(140)                       DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                          Patent and Trademark Office

                           PERFORMANCE REVIEW BOARD

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce

ACTION: Announcement of Membership of the Patent and Trademark Office
Performance Review Board.

SUMMARY: In conformance with the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 5
U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the Patent and Trademark Office announces the
appointment of persons to serve as members of its Performance Review
Board.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Director, Office of Human
Resources, Patent and Trademark Office, One Crystal Park, Suite 707,
Washington, D.C. 20231.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alethea Long-Green at the above address
or telephone (703) 305-8062.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The membership of the Patent and Trademark
Office Performance Review Board is as follows:

   Gloria Gutierrez, Chairman
   Acting Deputy Associate Commissioner for
   Administration and Quality Services
   Patent and Trademark Office
   Washington, D.C. 20231
   Term - expires September 30, 1999
   
   Mary C. Lee
   Deputy Director, Patent Examining Group
   Patent and Trademark Office
   Washington, D.C. 20231
   Term - expires September 30, 1999
   
   Jin F. Ng
   Director, Patent Examining Group
   Patent and Trademark Office
   Washington, D.C. 20231
   Term - expires September 30, 2000
   
   Barbara S. Fredericks
   Assistant General Counsel for Administration
   Department of Commerce
   Washington, D.C. 20230
   Term - expires September 30, 1999
   
   Robert M. Anderson
   Deputy Assistant Commissioner
   for Trademarks
   Patent and Trademark Office
   Washington, D.C. 20231
   Term - expires September 30, 1999
   
   Gerald R. Lucas
   Director, Eastern Administrative Support Center
   Department of Commerce
   Norfolk, Va. 23510
   Term - expires September 30, 1999
   
   Robert F. Kugelman
   Director of Administration
   Bureau of Export Administration
   Department of Commerce
   Washington, D.C. 20230
   Term - expires September 30, 1999
   
   E. Melodee Stith
   Director, Office for Equal Opportunity
   Department of the Interior
   Washington, D.C. 20240
   Term - expires September 30, 1999
   
October 6, 1998                                             BRUCE A. LEHMAN
                                        Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
                                     Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks

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