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Patent Committee Records, 1917-1963
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Oregon State University. Patent Committee.
- Title
- Patent Committee Records
- Dates
- 1917-1963 (inclusive)19171963
1948-1963 (bulk)19481963 - Quantity
-
1 cubic foot, including 11
photographs, (2 boxes, including 1
oversize box)
1 microfilm reel - Collection Number
- RG 021
- Summary
- 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.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Patent Committee (also known as the Committee on Patent Policy) was established at Oregon State College in the late 1940s to insure that inventions developed at Oregon State were patented or to waive the state's rights to a potential patent. Oregon State faculty were required to report potential patentable inventions to the committee. The committee counseled with the inventor, evaluated patent possibilities, and negotiated contractual agreements in conjunction with the Chancellor of the State System of Higher Education.
Beginning in the early 1950s, Oregon State contracted with the Research Corporation to investigate, evaluate, and manage patents for the college.
Committee members through the early 1960s included chairs Joseph Schulein and E.A. Yunker as well as J.B. Rodgers and J.L. LeMaster.
The primary functions of the Patent Committee are currently performed by the Office of Technology Transfer in the Oregon State University Research Office.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Patent Committee Records document the development and management of patent policy for Oregon State University. The records include substantive correpondence between the committee and A.L. Strand, OSU president, as well as the Research Corporation, which evaluated and managed patents for Oregon State. The records include materials pertaining to numerous inventions by Oregon State faculty, including Vernon H. Cheldelin, R.L. Goulding, Tsoo E. King, W.J. Kroll, R.O. Sinnhuber, and C.H. Wang. A file pertaining to the maraschino cherry is included. Some of the patent files contain photographs and plans or drawings for the inventions.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Patent Committee Records (RG 021), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The records are arranged in three series: I. Correspondence and General Reference File, 1917-1963; II. Research Corporation, 1950-1963; III. Patents, Patent Investigations, and Patent Agreements, 1951-1958.
Acquisition Information
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.
Related Materials
Patent Committee records for 1963-1969 are part of the College of Engineering Records (RG 062). The Research Office (RG 170) and President's Office (RG 013) Records include additional materials pertaining to patents at Oregon State University. Records of the College of Forestry (RG 139), College of Agricultural Sciences (RG 158), Bioresource Engineering Department (RG 001), and Physics Department (RG 037) also include patent-related information. The R.H. Robinson Papers include compilations and reviews of U.S. patents pertaining to insecticides and pest control.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Correspondence and General Reference File, 1917-1963Return to Top
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.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Reel | ||
| 1 | 1: American Heart Association |
1958 |
| 1 | 2: Anderson and Lee - Chemical
Dosimeter |
1962 |
| 1 | 3: Anderson and Lee |
1962 |
| 1 | 4: Assignment Forms |
undated |
| 1 | 5: C.H. Blumenfeld - Management of Business and
Personnel Management Procedure |
1963 |
| 1 | 6: Federal Agencies Policies |
1949-1962 |
| 1 | 7: Forest Products Laboratory Patent
Policy |
1952-1953 |
| 1 | 8: James Fulleylove - Research
Corporation |
1963 |
| 1 | 9: R.L. Goulding - Systemic
Parasiticide |
1960-1963 |
| 1 | 10: Invention Submission Guides |
undated |
| 1 | 11: John G. Killian |
1960 |
| 1 | 12: Fedor Kudrjavocv |
1961 |
| 1 | 13: Robert Meredith - Ammonia
Electrowinning |
1962-1963 |
| 1 | 14: Don Langmo |
1961 |
| 1 | 15: Lockwood - Jet Propulsion |
1951-1953 |
| 1 | 16: O.H. Muth |
1959 |
| 1 | 17: Walter Meyer |
1962-1963 |
| 1 | 18: Office of Naval Research
Contracts |
1952-1953 |
| 1 | 19: W.A. Sandine and P.R. Elliker |
1962-1963 |
| 1 | 20: Policy Contracts |
undated |
| 1 | 21: Correspondence, Reference Materials, and
Sample Patents |
1917-1963 |
| box 1 | University Research and Patent Problems
Published by National Research Council.
