PTOS CELEBRATES 225TH PATENT ACT ANNIVERSARY T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST - Corrected Extended Deadline Info

**Extended Deadline Date is July 29th!**

CHECK OUT CONTEST UPDATES: extended deadline, open to all PTO employees, available prize info!

OVERVIEW OF PATENT ACT

The first American Patent Act was signed into law by President George Washington on April 10, 1790, to promote innovation by providing the power to grant or refuse inventor patents for exclusive rights for their creations ("The U.S. Patent System Celebrates 212 Years".  USPTO.  9 April 2002.

http://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/us-patent-system-celebrates-212-years).

CONTEST GUIDELINES

1. The contest is open to all PTO members, except select PTOS Board Members who will be judging the designs.

2. Entries must be your own original work.

3. The theme of the design contest is PTOS Celebrates 225th Patent Act Anniversary.

4. The design must include the PTOS logo, which can be downloaded from the following web link: http://goo.gl/uL1vRA 5. The design must be hand drawn or computer generated and emailed in .png, .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .tif, .gif, .pdf, .eps, .svg format to ptos.tshirt.design.contest@gmail.com with your name, art unit, office room number, and office phone number by Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at 11:59 PM.

WINNERS & PRIZES

The winning design will be printed on t-shirts.  The top three winners will be selected to win prizes.  1st place winner will receive $50 gift certificate; 2nd place winner will receive pair of movie passes; and 3rd place will receive PTOS beer mug.  Winners will be announced by August 2015, notified by email, and recognized on the PTOS website and in PTOS email. 

QUESTIONS

Contact Scott Long (Scott.Long@uspto.gov) or Angela Nguyen (Angela.Nguyen@uspto.gov).

ABOUT PTOS

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