[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66342-66343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33059]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office


Soliciting Applications for Membership on Public Advisory 
Committee for Trademark Affairs

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark Office is seeking five members for 
the Public Advisory Committee for Trademark Affairs. Member terms would 
begin on January 1, 1998. A member must be an organization that is 
representative of the intellectual property community, e.g., a bar 
group, a business organization or an academic institution. 
Organizations interested in membership should send a letter expressing 
that interest and containing the information set out in the

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Supplementary information to the Patent and Trademark Office.

DATES: Submit applications on or before January 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Mail letters of request to participate in the Public 
Advisory Committee for Trademark Affairs to The Honorable Bruce A. 
Lehman, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and 
Trademarks, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 
20231.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David E. Bucher, Deputy Assistant 
Commissioner for Trademark Policy and Projects, at (703) 308-9100, ext. 
20.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Committee is chartered under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463). Its purpose has been, 
and continues to be, that of advising the Patent and Trademark Office 
(Office) on ways to increase the Office's efficiency and effectiveness 
and to provide a continuing flow of insights and perceptions from the 
private sector to the Office in the area of international and domestic 
trademark law.
    The Office amended the charter of the Committee in 1996 to make the 
Committee more diverse and more representative of trademark owners, 
trademark practitioners and the Intellectual Property community as a 
whole. Accordingly, the Commissioner will select five representative 
organizations from among intellectual property organizations, bar 
groups, business-related organizations and academia. The five 
organizations whose members' terms will expire on December 31, 1997, 
are not precluded from responding to this notice. However, no member 
may serve more than two consecutive terms.
    Each organization's letter to the Commissioner should explain the 
nature, size and characteristics of the organization and why this 
particular group is deserving of membership on this committee.
    Selection of the organizations will be based on the following 
criteria: (1) members' familiarity with the operations of the Patent 
and Trademark Office relating to trademarks and trademark rules, 
trademark practices, and the administration of the trademark 
operations; (2) members' experience practicing before the Patent and 
Trademark Office in trademark matters; and (3) an indication of the 
organization's interest in trademark practices by programs such as 
established committees designed to improve trademark operations, or 
legal education activities regarding trademark practices.

    Dated: December 12, 1997.
Bruce A. Lehman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and 
Trademarks.
[FR Doc. 97-33059 Filed 12-17-97; 8:45 am]
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