<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Would the group be interested in putting forward a candidate for PPAC? Might that be me? If there's someone willing to prep the form and some way to gather a consensus, I can give you t<font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">he fill-in-the-blanks. If there's another person pitching for this group endorsement, I withdraw the idea.</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">As you might guess, my pitch is</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> (a) backlog, and how several of President Trump's executive orders could be applied to reduce backlog,</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> (b) Promoting the Rule of Law Through Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement and Adjudication
<a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22624/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-transparency-and-fairness-in-civil-administrative-enforcement-and" target="_blank">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22624/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-transparency-and-fairness-in-civil-administrative-enforcement-and</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> (c) promoting proper rulemaking that reduces costs for teh public, for example <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22623/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-improved-agency-guidance-documents" target="_blank">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22623/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-improved-agency-guidance-documents</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">It's due tomorrow
<span><a href="https://iqconnect.iqfed.com/iqextranet/EForm.aspx?__cid=USPTO&__fid=100188" target="_blank">https://iqconnect.iqfed.com/iqextranet/EForm.aspx?__cid=USPTO&__fid=100188</a></span></span></font>
</div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thank you</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">David<br></span></font></div><div>
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USPTO is requesting nominations of qualified candidates to fill 18
recently vacated Public Advisory Committee (PAC) positions\u2014nine on the <a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.uspto.gov%2Fabout-us%2Forganizational-offices%2Fpublic-advisory-committees%2Fpatent-public-advisory-committee-ppac%3Futm_campaign=subscriptioncenter%26utm_content=%26utm_medium=email%26utm_name=%26utm_source=govdelivery%26utm_term=/1/01000195e11d1e37-3464609d-4827-4c05-995e-4d4cccc71613-000000/2lrl8ytrMyl6ydY8-TG24mVJaVTM90gB-yf1pZKwrFE=398" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(0,0,238)" target="_blank">Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC)</a> and nine on the <a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.uspto.gov%2Fabout-us%2Forganizational-offices%2Fpublic-advisory-committees%2Ftrademark-public-advisory-committee-2%3Futm_campaign=subscriptioncenter%26utm_content=%26utm_medium=email%26utm_name=%26utm_source=govdelivery%26utm_term=/1/01000195e11d1e37-3464609d-4827-4c05-995e-4d4cccc71613-000000/N8fxr8ynzSIBTKRc0kK2rsiE2z0Lr-nNbZyG4Pl-5lI=398" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(0,0,238)" target="_blank">Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC)</a>.</p>
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members will be appointed in May 2025 to serve terms for the remainder
of existing vacancies that end in December 2025, 2026, and 2027, and
will be eligible to serve a subsequent three-year term.</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height:1.4;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 15px">The USPTO\u2019s <a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.uspto.gov%2Fabout-us%2Forganizational-offices%2Fpublic-advisory-committees%3Futm_campaign=subscriptioncenter%26utm_content=%26utm_medium=email%26utm_name=%26utm_source=govdelivery%26utm_term=/1/01000195e11d1e37-3464609d-4827-4c05-995e-4d4cccc71613-000000/a5A8mYfWDG20YO1-4nMbDIGmfN-6gBirOg_CzrZlF8s=398" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(0,0,238)" target="_blank">Public Advisory Committees</a> were
created in 1999 via the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act to
advise the Secretary of Commerce, as well as the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, on the
management of patent and trademark operations, including goals,
performance, budgets, and user fees. Each Committee has nine voting
members who are appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the
Secretary of Commerce.</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height:1.4;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 15px">Nominations must be submitted electronically <b>on or before March 31, 2025, at 5 p.m. ET.</b> Submissions must include the completed, pertinent PAC application form:</p>
<ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px"><li style="line-height:1.4;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin-top:0px"><a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fiqconnect.iqfed.com%2Fiqextranet%2FEForm.aspx%3F__cid=USPTO%26__fid=100188%26utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter%26utm_content=%26utm_medium=email%26utm_name=%26utm_source=govdelivery%26utm_term=/1/01000195e11d1e37-3464609d-4827-4c05-995e-4d4cccc71613-000000/bS-yAcnwOQ_-HK5iXbkjuvI_wCO7sdRD2f-UrdQiiiM=398" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(0,0,238)" target="_blank">PPAC application form</a></li><li style="line-height:1.4;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin-bottom:15px"><a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fiqconnect.iqfed.com%2Fiqextranet%2FEForm.aspx%3F__cid=USPTO%26__fid=100189%26utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter%26utm_content=%26utm_medium=email%26utm_name=%26utm_source=govdelivery%26utm_term=/1/01000195e11d1e37-3464609d-4827-4c05-995e-4d4cccc71613-000000/FhTeIu4R6BoSanO1Q4oVjjwxSIIvk23FtVVyNWe4Eng=398" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(0,0,238)" target="_blank">TPAC application form</a></li></ul>
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additional information, please contact Chris Shipp, Chief of Staff,
Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Director of the USPTO, at <a href="mailto:PAC@uspto.gov" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(0,0,238)" target="_blank">PAC@uspto.gov</a>.</p>
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