, 1952-1953 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.31: A.P. Sidwell and R.F. Caine - Colorimeter, 1954 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.32: V.H. Cheldelin and R.W. Newburgh - D-Serine, 1955 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.33: R.O. Sinnhuber - Fish Meal, 1952-1953 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.34: Clara W. Edaburn - Functional Dresses, 1951-1952 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.35: C.J. Stewart - Improvement to B-Altheine, 1952-1953 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.36: W.J. Kroll, 1956-1957 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.37: Microorganism Dosimeter, 1956 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.38: Mint Still, 1952 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.39: F. Decker -- Ozone Determining Device, 1953 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.40: Ralph Bogart - Pelleted Ration, 1954 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.1: Soil Fumigation Blade; D.E. Kirk - Irrigation Pipe Straightener, 1954-55 Add to Shelf
Includes 2 photographs and plans