|
1949 |
| box 1 | State Board Patent Policy |
1948-1963 |
| box 1 | Patent Policy Committee |
1948-1963 |
| box 1 | Patent Committee - A.L. Strand |
1951-1961 |
| box 1 | Patent Policy and Contract Opinions - J.L. LeMaster |
1952-1953 |
| box 1 | LeMaster File |
1952-1963 |
| box 1 | Patent Committee - E. Yunker's File |
1948-1955 |
| box 1 | Patent Committee - Yunker and Rogers |
1951-1953 |
Series II: Research Corporation, 1950-1963Return to Top
Series II documents the role of the Research Corporation in evaluating and investigating potential patents for Oregon State and includes correspondence and reports.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | General Correspondence and Contracts |
1950-1960 |
| 1 | Reports |
1961 |
| 1 | General Correspondence |
1952-1963 |
| 1 | General Correspondence and Patent Evaluations |
1951-1961 |
| 1 | Reports on Patents Held |
1952-1962 |
| 1 | Assignments |
1954 |
Series III: Patents, Patent Investigations, and Patent Agreements, 1951-1958Return to Top
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.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Maraschino Cherry |
1951-1952 |
| 1 | H.Y. Yang - Vitamin K5 as a Food Preservative |
1958 |
| 1 | Andrea Mackey and Barbara Robins - Yeast Ready-Mix |
1953-1954 |
| 1 | D.K. Law - Preparing Protamines |
1952 |
| 1 | E.F. Kurth - Producing Quercetin from Barks |
1952 |
| 1 | C.H. Wang - Radiorespirometer
Includes 6 photographs.
|
1958 |
| 1 | Charles J. Filz - Lubricating Device for Power Saw |
1954 |
| 1 | D.M. Stuart - Smith, Kline, and French Laboratories |
1957-1958 |
| 1 | W.T. Lund - A Teaching Aid Designed to Illustrate Diameter
Development in a Plant Stem |
1954 |
| 1 | Asa A. Robley - Divided Platen Hydraulic Veneer
Press |
1955-1956 |
| 1 | V.H. Cheldelin and T.E. King - S. Acetyl
pantetheine |
1953-1956 |
| 1 | Tsoo E. King - Process and Intermediates for Production of
Pantetheine |
1952-1956 |
| 1 | Slabaugh - American Can Company |
1954-1955 |
| 1 | Sinnuber - Animal Feeds |
1952 |
| 1 | L.W. Bonnickson - Pre-Fab Panel for Pole-Type
Construction |
1956 |
| 1 | E.W. Harvey - Canned Crab |
1952-1953 |
| 1 | A.P. Sidwell and R.F. Caine - Colorimeter |
1954 |
| 1 | V.H. Cheldelin and R.W. Newburgh - D-Serine |
1955 |
| 1 | R.O. Sinnhuber - Fish Meal |
1952-1953 |
| 1-2 | Soil Fumigation Blade
Includes 2 photographs and plans (housed in oversize box).
|
1954 |
| 1 | Clara W. Edaburn - Functional Dresses |
1951-1952 |
| 1 | C.J. Stewart - Improvement to B-Altheine |
1952-1953 |
| 1 | W.J. Kroll |
1956-1957 |
| 1 | Microorganism Dosimeter |
1956 |
| 1 | Mint Still |
1952 |
| 1 | F. Decker -- Ozone Determining Device |
1953 |
| 1 | Ralph Bogart - Pelleted Ration |
1954 |
| 1-2 | D.E. Kirk - Irrigation Pipe Straightener
Includes 3 photographs and plans (housed in oversize box).
|
1954-1955 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Patents and government-developed inventions--Oregon.
Corporate Names
- Oregon State College--Research.
- Oregon State University--Research.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Cheldelin, Vernon H. (creator)
- Goulding, R. L. (creator)
- King, Tsoo E., 1916- (creator)
- Kroll, William J., 1889-1973 (creator)
- LeMaster, Jerome Lloyd. (creator)
- Rodgers, Jefferson B. (creator)
- Schulein, Joseph. (creator)
- Sinnhuber, R. O. (creator)
- Strand, A. L. (August Leroy), 1894- (creator)
- Yunker, Edwin Arthur. (creator)
Corporate Names
- Oregon State College. Patent Committee. (creator)
- Research Corporation. (creator)
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
2009
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