Be a bright light for the profession…
2025 Sponsorship
Help us celebrate the profession in 2025
The Patent Olympiad isn’t just a contest: it’s a celebration. A celebration of patent professionals, their skills, and the community of expertise that grows, cultivates, and extends those skills.
Many outside the realm of intellectual property have no idea what patent searching really is, or what it takes to be really, really good at it.
But patent professionals know. And the work matters.
We want patent professionals to take pride in what they do. We want them to be fantastic at it. And we want others to realize just how fun and fulfilling this profession can be.
Let’s celebrate together. Join us!
Make It Happen:
Be a Major Sponsor
Your sponsorship helps ensure that Patent Olympiad 2025 is a lively, vibrant highlight of our partner conference.
As a Diamond, Sapphire, or Ruby Sponsor, you provide a monetary contribution that makes Patent Olympiad feasible. You help ensure that the event is an exciting and memorable experience for participants, onlookers, and sponsors alike. Your sponsorship showcases not only your commitment to patent search excellence, but the celebration and support of the people who dedicate themselves to that excellence. And…you can be part of the FUN.
Want to get started? Check our sponsorship options below. Just choose a level that provides the visibility and engagement you want, and we’ll help you make the most of your support.
Major Sponsorship Levels
Ready to get started with your sponsorship?
The easiest way: choose your level, click “Add to Cart”, and complete your payment. Be sure to review the terms of our sponsorship agreement and indicate your acceptance on the form. You can pay via credit card via this site, or arrange for wire transfer.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at info@patentolympiad.org.
DIAMOND
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✅ Featured Co-Host at our always popular Pre-Olympiad Meetup
✅ Option to Offer Additional Prize(s) to 2025 Champions
✅ Invitation to the pre-competition meetup (a chance for competitors, organizers, and sponsors to meet, chat, and enjoy refreshments)
✅ Game Day Display of Your Organization’s Name & Logo✅ Option to add goodies & promotional materials to registrant goodie bags
🥇 Sponsor recognition on or in FIRST PLACE award (lead time dependent)
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✅ ONE Guest blog post on POdium, the Patent Olympiad blog. Your post; provided by you, chosen in consultation with PO organizers. Post will amplified on our social media channels.
✅ Promotion of 1 blog post or piece of content from your organization’s website via social media, chosen in consultation with Patent Olympiad organizers✅ TWO Big Shiny Questions. Be the sponsoring “instigator” of up to two discussions in our social media channels by posing a thought-provoking question or poll to our audiences.
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✅ Option to offer free trial IDs to your search tool to 2025 competitors to use during the competition (if applicable). Competitors must be able to activate and use the trial IDs on Game Day and at least 1 week prior to Game Day.
✅ Option to offer a featured opportunity to our audiences (e.g., offer sent via our mailing lists or social media channels). Examples: seminar, guidebook, quick how-to video. Respondents will need to respond directly to you, but we will promote the opportunity. -
✅ Aggregated, anonymized results of our post-event questionnaire.
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✅ Your organization’s name and logo on our website home page (to at least 10 months post event)
✅ Announcement of your DIAMOND sponsorship on our social media channels
✅ Display of your organization’s name, logo, and sponsorship on Game Day
✅ Acknowledgement of your sponsorship during the Awards Ceremony
WE SPARKLE LIKE DIAMONDS
SAPPHIRE
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❌ Featured Co-Host at our always popular Pre-Olympiad Meetup (DIAMOND ONLY)
❌ Option to Offer Additional Prize(s) to 2025 Champions (DIAMOND ONLY)
✅ Invitation to the pre-competition meetup (a chance for competitors, organizers, and sponsors to meet, chat, and enjoy refreshments)
✅ Game Day Display of Your Organization’s Name & Logo✅ Option to add goodies & promotional materials to registrant goodie bags
🥈 Sponsor recognition on or in SECOND PLACE award (lead time dependent)
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❌ ONE Guest blog post on POdium, the Patent Olympiad blog. (DIAMOND ONLY)
✅ Promotion of 1 blog post or piece of content from your organization’s website via social media, chosen in consultation with Patent Olympiad organizers
✅ ONE Big Shiny Question. Be the sponsoring “instigator” of up to ONE discussion in our social media channels by posing a thought-provoking question or poll to our audiences.While sponsors are responsible for supplying the content, we’ll work with you to help choose, frame, and shape content in ways that resonate with our audiences and stimulate engagement.
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✅ Option to offer free trial IDs to your search tool to 2025 competitors to use during the competition (if applicable). Competitors must be able to activate and use the trial IDs on Game Day and at least 1 week prior to Game Day.
