A total of $5,000 in rewards is available

The Winner is guaranteed a minimum amount of $2,500. The Winner receives a $500 bonus if the winning response is NPL or a Chinese/Japanese/Korean patent.

An additional guaranteed reward pool of $2,000 will be distributed among the researchers who have contributed significantly to the study based on the following:

• The first $500 of this pool will be rewarded to the response that best fulfills a lead (this may be any one of the leads presented during the study, at the study manager's discretion).
• The remaining $1,500 will be divided among responses that further support or provide details to supplement winning responses. Please remember that accuracy of highlighting is more likely to bring these responses to our attention for rewards.

The determination of the reward winners and amounts is at the absolute discretion of RWS.

The Study will accept submissions until 12 noon ET on the indicated Expiration Date above. You may submit up to the submission limit indicated on your Activity Dashboard. Your submission limit for the Study may be increased based on the quality of your previous submissions for the same Study.

Highlights: When prompted by the submission form, you will be asked to highlight the sections of the document that best match the Research Requirements. Please follow any special instructions provided in the Research Requirements. Highlighting is intended to provide reviewers and clients with a shortcut to a specific passage relevant to the research requirement. Random, inaccurate or excessive highlights will not be accepted and will not be eligible for a reward. A submission is not eligible for Rewards if the highlights are marked as Unacceptable. For more information, please refer to our Researcher Manual.

Translations: A non-English submission must include an English translation of at least the highlighted section. If the reference appears to be relevant, a Reviewer may contact you for an extended translation.

Message Center: The Review Team may contact you for more information about your submission. If you receive such a request, please reply directly through the Message Center (i.e. the Inbox in your RWS account). If your messages are forwarded to your email, you may click the link provided in the footer to view and reply to the original message. Please do not reply to the forwarded message in your email.

The Researcher Agreement and all other eligibility requirements apply. Submissions may not be shared with other Researchers.

Please refer to our Researcher Manual and FAQ portal for more information.  Feel free to contact RWS Support at [email protected] if you have any questions. Please allow up to two business days for a response.