USPTO team members gathered to celebrate summer during the annual Voluntary Employee Organization (VEO) Summer Bash this month. Sponsored by the USPTO Military Association (UMA), the Patent & Trademark Office Society, and the Asian Pacific American Network, the gathering encourages conversation, friendship, and mentoring. “This is what it looks like when VEOs come together for the common cause of helping USPTO colleagues manage their work-life balance,” said UMA president Alford Kindred.