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Niels Reimers
8-Jan-1969	Agreement between Stanford and Chowning re: sound spatialization invention
3-Dec-1971	Letter from GRT Corp to Stanford re: sound spatialization license
28-Dec-1971	Letter from GRT Corp to Stanford re: sound spatialization license
16-Jan-1974	Cal Quate invention disclosure and subsequnet Yamaha correspondence
11-Jul-1974	Letter from Niels Reimers to ONR re: digital reverberator patent application
19-Mar-1975	FM license agreement between Stanford and Yamaha
5-Jan-1976	Invention disclosure and notes for Samson Box software
13-Jan-1976	Agreement between Stanford and Chowning re: Samson Box software
19-Feb-1976	Invention disclosure and subsequent correspondence for Moorer FM improvement
26-Feb-1976	Amendment to option agreement between Systems Concepts and Stanford
18-Mar-1976	Letter to Yamaha regarding visit plans and technical developments
1978?	OTL memo regarding Systems Concepts option
1-Apr-1978	Cover letter from Yamaha to accompany FM MOS chips
14-Apr-1978	Letter from Yohei Nagai (Yamaha) to John Chowning re: trip to Japan and FM progress
18-Apr-1978	Letter from Chowning to Yasunori Mochida (Yamaha) re: planned visit to Japan
25-Apr-1978	Letter from Chowning to Yasunori Mochida (Yamaha) re: planned visit to Japan
30-Aug-1978	Letter from Stanford to Yamaha regarding NED patent infringement
1979	Notes from Hiro Kato (Yamaha) on TRX development
12 par 1979	Letter from Hiro Kato (Yamaha) to John Chowning re: FM product development
18-Jun-1979	Letter from Yamaha to Chowning re: visit logistics and plans
29-Feb-1980	Letter from Stanford to Yamaha regarding Kawai patent infringement
6-Mar-1980	Letter from Stanford to legal counsel regarding Kawai patent infringement
16-Apr-1980	Letter from Chowning to Yamaha regarding unwanted media coverage
1-May-1981	License agreement with Yamaha
4-Aug-1981	Letter from Yamaha to Stanford regarding Crumar patent infringement
19-Dec-1981	Letter from Yamaha regarding availability of CE20 instrument
9-Feb-1982	Letter to Yamaha regarding Atari sublicense
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
26-Aug-1983	Telex from Yamaha patent chief to Niels Reimers re: FM uses and royalties
19-Oct-1983	Telex from Yamaha patent chief to Niels Reimers re: FM LSI sales and apparatuses
2-Nov-1983	Telex from Niels Reimers to Yamaha patent chief re: LSI markeging and trademark
16-Mar-1984	Letter to Toa Electric Co. regarding FM technology license
10-Dec-1984	Letter to Yamaha regarding relationships with other Japanese companies
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
9-Mar-1985	Telex from Hiro Kato (Yamaha) re: plans to visit CCRMA
18-Apr-1985	Letter from Yamaha to Niels Reimers re: sine summation technique
25-Apr-1985	San Francisco Chronicle article on university technology licensing
19-Jun-1985	Letter from Hiro Kato (Yamaha) to Patte Wood re: visit plans and manual
11-Sep-1985	Letter from Chowning to Yamaha to request equipment for digital recording studio
31-Jan-1986	Telex from Yamaha patent chief to Nies Reimers re: changed fiscal period and payment schedule
12-Feb-1986	Telex from Niels Reimers to Yamaha patent chief re: shifted payment schedule and extension of exclusivity
23-Apr-1986	Telex from Niels Reimers to Yamaha patent chief re: exclusivity period and royalty ceiling
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
14-Nov-1986	Letter to Yamaha regarding LSI negotiation and chip availability
17-Nov-1986	Letter from Yamaha regarding LSI negotiation
26-Nov-1986	Letter to Hiro Kato regarding LSI negotiation
1-Oct-1987	Letter from Yamaha to notify Stanford of name change
11-Nov-1987	Memo regarding possibility of Yamaha endowing a Stanford professorship
12-Nov-1987	Memo regarding possibility of Yamaha endowing a Stanford professorship
8-Feb-1988	Letter to Yamaha regarding ITC action against Casio
10-Feb-1988	Stanford Campus Report article on patent royalties
23-Feb-1988	Royalty payment from NED (Synclavier)
26-Feb-1988	Letter to Yamaha regarding FM chip availability for Marquis Music
24-Oct-1988	Memo from Stanford OTL to Office of Development re: digital waveguide
9-Dec-1988	Draft proposal to Yamaha for gifts to endow a professorship and support lab
23-Jan-1991	Letter from Media Vision regarding FM chip availability
6-Feb-1991	Letter to Yamaha regarding FM chip availability for Media Vision
19-Mar-1991	Stanford Campus Report article on Niels Reimers resignation (OTL)
1992	Excerpt from 1992 OTL publication on top inventions
1996	Stanford OTL newsletter article on OTL 25th anniversary and history
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.