[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 15321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06008]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-C-2014-0016]
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Extension of Deadline
for 2014 Nominations
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and extension of deadline for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO)) is in the process of 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. To ensure
greater participation in the nomination process, the USPTO is extending
the deadline for nominations from April 1, 2014 to June 2, 2014. 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 are encouraged to submit a nomination.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be made by completing the NMTI nomination
form available at http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/index.jsp. Nomination
forms should be submitted to John Palafoutas, Program Manager, National
Medal of Technology and Innovation Program, by electronic mail to
[email protected] or by postal 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 June 2, 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 to [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. In order to ensure greater
participation in the nomination process, the USPTO is extending the
deadline for submitting a nomination from April 1, 2014 to June 2,
2014.
Eligibility and Nomination Criteria
Nomination Guidelines containing information on eligibility and
nomination criteria are available at http://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/guidelines.jsp.
Date: March 12, 2014.
Michelle K. Lee,
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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