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Stanford Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
5-Jan-1976	Invention disclosure and notes for Samson Box software
13-Jan-1976	Agreement between Stanford and Chowning re: Samson Box software
6-Feb-1976	Letter from Systems Concepts re: revisions to option agreement
19-Feb-1976	Invention disclosure and subsequent correspondence for Moorer FM improvement
26-Feb-1976	Amendment to option agreement between Systems Concepts and Stanford
27-Apr-1976	Letter from Stanford to Yamaha re: Chowning visit and other inventions
1978?	OTL memo regarding Systems Concepts option
1-Apr-1978	Cover letter from Yamaha to accompany FM MOS chips
1-May-1981	License agreement with Yamaha
3-Mar-1982	Letter from Yamaha to Niels Reimers re: Chowning visit and instrument development
7-Apr-1982	Letter from Yamaha patent chief to Niels Reimers re: Atari sublicense
Mar-1983	Brochure on Industry-Sponsored Research at Stanford
19-Oct-1983	Telex from Yamaha patent chief to Niels Reimers re: FM LSI sales and apparatuses
30-Nov-1983	Stanford OTL memo and notes re: FM negotiation
17-Dec-1984	Letter from Yamaha to Stanford re: yen/dollar exchange rate
15-Feb-1985	Stanford OTL memo re: FM patent license inquiry
1-Mar-1985	Letter from Yamaha director to Niels Reimers re: FM progress and applications
18-Apr-1985	Letter from Yamaha to Niels Reimers re: sine summation technique
31-Jan-1986	Telex from Yamaha patent chief to Nies Reimers re: changed fiscal period and payment schedule
27-Aug-1986	Letter from Yamaha re: omitted royalites
2-Oct-1986	Telex from Yamaha re: FM patent and Casio, and Julius Smith reverberation technology
15-Oct-1986	Letter from Niels Reimers to Yamaha re: possible Casio patent infringement
1-Oct-1987	Letter from Yamaha to notify Stanford of name change
10-Feb-1988	Stanford Campus Report article on patent royalties
24-Oct-1988	Memo from Stanford OTL to Office of Development re: digital waveguide
9-Jun-1989	Invention disclosure for Acoustical Brass MIDI Instrument
15-Aug-1989	Letter to United Musical Instruments re: Acoustical Brass MIDI Instrument
17-Aug-1989	Final report for NEA grant for Morrill/Marsalis project
22-Nov-1989	Update to CCRMA three-year plan
19-Mar-1991	Stanford Campus Report article on Niels Reimers resignation (OTL)
2-Apr-1991	Letter from Chowning to Stanford Dean of Research re: OTL Research Incentive Fund
31-May-1991	Award letter from OTL Research Incentive Fund, "Human voice analysis, recognition, and synthesis"
9-Dec-1991	Letter re: Biomuse patent money and further development
1992	Excerpt from 1992 OTL publication on top inventions
10-Jun-1992	Memo of OTL Research Incentive Fund award to Chowning and Smith
7-Oct-1993	Employment agreement for Sondius development (David Jaffe)
29-Oct-1993	Music department vision statement
Mar-1994	Wired article on Stanford, CCRMA, and Yamaha
18-Apr-1994	Letter regarding Julius Smith proposal to OTL Research Incentive Fund
7-Jun-1994	Stanford press release on CCRMA
24-Aug-1994	IP and employment agreement for Sondius development (Scott Van Duyne)
22-Sep-1994	IP and employment agreement for Sondius development (Pat Scandalis)
19-Oct-1994	Stanford Daily article on Sondius, physical modeling and CCRMA
1995	Stanford OTL newsletter article on top inventions
1995	Stanford OTL newsletter article on Max Mathews and the radio baton
19-May-1995	Sondius license agreement between Stanford and Media Vision
13-Sep-1995	Analysis of Korg patent validity
18-Oct-1995	Employment agreement for Sondius development (Nick Porcaro)
6-Nov-1995	Emails from Simon Ellis (Intel) and Pat Scandalis re: waveguide synthesis
5-Dec-1995	Email from Perry Cook regarding potential patent infringement (physical modeling)
1996	Stanford OTL newsletter article on OTL 25th anniversary and history
1996	Accounting report for waveguide/Sondius development
27-Mar-1996	Email from Pat Scandalis to Mary Watanabe re: Sondius
Nov-1996	Snapshot of website on Synthbuilder and Frankenstein
1997	Stanford OTL newsletter article on Sondius XG
1997	Stanford OTL newsletter article on celebration (with Sondius XG mention)
16-Jul-1997	Stanford Report article on Sondius XG
7-Aug-1997	Receipt for Stanford stock in Staccato Systems
1998	Stanford OTL newsletter article on SUTECH trademark
Jan-1998	Stanford Today article on Experiments in Music Intelligence (EMI)
9-Nov-1999	Letter re: royalty sharing for Sondius and Sondius XG
2000	Excerpt from Stanford OTL 1999-2000 annual report
2002	Snapshot of webpage on history of hardware at CCRMA
27-Mar-2003	Snapshot of webpage on top 10 Stanford inventions
2005	Excerpt from Stanford OTL 2004-2005 annual report
2009	JIMA article on Yamaha/Stanford relationship by Hiro Kato (Yamaha)
no date	Stanford News Service article on OTL Research Incentive Funds
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.