Central Michigan University. Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Certificates of Copyright and US Patents, 1972-2024 (Scattered)

Summary

Creator:

Central Michigan University. Office of Research and Graduate Studies.

Abstract:

Certificates of Copyright and US Patents held by Central Michigan University.

Extent:

1.25 cubic feet (in 3 boxes)

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Marian Matyn

Background

Scope and Content:

Copyright and US Patents held by Central Michigan University (CMU) or people who worked for CMU and/or obtained patents with CMU support. One 2011 patent is Russian and in Russian. About .75 cubic feet of the collection is patents. The remainder of the collection, except for one legal-size folder, is Certificates of Copyright, with some applications, of CMU people, 1972-1979, 1981-1999 (Scattered) and 2000. Both the Certificates and Patents are printed forms with handwritten or typed information added. From 1985 forward the Patents include gold seals and ribbons. A few pieces of related correspondence are included with both the Patents and Certificates of Copyright. A legal-size folder with Application, Amendment, Fee Receipt from Bobby A. Howell and Erik W. Walles for Patent and Trademark (all copies), 1979, completes the collection. The collection is organized by size, alphabetically by format, and then chronologically. The collection is ongoing.

Biographical / Historical:

Organizational History:

Central Michigan University (CMU)'s Office of Research and Graduate Studies (ORGS) provides funding for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty and organization and infrastructure to facilitate innovation, collaboration and involvement in the global research and creative community. (This information is from the unit's webpage, accessed in July 2023.)

Biography:

Howell taught organic chemistry at CMU, 1976-2015. He earned a BA from Berea College and a Ph.D. from Ohio University. Walles earned a M.S. in Chemistry from CMU in 1980. (This information is from CMU online publications accessed in July 2023.)

Acquisition Information:

Acc# mNY9

Arrangement:

Arrangement is by size, alphabetically by format, and then chronologically.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Intellectual property.
Patents--United States.
Trademarks--United States.

Names:

Central Michigan University. Office of Research and Graduate Studies.
Central Michigan University--History.
Central Michigan University--Faculty.
Howell, B. A. (Bobby Avery), 1942-
Walles, Erik W.

Places:

Copyright--United States.
Mount Pleasant (Mich.)--History.