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    The Patent Office is forming a new Advisory Committee.  Here's an
announcement for the Committee, which appeared in the October 27, 1992,
issue of the PTO Gazette.

Gregory Aharonian
Source Translation & Optimization
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    In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
5 USC App 2, and the General Services Administration rule on Federal Advisory
Committee Management, 41 CFR part 101-6, and after consultation with GSA, the
Secretary of Commerce has determined that the establishment of the Advisory
Committee for Patents is in the public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the Department by law.
    The Committee will advise the Patent and Trademark Office on a broad range
of policy and operational matters related to the administration of the Office.
The Committee will consist of at least ten but no more than eighteen members
to be appointed by the Assistant Secretary and Commissioner of Patents and
Trademarks to assure a balanced representation among patent practitioners,
corporate executives, research directors, inventors, the judiciary,
professional patent 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 provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.  The charter will be
filed under the Act, fifteen days from the date of publication of this notice.
    Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding establishment
of this Committee to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington,
DC, 20231, Attention: Edward R. Kazenske, Room 906, Crystal Park 2;
703-305-8600.