Category: UMA News
USPTO Honors African Americans in times of war during Black History Month
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) has announced that the 2018 theme for Black History Month is African Americans in Times of War. This year marks the centennia... Read More
Free Hike Series — Veterans Hike Across Maryland
The Veterans Hike Across Maryland is a series of 5 hikes totaling 41 miles on the Appalachian Trail. This is the inaugural program of the Mid-Atlantic Hiking Group’s Veterans Hiking for Health ini... Read More
Veteran Highlight: Katarzyna “Kat” Wyrozebski
Katarzyna “Kat” Wyrozebski is a Quality Assurance Specialist in TC1700 who has worked at the USPTO since July 1999. Kat is also a Combat Veteran of Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, a f... Read More
Veteran Highlight: Dr. Olivia Wise
Dr. Olivia Wise is a Patent Examiner in TC1600, AU 1631 Bioinformatics who has worked at the USPTO since November 2014. Olivia has served on the USPTO Military Association Board of Directors since ... Read More
Greetings from the 2018 UMA President
Greetings all, First and foremost I am humbled to be selected as the President of the USPTO Military Association (UMA) for 2018. The 2018 board members and I stand ready to carry out the mission to ... Read More
2018 UMA Annual Award Nominees Sought
Awards are selected from recommendations received from UMA full members in good standing and decided on by the members of the UMA Board of Directors. A “full member in good standing” is a UMA dues... Read More
UMA 2017 Scholarship Winners Announced!
Thank you to everyone who applied for the UMA’s 2017 Scholarship. Fred Steckler attended the UMA monthly meeting and pulled two names from a bowl. We are happy to announce Kayla Hylton (daughte... Read More
Happy Birthday U.S. Coast Guard!
The history of the United States Coast Guard goes back to the Revenue Cutter Service, which was founded on 4 August 1790 as part of the Department of the Treasury. The Coast Guard’s predecessor ... Read More
VA Disability Compensation Brief
Thanks to Paul Frost from MOAA for the excellent VA Disability Compensation Brief. Click here to view the MOAA VA Disability Brief. Click here to view the VA Disability Benefits Questionnaires (... Read More