Bonus post!
The promised finale on Rice's first patent is coming, but in the meantime, allow me to share a document I found, related to the post in honor of Dr. Robert Curl's memory: an application for a grant from when he was 25. Dr. Curl was only an assistant professor at the time, just hired by Rice that same year (1958), but already starting on research that would define the majority of his career (and his patents!)
The Research Corporation gave numerous grants to Rice Institute researchers, many of which I was reviewing while trying to learn about Rice's patent history. I couldn't help but smile when I came across the proposal for "Investigations of the Microwave Spectra of Radicals and Molecules", a reminder of how many years Dr. Curl was with Rice.
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| Proposal for "Investigations of the Microwave Spectra of Radicals and Molecules", 1958 |
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