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+<title>Patent Reform Now - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/dmarti-patent.translist" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<h2>Patent Reform Now! Mail USPTO before 12 April 2001!</h2>
+
+<p>by Don Marti <a href="mailto:dmarti@ssc.com">&lt;dmarti@ssc.com&gt;</a></p>
+
+<p><em>
+[This page remains here for historical interest; we will post the results
+ of this campaign when we hear who who has been put on the committee.]
+</em></p>
+
+<p>
+3 April 2001
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Only six working days remain until the deadline arrives to submit
+nominations for the US Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Public
+Advisory Committee. If you or someone you know has some helpful advice
+for USPTO and is a US citizen willing to serve, please submit a
+nomination. A letter and the person's resume is all you need to send. It
+doesn't take long, and you can do it by e-mail.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Richard M. Stallman, inventor of notable software innovations
+including the Emacs editor and the software distribution model
+&ldquo;copyleft&rdquo;, is our choice for the committee. Stallman has
+shown reasoned opposition not only to the current trends of patenting
+other people's work and trivial new developments, but also to the
+patentability of mathematical algorithms and business
+methods. <a href="http://stallman.org/biographies.html#serious">&ldquo;A serious
+bio&rdquo;</a> from his web site is the resume he offers; it
+summarizes his achievements.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+If you a fan of other patent reform advocates, you might consider
+nominating one of them instead of, or in addition to, RMS. Lawrence
+Lessig, Eben Moglen and Tim O'Reilly might all make good committee
+members. Nominate your favorite. Or if you're ready to
+help USPTO
+fix its broken system, get someone to nominate you.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Last year, Acting Secretary of Commerce Robert L. Mallett appointed <a
+href="https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/acting-commerce-secretary-robert-l-mallett-names-members-new-uspto-advisory">an initial
+complement of nine</a> to the committee: six lawyers, two patent-holding
+inventors and two professors. (One of the professors is a professor of
+law, so it adds up to nine, if you're counting.) None are patent reform
+advocates.
+</p>
+
+<p>Here is the original notice from the Federal Register (converted from the
+<a href="http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/notices/pubadvcomnom.pdf">
+original PDF file</a> on the USPTO site.)
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Mail <a
+href="mailto:PPACnomination@uspto.gov">&lt;PPACnomination@uspto.gov&gt;</a>
+today.
+</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p>
+<b>DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
+</b>
+</p>
+<br /><b>United States Patent and Trademark
+Office
+</b>
+
+<br />[Docket No. 000317075103502]
+
+<br />RIN 0651 XX22
+
+<br /><b>Public Advisory Committees</b>
+
+<br /><b>AGENCY:</b> United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
+
+<br /><b>ACTION:</b> Notice and request for nominations.
+
+<p><b>SUMMARY
+</b>
+</p>
+
+<p>On November 29, 1999, the President signed into law the Patent
+and Trademark Office Efficiency Act (the ``Act''), Pub. L. 106113,
+Appendix I, Title IV, Subtitle G, 113 Stat. 1501A 572, which, among
+other things, established two Public Advisory Committees to review the
+policies, goals, performance, budget and user fees of the United States
+Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with respect to patents, in the case
+of the Patent Public Advisory Committee, and with respect to trademarks,
+in the case of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee, and to advise
+the Director in these matters. The USPTO is requesting nominations for
+three (3) members to each Public Advisory Committee for terms beginning
+on July 13, 2001.
+</p>
+
+<p><b>DATES:</b> Nominations must be postmarked or electronically
+transmitted on or before April 12, 2001.
+</p>
+
+<p><b>ADDRESSES:</b> Persons wishing to submit nominations should
+send the nominee's resume to Chief of Staff, Office of the
+Director of the USPTO, Washington, DC 20231; by electronic mail to
+PPACnomination@uspto.gov for the Patent Public Advisory Committee or
+TPACnomination@uspto.gov for the Trademark Public Advisory Committee;
+by facsimile transmission marked to the Chief of Staff's attention at
+(703) 305-8664; or by mail marked to the Chief of Staff's attention and
+addressed to the Office of the Director of the USPTO, Washington, DC
+20231.
+</p>
+
+<p><b>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</b> Chief of Staff by facsimile
+transmission marked to his attention at (703) 3058664, or by mail
+marked to his attention and addressed to the Office of the Director of
+the USPTO, Washington, DC 20231.
