Washington Capitals v. Ottawa Senators
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2025 AT 6:30 PM

Cost: $102 per game ticket
& access to the Devils Backbone Lounge for Food & Drink
Ticket includes a food voucher redeemable in the Devils Backbone Lounge
Unlimited draft beer, wine & soft drinks within the Devils Backbone Lounge*
(*Starting 1 hour prior to faceoff through the end of the 2nd intermission)

Purchase Tickets Here
Limit 4 tickets per member ~ seats are located in Sections 401/402, Rows K-M
Tickets will be distributed via email prior to the event

contact: Hubert.Cheung@uspto.gov – or – Robert.Hodge@uspto.gov

DANIEL O’CONNELL’S
· 112 King Street · Alexandria VA ·

Tuesday, December 17th at 4:00-6:00 PM
· Best Crazy Holiday Sweater Requested ·

2 drink tickets & limited, light appetizers – Members Only
· Appetizers are first come-first serve, while supplies last·

Non-members may sign-up at the event

contact: Shelby.Turner1@uspto.gov

Patent and Trademark Office Society

INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR SPECIAL AWARD ORGANIZATION JUDGES WANTED!!

2025 INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR (ISEF)

Columbus, Ohio May 10-16, 2025 Each year, the PTOS provides judges for this event as a public relations gesture, to promote knowledge of patents, and encourage innovation and scientific progress by today’s youth. Find detailed information about ISEF at https://www.societyforscience.org/isef/. Application forms to be an ISEF SPECIAL AWARD ORGANIZATION JUDGE is posted for PTOS members at http://www.ptos.org/committees/science_fair/international.html and also available from:

ALAN CHEN 571-272-4143 JULIE ANNE WATKO KNX 8A75 571-272-7597

Applications to be an ISEF SPECIAL AWARD ORGANIZATION JUDGE must be turned in to ALAN CHEN or JULIE ANNE WATKO by: 12pm EST on JANUARY 10, 2025

The categories for which judges will be selected comprise: BIOCHEMISTRY, CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION, MEDICINE & HEALTH, MICROBIOLOGY, AND PHYSICS

The judging team selected will represent the PTOS. The judges will choose one Grand Prize winner, and several First Place award winners from over 1800 finalist entries originating from over 75 nations worldwide. Each selected judge will gain experience by organizing volunteers for regional science fairs judged by PTOS.

Dedicated to the improvement and appreciation of the United States Patent & Trademark Systems

PTOS Education Committee presents:
“The Illogical Art of Logic Games”
Benjamin Orlin
Writer and Professor of Mathematics, Saint Paul College

Wednesday, January 15th, 2–3 p.m. ET

In our speaker’s words,
“A decade ago, at a math department picnic, I stumbled across a game of Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe. Since then, logic games have slowly taken over my life. What makes a game tick? Why do some rulesets blossom, while others collapse? I sure as heck don't have definitive answers. But I can share some inklings -- and, by way of illustration, some beautiful games.”

Ben Orlin is the author of Math with Bad Drawings (as well as the blog of the same name), Change is the Only Constant, Math Games With Bad Drawings (as well as its companion game box edition), and Math for English Majors. His writing on math and education has appeared in The Atlantic, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Slate, Vox, and Popular Science. He has taught middle and high school mathematics and has spoken about math and education at colleges and universities across the United States. He lives with his wife and two daughters in St. Paul, Minnesota.

No Other Time is available for this event.
If you have questions, please contact Brian or Cathy.

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Join the expanded PTOS Board of Directors!

Turn in your nominating petition form between Nov 25th-Dec 6th (3 PM E.T.) and your name will be placed on the ballot for the 2025 election.

Nominations will be accepted for the following positions:

Positions for which all PTOS members are eligible:

President
Vice President
Secretary
Administrator
Treasurer
At Large Representative (10 positions available)

Busness Unit Representatives - Candidates must work within the respective business unit.

TC 1600, 1700, 2100, 2400, 2600, 2800, 2900, 3600, 3700 (2 from each TC – 18 total positions)
Patents, Non-TC/PTAB (2 positions)
Trademarks/TTAB (2 positions)
Offices of EEOD/PIA/CAO/CCO/CFO/CIO/GC/US/PE/All Others (2 positions)

Regional Representative Positions – Candidates must live within the respective Region
Find your Region Here: https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/uspto-office-locations

Northeast Region which includes ME VT NH MA RI CT NY NJ PA MD DE DC VA WV NC SC GA FL PR (1 position)
Midwest Region which includes MN IA MO WI IL MI IN KY OH (1 position)
Rocky Mountain Region which includes ID UT MT WY CO ND SD NE KS (1 position)
Southwest Region which includes NM TX OK AR LA MS TN AL (1 position)
Western Region which includes WA OR CA NV AZ AK HI (1 position)

Visit https://www.ptos.org/committees/election/2025_election.html to get your nominating petition form and for guidelines on obtaining signatures.

Completed forms must be submitted to nominations@ptos.org by 3:00PM E.T. on Dec 6, 2024.

Note: PTOS Board members cannot concurrently hold office in an organization that has collective bargaining rights with the USPTO, nor can Board members concurrently act on behalf of the USPTO in collective bargaining with such organizations (See Article V, Sec. 4(a) of the PTOS Constitution for full text of rule).
While you may use USPTO email to collect nomination signatures (see guidelines at https://www.ptos.org/committees/election/2025_election.html), USPTO email may not be used for campaigning. Violations of election bylaws can be confidentially reported to the Election Committee at evote@ptos.org.
You may submit campaign material (e.g. a flyer or a short bio with information about yourself, your history of service with PTOS, and how you envision serving the Society while in office) along with your petition form. Your material will be posted on the Election Committee page of the PTOS website. Campaign material will be accepted for posting until 3:00 PM E.T. on Dec 30, 2024.

Voting will take place from Jan 13th-15th, 2025.