Commissioner's Performance for FY 2007
The American Inventors Protection Act (AIPA),
Title VI, Subtitle G, the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act,
requires that an annual performance agreement be established between the
Commissioner for Patents and the Secretary of Commerce, and the Commissioner
for Trademarks and the Secretary of Commerce. The Commissioners
for Patents and Trademarks have FY 2007 performance agreements with the
Secretary of Commerce, which outline the measurable organizational goals
and objectives for which they are responsible. They may be awarded
a bonus, based upon an evaluation of their performance as defined in the
agreement, of up to 50 percent of their base salary. The results
achieved in FY 2007 are documented in this report. FY 2007 bonus
information is currently not available. For FY 2006, the Commissioner
for Patents was awarded a bonus of 14.3 percent of base salary and the
Commissioner for Trademarks a bonus of 14.9 percent.
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