✅ Option to offer a featured opportunity to our audiences (e.g., offer sent via our mailing lists or social media channels). Examples: seminar, guidebook, quick how-to video. Respondents will need to respond directly to you, but we will promote the opportunity. -
✅ Aggregated, anonymized results of our post-event questionnaire.
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✅ Your organization’s name and logo on our website home page (at least 6 months post event)
✅ Announcement of your SAPPHIRE sponsorship on our social media channels
✅ Display of your organization’s name, logo, and sponsorship on Game Day
✅ Acknowledgement of your sponsorship during the Awards Ceremony
WE GLEAM LIKE SAPPHIRES
RUBY
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❌ Featured Co-Host at our always popular Pre-Olympiad Meetup (DIAMOND ONLY)
❌ Option to Offer Additional Prize(s) to 2025 Champions (DIAMOND ONLY)
✅ Invitation to the pre-competition meetup (a chance for competitors, organizers, and sponsors to meet, chat, and enjoy refreshments)
✅ Game Day Display of Your Organization’s Name & Logo✅ Option to add goodies & promotional materials to registrant goodie bags
🥉 RUBY Sponsor recognition on or in THIRD PLACE award (lead time dependent)
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❌ Guest blog post on POdium, the Patent Olympiad blog. (DIAMOND ONLY)
❌ Promotion of 1 blog post or piece of content from your organization’s website via social media, chosen in consultation with Patent Olympiad organizers (DIAMOND & SAPPHIRE ONLY)
❌ Big Shiny Questions. Be the sponsoring “instigator” of a discussion in our social media channels by posing a thought-provoking question or poll to our audiences. (DIAMOND or SAPPHIRE ONLY)While sponsors are responsible for supplying the content, we’ll work with you to help choose, frame, and shape content in ways that resonate with our audiences and stimulate engagement.
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✅ Option to offer free trial IDs to your search tool to 2025 competitors to use during the competition (if applicable). Competitors must be able to activate and use the trial IDs on Game Day and at least 1 week prior to Game Day.
❌ Option to offer a featured opportunity to our audiences (e.g., offer sent via our mailing lists or social media channels). Examples: seminar, guidebook, quick how-to video. Respondents will need to respond directly to you, but we will promote the opportunity.
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❌ Aggregated, anonymized results of our post-event questionnaire.
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✅ Your organization’s name and logo on our website home page (at least 3 months post-event)
✅ Announcement of your RUBY sponsorship on our social media channels
✅ Display of your organization’s name, logo, and sponsorship on Game Day
✅ Acknowledgement of your sponsorship during the Awards Ceremony
WE GLOW LIKE RUBIES
FAQs
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No. Patent Olympiad is not run to make a profit. We ask for sponsorships in order to cover the costs of making the event happen, and for maintaining the infrastructure that allows us to operate Patent Olympiad over time (e.g., website hosting).
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Major sponsorships help us cover the things that make Patent Olympiad a memorable experience. For example, sponsorships cover the cost of the pre-event meetup, the champion trophies and capes, and the Patent Olympiad goodies that every competitor receives as part of the experience. The funds are also used to offset the costs of travel and lodging for those organizers who will run the event on-site. We also use a small portion of the funds for ongoing maintenance of our infrastructure (e.g., our web presence, service fees, etc.).
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First, we do a little dance of relief. Then, we put the remaining funds aside for the next Patent Olympiad. Some of the funds may be used to pay for services that allow us to keep Patent Olympiad running, like website maintenance and hosting.
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Probably not. We ask for monetary donations to give us the most flexibility in planning and executing the Patent Olympiad event. While we are open to in-kind sponsorships and do make use of them, we also need the freedom of decision making and coordination a monetary cushion provides.
That said, if your organization has a proposal to cover a portion of our major costs at levels similar to a major sponsorship, we would be open to a discussion. Please contact us at info@patentolympiad.org to start the conversation. -
We are grateful for any and all interest in supporting Patent Olympiad. While we may not be able to accommodate all offers of in-kind support (for example, if your organization offers a service or resource that we do not need or already have covered), we are open to possibilities.
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Yes. However, you will still need to register as a competitor, as competition registration is not part of any sponsorship package. You will also be bound by the same agreement as other competitors, which includes an agreement not to keep the the details of the exam questions confidential.
Want to chat?
If you would like more information about supporting Patent Olympiad 2025, we would love to hear from you. Use the form below, or contact us at info@patentolympiad.org. Ideally, use the header “SPONSORSHIP 2025”.