Join the PTOS Board of Directors!

Turn in your nominating petition form between Dec 4th-15th, 2025 and your name will be placed on the ballot for the 2026 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)

TC 1600, 1700/2900, 2100, 2400, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700 (2 from each – 18 total positions)

Patents, Non-TC/PTAB (2 positions)

Trademarks (2 positions)

Offices of EEOD/PIA/CAO/CCO/CFO/CIO/GC/US/PE/All Others (2 positions)

Regional Representative Positions (Candidates must live within respective region):

Midwest Region (1 position)

Rocky Mountain Region (1 position)

Silicon Valley Region (1 position)

Texas Region (1 position)

Visit https://www.ptos.org/committees/election/2026_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 15th, 2025

While you may use USPTO email to collect nomination signatures (see guidelines at https://www.ptos.org/committees/election/2026_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 30th, 2025.

Voting will take place from Jan 13-15, 2026.