PTO Seeks Nominees for Its Patent, Trademark Advisory Committees

The Patent and Trademark Office is seeking nominations by July 1 for up to three members each on its two public committees to advise the agency on patent and trademark policy issues, says a notice for Wednesday’s Federal Register. Members picked for the committees will begin their three-year terms Dec. 1 and will be able to serve their terms remotely, it says. Members by law must have “a substantial background” in finance, management, labor relations, science, technology or office automation, says the notice. At least one member of the nine-member patent advisory committee must be an “independent inventor,” it says.