[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.
[FR Doc. 2020-08896 Filed 4-24-20; 8:45 am]
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