Patent Committee Records, 1917-1963
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
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
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.
Container List
- 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