[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.