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GAMECOCK LXXI, No. 41 University of South Carolina Monday, October 26,1981 * ^I Jplgigll i B . wp :y^':.^;.'^ JB ^JB'';: ; ;^|gx.; ' '. YM I IRKpsp|^|?^jKw H JBB ~ JEhJI g [ ' S _ " " . 1? ^gg^Sk, iAiMtoivff^'ito-^itMffi *fhi OB ^Gamecocks Upset j 1 The Gamecocks rush jubilantly onto the field ? passing records against the Tar Heels to help raise j PiltAVlt C m w? m m> f From SUff Report* An out-of-court settlement between USC and a f university chemical engineering student has resulte dual ownership of a synthetic fuel production process. | Mehmet N. Ozyagcilar, a student from Istanbu living in Ontario, Canada, charged his graduate s \ adviser, Milton Davis, College of Engineering Deal ? triyi r 4? 1 ?l r\ stsxrttSr waugn ana wim reiusiug w ici u^ci^imi tunm studies after he asserted the production process was hi: Ozyagcilar also continued that Davis violated the sti rights by seeking to patent Ozyagcilar's invention as own. The invention was two low-heat, low-pr ^processes, one producing ammonia and the other, al and hydrocarbons. Under the settlement filed in U.S. District Court, UIS have the patent and Ozyagcilar will get an irrevocah $%& m- >m r^-pj; t^^NMR&$&? - tV,. f#W'- ? "T"?". H^HHrflnHBnni H| BE M 1|S P^ ?.^s^jP^H"~, ? - - -J ' * 7 - *- T?-.T" -f -'7 '_J~ _ ** 1 ' " - ~ 7 s :y'V\ ' ,; rd-Ranked Tar Heels after USC upset third-ranked North Carolina 31-13 in Chape 1 USC's record to 5- 3. See stories page 12. nit Anninct I WH ruipwnGHv ns ^ transferrable license to all patent applications. ormer Judge William Wilkins said in U.S. District Court I d in a USC's patent policy was not validly made known to public. il now In a statement released to news media, Ozyagcil) itudies lawyers said Saturday, "Until recently, Mr. Ozyagcil n J.D. further research work on the inventions and his legal acti iue his were supported by a major U.S. oil company. The deci s. was made by Mr. Ozyagcilar to settle the actions in vie^ irfont'u iintifMnjitf?ii rn?its of the trial after the discontinuatio Davis' his financial support." essurc cohols T^e suit state(* ^lat actions took place in 1976 u Ozyagcilar was working on his USC doctorate. The 29-y old Turkey native was awarded a Fullbright Scholar SC will under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange A ile and 1%1 to conduct his graduate studies. The scholarship MiTfl < tg**v?S^ ?. .*?*? ^ >, %%; ** *# # / *# ?# ^ ...?, ^.. ' * ;" * '* I * ^ ~:"y " W > - r-- " " y'v ^8|ptrri + W*'T3i lvirl^H^^H?^^d^l^lB9tKS?fi^& ^?BBBpiiHp^^^it^te^3B '^ Ey^^w Mf* ^^SrW '-''u, j gyiwy? ^Sra^Mr ?B-wy^ _:_:r:-:"J-i | Hw ^MH| H|k SHnA|j|^fi|^^. SUH Photo by RKTHAR^ VOCfl I Hill Saturday. Quarterback Gordon Beckham set two school JSC Settled renewed each year until 1976. He was awarded his master s hat degree in 1974. the The university later countersued and accused Ozyagcilar of misappropriating USC trade secrets as well as confidential ar's information and inventions. USC officials accused ar's Ozyagcilar of mixing chemicals and putting them into ions mislabeled containers in addition to taking I'SC-owned sion catalyst compounds and notebooks. * Ozyagcilar has the sole right to sell the invention in Turkey ,n ? while USC will pay the annual fees to maintain other foreign patents and applications /hen ear- The invention has been described as revolutionary because ship it uses low heat and low pressure to synthesize the chemicals ct of Normally, there is a high energy loss because high tem was peratures and high pressure produced the chemicals.