Title: National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee Meeting, 26547 [2015-11010]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
[Docket ID PTO–C–2015–0017]
Title: National Medal of Technology
and Innovation Nomination Evaluation
Committee Meeting
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
AGENCY:
The National Medal of
Technology and Innovation (NMTI)
Nomination Evaluation Committee will
meet in closed session on Tuesday, May
19, 2015. The primary purpose of the
meeting is to discuss the relative merits
of persons, teams, and companies
nominated for the 2013 and 2014 NMTI.
The Committee will consider
nominations from both years in order to
expedite the awards process.
DATES: The meeting will convene
Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at
approximately 9 a.m., and adjourn at
approximately 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria,
VA 22314.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Palafoutas, Program Manager, National
Medal of Technology and Innovation
Program, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313; telephone (571)
272–9821; or by electronic mail: nmti@
uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is
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hereby given that the NMTI Nomination
Evaluation Committee, chartered to the
United States Department of Commerce,
will meet at the United States Patent
and Trademark Office campus in
Alexandria, Virginia.
The Secretary of Commerce is
responsible for recommending to the
President prospective NMTI recipients.
The NMTI Nomination Evaluation
Committee evaluates the nominations
received pursuant to public solicitation
and makes its recommendations for the
Medal to the Secretary. Committee
members are distinguished experts in
the fields of science, technology,
business, and patent law drawn from
both the public and private sectors and
are appointed by the Secretary for threeyear terms.
The NMTI Nomination Evaluation
Committee was established in
accordance with the FACA. The
Committee meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the FACA
and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B),
because the discussion of the relative
merit of the Medal nominations is likely
to disclose information of a personal
nature..
The Chief Financial Officer and
Assistant Secretary for Administration,
United States Department of Commerce,
formally determined on April 16, 2015
pursuant to Section 10(d) of the FACA,
that the meeting may be closed because
Committee members are concerned with
matters that are within the purview of
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B). Due to
closure of this meeting, copies of any
minutes of the meeting will not be
available. A copy of the determination
is available for public inspection at the
United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
Dated: May 3, 2015.
Michelle K. Lee,
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property andDeputy Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket ID PTO-C-2015-0017]
Title: National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination
Evaluation Committee Meeting
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Medal of Technology and Innovation (NMTI)
Nomination Evaluation Committee will meet in closed session on Tuesday,
May 19, 2015. The primary purpose of the meeting is to discuss the
relative merits of persons, teams, and companies nominated for the 2013
and 2014 NMTI. The Committee will consider nominations from both years
in order to expedite the awards process.
DATES: The meeting will convene Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at approximately
9 a.m., and adjourn at approximately 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Palafoutas, Program Manager,
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Program, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313;
telephone (571) 272-9821; or by electronic mail: nmti@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the NMTI
Nomination Evaluation Committee, chartered to the United States
Department of Commerce, will meet at the United States Patent and
Trademark Office campus in Alexandria, Virginia.
The Secretary of Commerce is responsible for recommending to the
President prospective NMTI recipients. The NMTI Nomination Evaluation
Committee evaluates the nominations received pursuant to public
solicitation and makes its recommendations for the Medal to the
Secretary. Committee members are distinguished experts in the fields of
science, technology, business, and patent law drawn from both the
public and private sectors and are appointed by the Secretary for
three-year terms.
The NMTI Nomination Evaluation Committee was established in
accordance with the FACA. The Committee meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the FACA and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B),
because the discussion of the relative merit of the Medal nominations
is likely to disclose information of a personal nature..
The Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for
Administration, United States Department of Commerce, formally
determined on April 16, 2015 pursuant to Section 10(d) of the FACA,
that the meeting may be closed because Committee members are concerned
with matters that are within the purview of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and
(9)(B). Due to closure of this meeting, copies of any minutes of the
meeting will not be available. A copy of the determination is available
for public inspection at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Dated: May 3, 2015.
Michelle K. Lee,
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property andDeputy
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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