USPTO Seeks Nominations for Public Advisory Committees

Under the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act (106–113), two Public Advisory Committees were established (one for Patents, one for Trademarks) to review the policies, goals, performance, budget and user fees of the USPTO, and to advise the Director on these matters

Due to the expiration of current members’ terms, the USPTO is requesting nominations for three members to the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) and two members to the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) for terms of three years that begin from date of
appointment.

Nominations must be postmarked or electronically transmitted on or before May 15, 2009.

Persons wishing to submit nominations should send the nominee’s resume to

Chief of Staff, Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, Post Office Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450

e-mail submissions should be set to:

PPACnominations@uspto.gov (for PPAC) or
TPACnominations@uspto.gov (for TPAC)

Read the full text of the notice here (link)