DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                          Patent and Trademark Office

                   Meeting of the Public Advisory Committee
                             for Trademark Affairs


AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark Office is announcing, in accordance
with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law
92-463), an open meeting of the Public Advisory Committee for Trademark
Affairs.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on
Friday, February 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, Commissioner's Conference Room, 9th floor, Crystal Park 2, 2121
Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Marsh by mail marked to her
attention and addressed to Office of the Assistant Commissioner for
Trademarks, Patent and Trademark Office, 2900 Crystal Drive, South Tower
Building, Suite 10B10, Arlington, VA 22202-3513; by telephone at (703)
308-9100, extension 45; by fax at (703) 308-9395; or by e-mail to
sharon.marsh@uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to public
observation. Accordingly, seating will be available to members of the
public on a first-come-first-served basis. Members of the public will be
permitted to make oral comments of three (3) minutes each. Written
comments and suggestions will be accepted before or after the meeting on
any of the matters discussed. Copies of the minutes will be available
upon request. The agenda for the meeting will be the implementation of
the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act (Pub. L. 106-113, Title
VI, Subtitle G).

January 11, 2000                                          Q. TODD DICKINSON
                                        Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
                                     Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks