[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 81 (Monday, April 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23329-23330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08896]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. PTO-C-2020-0017]


National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation 
Committee Charter Renewal

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Administration, with the concurrence of the General Services 
Administration, renewed the Charter for the National Medal of 
Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee on February 
12, 2020.

DATES: The Charter for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation 
Nomination Evaluation Committee was renewed on February 12, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Palafoutas, Program Manager, 
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Program, United States 
Patent and Trademark Office, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314; 
telephone (571) 272-9821 or by electronic mail at [email protected]. 
Information is also available at http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/index.jsp.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chief Financial Officer/Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Administration, with the concurrence of the 
General Services Administration, renewed the Charter for the National 
Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee 
(NMTI Committee) on February 12, 2020. The NMTI Committee was 
established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act and 
provides advice to the Secretary of Commerce regarding recommendations 
of nominees for the National Medal of Technology and

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Innovation (Medal). The duties of the NMTI Committee are solely 
advisory in nature. Nominations for this Medal are solicited through an 
open, competitive, and nationwide call for nominations, and the NMTI 
Committee members are responsible for reviewing the nominations 
received. The NMTI Committee members are distinguished experts from the 
private and public sectors with experience in and an understanding of 
technology and technological innovation, and/or the development of 
technological manpower. The NMTI Committee evaluates the nominees and 
forwards its recommendations through the Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office to the Secretary of Commerce who, in turn, forwards 
his recommendations for the Medal to the President.

     Dated: April 22, 2020.
Andrei Iancu,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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