[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78838-78839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31019]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-C-2013-0060]
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Call for 2014
Nominations
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (United States Patent and Trademark
Office) is accepting nominations for the National Medal of Technology
and Innovation (NMTI). Since establishment by Congress in the
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, the President of
the United States has awarded the annual National Medal of Technology
and Innovation (initially known as the National Medal of Technology) to
our nation's leading innovators. If you know of a candidate who has
made an outstanding contribution to the nation's economic,
environmental or social well-being through the promotion of technology,
technological innovation, or the development of technological manpower,
you may obtain a nomination form from: http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/index.jsp.
ADDRESSES: The NMTI nomination form for the year 2014 may be obtained
by visiting the USPTO Web site at http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/index.jsp. Nomination applications should be submitted to John
Palafoutas, Program Manager, National Medal of Technology and
Innovation Program, by electronic mail to [email protected] or by mail to:
John Palafoutas, NMTI Program Manager, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450.
DATES: The deadline for submission of a nomination is 5 p.m. ET, April
1, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Palafoutas, Program Manager,
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Program, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314;
telephone (571) 272-9821 or by electronic mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
As provided by Congress in the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980, the National Medal of Technology was first
awarded in 1985. On August 9, 2007, the President signed the America
COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in
Technology, Education, and Science) Act of 2007. The Act amended
Section 16 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980,
changing the name of the Medal to the ``National Medal of Technology
and Innovation.'' The NMTI is the highest honor awarded by the
President of the United States to America's leading innovators in the
field of technology and is given annually to individuals, teams, or
companies/non-profits who have made outstanding contributions to the
promotion of technology or technological innovation, or to the
development of technological manpower, for the improvement of the
economic, environmental or social well-being of the United States. The
primary purpose of the NMTI is to recognize American innovators whose
vision, creativity, and brilliance in moving ideas to market or in
developing of the nation's technological manpower has had a profound
and significant impact on our economy and way of life. The NMTI
highlights the national importance of fostering technological
innovation based upon solid science, resulting in commercially
successful products and services.
Eligibility and Nomination Criteria
Nomination Guidelines containing information on eligibility and
nomination criteria are at http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/guidelines.jsp.
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Dated: December 16, 2013.
Margaret A. Focarino,
Commissioner for Patents, Performing the functions and duties of the
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2013-31019 Filed 12-26-13; 8:45 am]
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