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.