[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 36976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15854]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. PTO-C-2015-0036]


2015 Application Period for the Patents for Humanity Program

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Patents for Humanity is an annual program through which the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recognizes patent 
holders who use their technology for humanitarian purposes. This year, 
the USPTO will accept applications for recognition under the program 
from July 1, 2015, to December 4, 2015. All other program terms remain 
the same as the terms of the 2014 program.

DATES: Effective Date: June 29, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Policy and International 
Affairs, by telephone at (571) 272-9300; by mail addressed to: Patents 
for Humanity Program, Office of Policy and International Affairs, 
United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, 
VA 22313-1450; or by email to patentsforhumanity@uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Patents for Humanity is a program through 
which the USPTO recognizes patent owners who use their technology for 
humanitarian purposes. See Patents for Humanity Program, 79 FR 18670 
(Apr. 3, 2014), for a description of the program.
    In 2015, the USPTO will accept applications for recognition under 
the program from July 1, 2015, through December 4, 2015. The USPTO 
accepted applications for awards under the previous year's program from 
April 15, 2014, to September 15, 2014. This year's schedule will allow 
the USPTO to conduct outreach during the fall months and to administer 
the selection process during the winter. The USPTO expects to announce 
awards in the spring of 2016.
    All other terms of the program remain as published in the Federal 
Register in 2014. See Patents for Humanity Program, 79 FR 18670 (Apr. 
3, 2014), or visit http://www.uspto.gov/patentsforhumanity for details.

    Dated: June 22, 2015.
Michelle K. Lee,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-15854 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
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