Invention Con 2020

USPTO Outreach Event Survey Office of the Chief Communications Officer
Approved for use through 9/30/2021. OMB 0651-0080
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
1. How did you learn about this program? (check all that apply)
USPTO.gov website
Social Media (e.g., FB, Twitter)
Eventbrite
Email announcement
Colleague/Friend
Attendance at previous event
Other____________

2. On day one, how useful was the information presented at Invention-Con 2020? Consider usefulness both
for now and in the future. (Place an ‘x’ in the proper column for each row.)
Not useful at all
Leadership greeting
(Name of Person)
Understanding the
patent examination
process
Filing a provisional
application
Best practices for filing a
successful patent
application
Applying for a trademark

Somewhat useful

Moderately useful

Very useful

N/A (did not attend)

3. On day two, how useful was the information presented at Invention-Con 2020? Consider usefulness both
for now and in the future. (Place an ‘x’ in the proper column for each row.)
Not useful at all

Somewhat useful

Moderately useful

Very useful

N/A (did not attend)

Leadership greeting
(Name of Person)
Government resources
Building your business
model
Building a virtual
business
Keynote - Sam Zaid,
CEO and Founder of
Getaround

4. On day three, how useful was the information presented at Invention-Con 2020? Consider usefulness both
for now and in the future. (Place an ‘x’ in the proper column for each row.)
Not useful at all

Somewhat useful

Moderately useful

Very useful

N/A (did not attend)

Leadership greeting
(Name of Person)
Building your network for
success
Market research/Know
your customer
Building your pitch
Understanding licensing

5. The information and knowledge gained by attending this program will help me leverage my intellectual
property in the marketplace.
Strongly disagree
Somewhat disagree
Neither disagree nor agree
Somewhat agree
Strongly agree

6. I would recommend this program to someone else.
Strongly disagree
Somewhat disagree
Neither disagree nor agree
Somewhat agree
Strongly agree

7. Overall how would you rate your satisfaction with Invention-Con 2020?
Very dissatisfied
Somewhat dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
Neither dissatisfied nor satisfied
Somewhat satisfied
Very satisfied

8. What did you like most about today’s program?

9. What other topics are you interested in learning about?

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