Outstanding Service Award

In 1978, the Board of Directors of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (PTOS) established the Outstanding Service Award to recognize individuals who have made outstanding and significant contributions to the Society. In 2007, the award was renamed for Richard T. Stouffer, who won the award in 1983. Rich epitomizes outstanding service to the PTOS - volunteering his time, energy and ideas for over 35 years, including 30 years as an active member of the Board of Directors.

Each year, the Outstanding Service Award is presented at the Society's Annual Meeting when the recipient receives public thanks for their exceptional volunteerism to the Society. The award is not meant to be the conclusion of service to the PTOS, but an acknowledgement of past accomplishments and a "thank you in advance" for continued volunteerism. A committee consisting of all past recipients of the award makes the selection each year.



Richard T. Stouffer Outstanding Service Award Recipients


2024 - Ryan Donlon
2023 - Catherine Loikith
2022 - David Lotter
2021 - Julie Anne Watko
2020 - Philip Bonzell
2019 - Jeffrey O'Brien
2018 - Seahvosh Nikmanesh
2017 - Matthew Troutman
2016 - Aimee Li
2015 - Robert Hodge
2014 - Christyann Pulliam
2013 - Kevin Ellis
2012 - Richard Ellis
2011 - Michael Mansen
2010 - Tonia Dollinger
2009 - Eric Keasel
2008 - Pierre Vital
2007 - Kathleen Bragdon
2006 - Christopher Young
2005 - Anne Marie Boehler
2004 - Matt Smith
2003 - William Neuder
2002 - Heather Shackelford
2001 - Al Smith
2000 - Karin Tyson
1999 - Elizabeth Dougherty
1998 - Gary Paumen
1997 - Judy Swann
1996 - Renee Luebke
1995 - Thomas Waltz
1994 - Rolfe Hille
1993 - Merrell C. Cashion, Jr.
1992 - Fred A. Silverberg
1991 - Jim Davie
1990 - Paul A. Bell
1989 - Raphael B. Penland
1988 - J. Michael Thesz
1987 - Craig R. Feinberg
1986 - Louis S. Zarfas
1985 - Stanley D. Miller
1984 - Richard Stouffer
1983 - Morris Kaplan
1982 - Gerald Goldberg
1981 - Robert M. Kilgore
1980 - Davis T. Moorhead
1979 - Frederick C. Edmundson