Want some tips and tricks for competitive patent searching? We have a few tips for you in Patent Olympiad Training Camp, a series of short informational pieces from the organizers and sponsors.
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Read MoreOur top 3 high VI (Vlad Index, aka Vampire Index) submissions. Thanks for your patience, POPQuizzers!
And now the reveal. Our riddle, decrypted. The answers to our POPQuiz 3 enigma.
Read MoreToday’s assignment: become a patent paparazzi. How many celebrities in one patent can you find?
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The love of a William revealed
A crack team of two
A cloak red + blue
And ideas: more breaking than making.
Read MoreWe’ve extended the deadline for POPQuiz 2, but we’d like to celebrate the participants who wandered into the darkness first. Here are some highlights.
Wherein POPQuiz 2 returns from the dead, and Patent Research Professionals who shun the burning light of social media scrutiny have one more chance. And one more way to submit answers.
We also discuss a few highlights from the answers received so far.
Even patents aren’t immune to the power of Dracula’s bite.
For this week’s POPQuiz, we are looking for Dracula-inspired patents that maximize a highly arbitrary score we’ll call the VI, also known as the Vlad Index. Or Vampire Index.
Read MoreThe truth was out there. It really was.
See the results of POPQuiz1.
At least two Romanian inventors, one past, one present, have both developed a type of device that would be illegal in one small town in France. Video records of one such device exist.
Can you answer this week’s POPQuiz?
UPDATE: We will release our answers on August 9, 2019 at 23:59:59 AoE Time (UTC -12 h).
Patent Olympiad 2019 is less than 3 months away. Will you be ready?
Join us weekly until mid-September for a weekly POPQuiz – your Patent Olympiad Preliminaries!
Today is July 29, 2019. We are 90 days out…and counting down. Will you join us?
Here’s what you need to know now…
You’ve probably heard…and yes, it’s official. Patent Olympiad 2019 is happening!
This year, our host conference will be the European Patent Organization’s EPOPIC 2019 in Bucharest, Romania. Want to join us? Stay tuned for registration details! (Update as of July 14, 2019: Registration is now open!)
Read MoreIt’s that time of year to sit back and reflect on the past and look forward to the future. Here’s a look back at our first ever Patent Olympiad, with a special thank you to all who made it possible.
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