(231)                   Advisory Committee for Patents and
                           Trademarks; Establishment

   In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2.) and General Services Administration Interim Rule 
on Federal Advisory Committee Management, 41 CFR Part 101-6, as amended, 
and after consultation with GSA, the Secretary of Commerce has determined
that the establishment of the Advisory Committee for Patents and 
Trademarks is in the public interest in connection with the performance 
of duties imposed on the Department by law.
   1. The Committee will advise the Patent and Trademark Office on broad
policy issues involving both patents and trademarks, and the overall
operation of the Office including matters concerning office-wide
Automation programs.
   2. The Committee will consist of at least 10 but no more than 18
members to be appointed by the Assistant Secretary and Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks to assure a balanced representation among patent
and trademark attorneys, corporate executives, technical research
directors, inventors, the judiciary, professional patent and trademark
searchers, information specialists and publishers, automation experts,
consumer groups, entrepreneurs, and educators. The Committee will
function solely as an advisory body and in compliance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Its charter will be
filed under the Act, 15 days from the date of the publication of this
notice.
   Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding the
establishment of the Advisory Committee for Patents and Trademarks. Such
comments, as well as any inquiries, may be addressed to the Executive
Assistant to the Assistant Secretary and Commissioner of Patents and
Trademarks, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20231, phone:
703-557-3071, or the Department's Committee Management Analyst, phone:
202-377-4217.

Nov. 14, 1986                                              DONALD J. QUIGG
                                                   Assistant Secretary and
                                    Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
          
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