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Chapter 5
Ch. 5, Fn. 2 Startup America Fact Sheet (U.S. White House)
Ch. 5, Fn. 11 Vinod Khosla talk at Stanford, 24 April 2002 (video)
Ch. 5, Fn. 12 FM license agreement between Stanford and Yamaha
Ch. 5, Fn. 13 Letter to Yamaha regarding visit plans and technical developments
Ch. 5, Fn. 14 Letter to Yamaha regarding visit plans and technical developments
Ch. 5, Fn. 15 Yamaha progress report for FM instrument
Ch. 5, Fn. 16 Text of speech by Mr. Mochida in honor of John Chowning
Ch. 5, Fn. 18 FM license agreement between Stanford and Yamaha
Ch. 5, Fn. 20 Yamaha progress report for FM instrument
Ch. 5, Fn. 22 Yamaha progress report for FM instrument
Ch. 5, Fn. 23 Reply letter from Chowning to Yohei Nagai (Yamaha) re: trip to Japan and FM progress
Ch. 5, Fn. 24 Letter from Stanford to Yamaha regarding NED patent infringement
Ch. 5, Fn. 25 Letter from Hiro Kato (Yamaha) to John Chowning re: FM product development
Ch. 5, Fn. 28 Schedule for John Chowning visit to Japan
Ch. 5, Fn. 29 Telex from Chowning to Yamaha re: requested tone parameters
Ch. 5, Fn. 30 License agreement with Yamaha
Ch. 5, Fn. 32 Letter from Yohei Nagai (Yamaha) to Chowning re: wedding telegram
Ch. 5, Fn. 33 Letter and memo from John Pierce to SDF re: observations of CCRMA
Ch. 5, Fn. 34 Yamaha progress report for FM instrument
Ch. 5, Fn. 35 Letter from Yamaha regarding availability of CE20 instrument
Ch. 5, Fn. 36 Letter from Yamaha to Niels Reimers re: Chowning visit and instrument development
Ch. 5, Fn. 41 FM license agreement between Stanford and Yamaha
Ch. 5, Fn. 42 Letter from Stanford to Yamaha regarding NED patent infringement
Ch. 5, Fn. 46 Letter from Yamaha to Stanford regarding Kawai patent infringement
Ch. 5, Fn. 47 Letter from Stanford to Yamaha regarding Kawai patent infringement
Ch. 5, Fn. 47 Letter from Stanford to legal counsel regarding Kawai patent infringement
Ch. 5, Fn. 48 Cover note and statement of publication availability for patent purposes
Ch. 5, Fn. 48 Letter from Yamaha to request statement of paper availability for use in patent dispute with Kawai
Ch. 5, Fn. 49 Letter from Yamaha to Stanford regarding Crumar patent infringement
Ch. 5, Fn. 50 Memo regarding Crumar information request for patent dispute
Ch. 5, Fn. 51 Patent validity opinion and cover letter
Ch. 5, Fn. 52 Telex from Yamaha re: FM patent and Casio, and Julius Smith reverberation technology
Ch. 5, Fn. 53 Letter from Niels Reimers to Yamaha re: possible Casio patent infringement
Ch. 5, Fn. 54 Letter to Yamaha regarding ITC action against Casio
Ch. 5, Fn. 55 Memo re: requirement to sign Stanford Personnel Patent Agreement
Ch. 5, Fn. 56 Memo re: enforcement of rules about patent agreements
Ch. 5, Fn. 57 Memo re: patent agreeements
Ch. 5, Fn. 61 Royalty payment from NED (Synclavier)
Ch. 5, Fn. 62 Letter from Yamaha regarding visit plans and unwanted media coverage
Ch. 5, Fn. 63 Letter from Chowning to Yamaha regarding unwanted media coverage
Ch. 5, Fn. 65 Letters to the Editor (CMJ) in response to CCRMA critique
Ch. 5, Fn. 66 FM license agreement between Stanford and Yamaha
Ch. 5, Fn. 70 FM license agreement between Stanford and Yamaha
Ch. 5, Fn. 71 License agreement with Yamaha
Ch. 5, Fn. 72 License agreement with Yamaha
Ch. 5, Fn. 73 Notes from David Lovejoy telecon re: FM royalties
Ch. 5, Fn. 74 Telex from Yamaha patent chief to Niels Reimers re: FM LSI sales and apparatuses
Ch. 5, Fn. 75 Text of speech by Mr. Mochida in honor of John Chowning
Ch. 5, Fn. 76 Letter to Yamaha regarding Atari sublicense
Ch. 5, Fn. 77 Notes for use in FM license negotiation
Ch. 5, Fn. 78 Letter to Yamaha regarding LSI negotiation and chip availability
Ch. 5, Fn. 80 Letter from Yamaha regarding LSI negotiation
Ch. 5, Fn. 81 Letter to John Chowning regarding LSI negotiation
Ch. 5, Fn. 82 Letter to Hiro Kato regarding LSI negotiation
Ch. 5, Fn. 85 Letter to Yamaha regarding relationships with other Japanese companies
Ch. 5, Fn. 86 Letter from Chowning to Sony on physical modeling of singing voice
Ch. 5, Fn. 87 Telex from Chowning to Yamaha re: Sony relationship and visit
Ch. 5, Fn. 88 Letter to Yamaha regarding FM chip availability for Marquis Music
Ch. 5, Fn. 89 Letter from Media Vision regarding FM chip availability
Ch. 5, Fn. 90 Letter to Yamaha regarding FM chip availability for Media Vision
This archive is maintained by Andrew Nelson. Please email updates and corrections to aj (at) ccrma.stanford.edu. Please note that archival materials are intended for non-commercial purposes and may be protected by copyright laws that prohibit further duplication or distribution.

These documents stem largely from the personal collections of various CCRMA-lites. The Special Collections at the Stanford University Libraries (SUL) contain 40 linear feet of additional archival materials. For contents and access, please see the SUL catalog entry and the Online Archive of California collection guide.