USPTO Seeks Nominations for Patent and Trademark Advisory Committees
WASHINGTON June 10, 2016– The U.S.
Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is
seeking nominations to fill upcoming vacancies for the Patent Public Advisory
Committee (PPAC) and the Trademark Public Advisory
Committee (TPAC). Nominations must be postmarked or
electronically transmitted on or before July 25, 2015. Submission details can
be found in the Federal Register Notice [link is external].
The Public Advisory Committees for the USPTO
were created through the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act statute in
the American Inventors
Protection Act of 1999 to advise
the Secretary of Commerce and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the USPTO on the management of patent and trademark
operations. The Public Advisory Committees review the policies, goals,
performance, budget, and user fees of the patent and trademark operations,
respectively, and advise the director on these matters. Each committee
has nine voting members who are appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the
Secretary of Commerce. Each member serves a three-year term.
Source: http://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/uspto-seeks-nominations-patent-and-trademark-advisory-committees-2