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PATENT ON INVENTION OF DR. V. W. ARCHER

Dr. Ivey F. Lewis, Chairman of the Committee on Patent Policy of the University, made a
report to the Board, the substance of which is as follows -

That Dr. Vincent W. Archer, Professor of Roentgenology, has made application for a
patent on protective clothing for x-ray operatives, the material to be used being described by the
term- "Radiant Energy Opaque Fabric".

The need for such a fabric is urgent and as the details of procuring and protecting the
patent, of manufacturing the fabric, and licensing its use are highly technical and require specialized
and efficient management such as no department of the University is qualified to supply,
the Patent Policy Committee, with the approval of Colgate W. Darden, Jr., President, requested the
service of Research Corporation, a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the State of
New York, which makes a specialty of work of this character, and after three lengthy conferences
with Mr. S. Blake Yates, a representative of Research Corporation, has finally agreed upon a form
of contract between the University and Research and also a form of contract between Research and
Dr. Vincent W. Archer.

The contract in form finally agreed upon by your Committee and Research and approved by
W. Allan Perkins, Attorney for the University, is hereby presented to this Board with the unanimous
recommendation of the Committee on Patent Policy of the University that said contract in its
present form be executed on behalf of the University and delivered to Research for execution by it.

After a discussion of the situation, the following resolution, offered by Judge Barksdale
and seconded by Mr. Mears, was adopted-

RESOLVED That Colgate W. Darden, Jr., President, be and is hereby authorized and
directed to execute in the name and on behalf of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia, and in triplicate, the contract dated October 14, 1949, between the University and
Research Corporation in the form presented to this meeting by Dr. Ivey F. Lewis, Chairman of the
Patent Policy Committee of the University, and that Vincent Shea, Secretary, be and is hereby
instructed to affix the corporate seal thereto, attest the same and deliver said contract to
Research Corporation for execution on its behalf, this action being taken pursuant to report
made to this meeting by Dr. Lewis, Chairman of the Patent Policy Committee as aforesaid, that
said contract in the form submitted has been thoroughly studied by this Committee and approved
by said Committee and by W. Allan Perkins, Attorney for the University