    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [January 11, 1991]
    [Page 31]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of James E. Denny To Be Assistant Commissioner of Patents and
    Trademarks
    January 11, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate James Edward
    Denny, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Commissioner of Patents and
    Trademarks at the Department of Commerce. He would succeed Rene Desloge
    Tegtmeyer.
        Since 1989, Mr. Denny has served as Acting Assistant Commissioner
    for Patents at the Department of Commerce. Prior to this he served as
    Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Patents, 1983-1989.
        Mr. Denny graduated from Johns Hopkins University (B.S., 1955) and
    George Washington University Law School (LL.B., 1961). Mr. Denny served
    in the II Signal Corps of the U.S. Army, 1956. He was born June 2, 1933,
    in Charles Town, WV. Mr. Denny is married, has six children, and resides
    in Gaithersburg, MD.