+</p>
+
+<p><b>SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</b> Under the Act, the then-Acting
+Secretary of Commerce appointed members to the two Patent and Trademark
+Public Advisory Committees on July 13, 2000. The Advisory Committees'
+duties include:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Review and advise the Director of the USPTO on matters relating
+to policies, goals, performance, budget, and user fees of the USPTO
+relating to patents and trademarks, respectively; and</li>
+
+<li>Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year: (1) Prepare an
+annual report on the matters listed above; (2) transmit the report
+to the Secretary of Commerce, the President, and the Committees on
+the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives; and (3)
+publish the report in the Official Gazette of the USPTO. Members of the
+Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees are appointed by and
+serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce for three (3)-year
+terms.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>Advisory Committees</b></p>
+
+<p>The Public Advisory Committees are each composed of nine (9)
+voting members who are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce (the
+``Secretary'') and who have ``substantial backgrounds and achievement in
+finance, management, labor relations, science, technology, and office
+automation.'' 35 U.S.C. 5(b)(3). The Public Advisory Committee members
+must be United States citizens and represent the interests of diverse
+users of the USPTO both large and small entity applicants in proportion
+to the number of such applications filed. In the case of the Patent
+Public Advisory Committee, at least twenty-five (25) percent of the
+members must represent ``small business concerns, independent inventors,
+and nonprofit organizations,'' and at least one member must represent
+the independent inventors' community. 35 U.S.C. 5(b)(2). Each of the
+Public Advisory Committees also includes three (3) non-voting members
+representing each labor organization recognized by the USPTO.
+</p>
+
+<p><b>Procedures and Guidelines of the Patent and Trademark Public
+Advisory Committees</b></p>
+
+<p>Each newly appointed member of the Patent and Trademark Public
+Advisory Committees will serve for a term of three years. Members
+appointed in the current fiscal year shall serve from July 13, 2001,
+to July 12, 2004. As required by the Act, members of the Patent and
+Trademark Public Advisory Committees will receive compensation for each
+day, including travel time, while the member is attending meetings
+or engaged in the business of that Advisory Committee. The rate of
+compensation is the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay
+in effect for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314
+of title 5, United States Code.
+<span class="gnun-split"></span>While away from home or regular place
+of business, each member will be allowed travel expenses, including
+per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by Section 5703 of
+Title 5, United States Code. The USPTO will provide the necessary
+administrative support, including technical assistance, for the
+Committees. Applicability of Certain Ethics Laws Members of each Public
+Advisory Committee shall be special Government employees within the
+meaning of Section 202 of Title 18, United States Code. The following
+additional information assumes that members are not engaged in Public
+Advisory Committee business more than sixty days during each calendar
+year:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Each member will be required to file a confidential financial
+disclosure form within thirty (30) days of appointment. 5 C.F.R.
+2634.202(c), 2634.204, 2634.903, and 2634.904(b).</li>
+
+<li>Each member will be subject to many of the public integrity laws,
+including criminal bars against representing a party, 18 U.S.C. 203(c),
+or acting where the United States has an interest, 18 U.S.C. 205(c),
+in a particular matter that came before the member's committee and
+that involved at least one specific party. See also 18 U.S.C. 207 for
+post-membership bars. A member also must not act on a matter in which
+the member (or any of certain closely related entities) has a financial
+interest. 18 U.S.C. 208.</li>
+
+<li>Representation of foreign interests
+may also raise issues. 35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1)
+and 18 U.S.C. 219.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>Meetings of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees
+</b></p>
+
+<p>Meetings of each Advisory Committee will take place at the call
+of the chair to consider an agenda set by the chair. Meetings may be
+conducted in person, electronically through the Internet, or by other
+appropriate means. The meetings of each Advisory Committee will be open
+to the public except each Advisory Committee may, by majority vote, meet
+in executive session when considering personnel or other confidential
+matters. Nominees must also have the ability to participate in Committee
+business through the Internet.</p>
+
+<p><b>Procedure for Submitting Nominations</b></p>
+
+<p>Submit resumes for nominations for the Patent Public Advisory
+Committee and the Trademark Public Advisory Committee to the USPTO's
+Chief of Staff as provided above.</p>
+
+<p>Dated: March 7, 2001.
+<br />Nicholas P. Godici,
+</p>
+
+<p><i>Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
+Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.</i></p>
+
+<p>[FR Doc. 016238 Filed 31201; 8:45 am]
+<br />
+BILLING CODE 351016U
+</p>
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+<p>
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+<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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