It was just a quiet Sunday morning on December 7, 1941, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in the middle of the Pacific. Nothing unusual was occurring; sailors were just waking up and making their way to the ba...Read More
The USPTO Military Association (UMA) celebrated Veterans Day Nov. 9, 2023 with its annual Veterans Day event. The celebration featured a luncheon, a musical performance by the Patenteers USPTO chorus,...Read More
Every year on November 11, Americans celebrate Veterans Day to honor the tens of millions who have honorably served in America’s Armed Forces. Behind this seemingly simple holiday is a great deal of...Read More
As Veterans Day approaches, we want to highlight one of our newest UMA members, Jordan, who was featured in the Veterans Day issue of Homeland Magazine. Jordan taught English in China before serving...Read More
Jordan Landes’ career path has been as varied as his world travels, from teaching English in China to serving in the Air Force as a Spanish Linguist, Flight Attendant, and finally in the Defense Att...Read More
USPTO Military Association members continue to lead and inspire after leaving military service! Retired Regimental Command Sergeant Major and current USPTO Patent and Trial Appeal Board Executive Troy...Read More
Chief Master Sergeant Anthony J. Twitty (retired U.S. Air Force), Lead Correspondence Management Analyst, Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United...Read More
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month with an inaugural “Hispanics in the Military” panel discussion in the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Sep....Read More
Thank you to Fleet and Family Support Center at Naval Station Rota, Spain for co-hosting the latest USPTO Entrepreneurship Essentials for the military-connected community. “We need to make sure we a...Read More
In a matter of days, I was filming [for Combat Camera] at Ground Zero. I was one of the first five active-duty Marines to arrive on scene. You can’t imagine seeing all the devastation and destructio...Read More
After a 3-year hiatus, the USPTO Military Association (UMA) newsletter, Scuttlebutt, is back and better than ever! The latest issue shares photos from several UMA events this year as well as photos fr...Read More
A chance encounter at a job fair just over ten years ago led Thomas (Tommy) Worden to the USPTO, and he hasn’t looked back since. One of the agency’s 868 military veterans, Tommy now serves as a p...Read More