# [NEW! Patent Olympiad Training Camp: Tips and Tricks For the Competitive Patent Searcher](/content/blog/introducing-patentolympiad-training-camp/index.html)

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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# [POPQuiz \#3 Results: Decrypted. Or…Knowledge is Power.](/content/blog/2019/8/29/popquiz3-decrypted/index.html)

And now the reveal. Our riddle, decrypted. The answers to our POPQuiz 3 enigma.

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# [POPQuiz \#3 Addendum: Clues!](/content/blog/2019/8/29/popquiz3-clues/index.html)

Was our [poem](/content/blog/2019/8/26/popquiz-3-riddles-and-poetry-intrigue-and-innovation-andpatents-this-one-has-it-all/index.html) too enigmatic?

Just in case you’d like some clues, today we begin a gallery of clues for POPQuiz #3.

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# [POPQuiz \#3: Riddles and Poetry, Intrigue and Innovation. And Patents. This One Has it All.](/content/blog/2019/8/26/popquiz-3-riddles-and-poetry-intrigue-and-innovation-andpatents-this-one-has-it-all/index.html)

_On a shore that gave birth to a field_

_The love of a William revealed_

_A crack team of two_

_A cloak red + blue_

_And ideas: more breaking than making._

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# [POPQuiz \#2: Powers of V – Vlad the Impaler, The Vampire Index, and Vivid Imaginations](/content/blog/2019/8/13/popquiz-2-powers-of-v-vlad-the-impaler-the-vampire-index-and-vivid-imaginations/index.html)

**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.

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# [POPQuiz \#1: Two Romanian Inventors, An Illegal Invention, And The French Connection](/content/blog/2019/8/7/popquiz-1-two-romanian-inventors-an-illegal-invention-and-the-french-connection/index.html)

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).

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# [Introducing POPQuiz! A Research Challenge Series for Patent Information Fans](/content/blog/2019/8/4/introducing-popquiz/index.html)

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!

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# [Our 90-Day Countdown Begins: Will You Join Us at Patent Olympiad?](/content/blog/2019/7/28/90-days-to-patent-olympiad-2019/index.html)

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_…

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# [This Year’s Arena: EPOPIC 2019 in Bucharest, Romania](/content/blog/2019/7/2/a-new-arena-in-october-2019-patent-olympiad-in-bucharest/index.html)

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](https://www.epo.org/learning-events/events/conferences/pi-conference.html) in Bucharest, Romania. Want to join us? Stay tuned for registration details! _(Update as of July 14, 2019: Registration is now open!)_

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# [Countdown to Patent Olympiad 2018: Are You Ready to Be First?](/content/blog/2018/8/21/countdown-to-patent-olympiad-2018-are-you-ready-to-be-first/index.html)

In less than three weeks, patent researchers from around the world will be gathering at the Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy. .

Will you be among the first?

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