PATENT AND TRADEMARK EFFICIENCY ACT AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 13203. PATENT AND TRADEMARK EFFICIENCY ACT AMENDMENTS. (a) Deputy Commissioner.— (1) Section 17(b) of the Act of July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to as the “Trademark Act of 1946”) (15 U.S.C. 1067(b)), is amended by inserting “the Deputy Commissioner,” after “Commissioner,”. (2) Section 6(a) of title 35, United States Code, is amended by inserting “the Deputy Commissioner,” after “Commissioner,”. (b) Public Advisory Committees.—Section 5 of title 35, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (i), by inserting “, privileged,” after “personnel”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(j) Inapplicability of Patent Prohibition.—Section 4 shall not apply to voting members of the Advisory Committees.”. (c) Miscellaneous.—Section 153 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking “and attested by an officer of the Patent and Trademark Office designated by the Director,”.