[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 81896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23315]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No.: PTO-C-2024-0031]


Performance Review Board

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of revised board members.

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SUMMARY: In conformance with the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announces the 
appointment of persons to serve as members of its Performance Review 
Board (PRB). This is an update to the recently published Federal 
Register notice (published on July 16, 2024), to reflect a board member 
serving in the role of a new position as the Interim Chief Public 
Engagement Officer.

ADDRESSES: Office of Human Resources, USPTO, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, 
VA 22313-1450.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lari B. Washington, Director, Human 
Capital Management, USPTO, at 571-272-5187.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The membership of the USPTO's PRB is as 
follows:

Derrick Brent, Chair, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO
Frederick W. Steckler, Vice Chair, Chief Administrative Officer, USPTO
Vaishali Udupa, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO
David S. Gooder, Commissioner for Trademarks, USPTO
Dennis J. Hoffman, Chief Financial Officer, USPTO
Henry J. Holcombe, Chief Information Officer, USPTO
David L. Berdan, General Counsel, USPTO
Scott D. Ewalt, Interim Chief Public Engagement Officer, USPTO
Sharon Israel, Chief Policy Officer and Director for International 
Affairs, USPTO
Gerard F. Rogers, Chief Administrative Trademark Judge, USPTO
Scott R. Boalick, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, USPTO
Bismarck Myrick, Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity 
and Diversity, USPTO
Cara Duckworth, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, USPTO
Shirin Bidel-Niyat, Chief of Staff, USPTO

    Alternates:

Robin Evans, Deputy Commissioner for Patents, USPTO
Amy Cotton, Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, USPTO

Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-23315 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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