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Our FREE printable versions of the PCT Applicants Guide - available now for EQE2012

2012-02-01T20:02:00.001+01:00

The Examination Board has a printable version available (here on the right-hand side of the page) However, this document is 1700 pages with a lot of information that will never be asked on the EQE, such as details on African, Asian and South American states. Also there are other things on the WIPO web-site which you should have with you that are not even included in the 1700 pages, such as

Improved EPO Guidelines index available

2012-01-19T09:56:00.002+01:00

The Academy has now made an improved index available for the Guidelines (for the version of April 2010) Importantly, the references are now to paragraphs instead of page numbers, so it will work with all language editions, not just the English ones. So print it out and take it to the exam - many aspects of EQE answers are in the Guidelines.

Smaller printable version of PCT applicants Guide - coming soon !

2012-01-18T00:04:00.001+01:00

As always, the Examination Board has made a printable version of the Applicants Guide available (see below)However, these files are very large (1700 pages) because they comprise information for every PCT state world-wide. In the past, the D Examination Committee has confirmed that candidates do not require all these details, but it is quite difficult for candidates to decide themselves what

Latest REE available

2011-12-20T10:58:00.000+01:00

EPO has now made the latest version of the EQE exam regulation (REE) here. The only real change seems to be the inclusion of the latest Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the examination. Read this document before going to the exam so that you know what is allowed and what is not. In particular, you will only be allowed to use a watch with an analog display if you want to take

Update of Instructions To Candidates

2011-12-08T16:47:00.000+01:00

The Examination Board has updated the Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the European qualifying examination to include the details for the Pre-Exam : http://archive.epo.org/epo/pubs/oj011/11_11/11_5851.pdf Important are the instructions relating to the pencil for the pre-exam. Also important to realise that you are only allowed to bring a wrist-watch with an analog display to

Coming soon - Questions & Answers Book for Pre-Exam

2011-10-05T18:28:00.001+02:00

After successfully completing our first Pre-Exam Methodology training, and being about to complete our 12-day integrated training and distance training courses specifically for the Pre-Exam, we are now putting the finishing touches to a new Question and Answer book . We have identified about 250 questions that cover the core subjects that candidates may need to deal with at the Pre-Exam. About

Time of pre-exam are available

2011-09-28T10:31:00.000+02:00

On the EQE page of the EPO's website, the times for all the 2012 exams have been published, including the pre-exam

Take a pencil and eraser to the pre-exam 2012

2011-09-26T11:24:00.000+02:00

Buried on the EPO web site, a new mock pre-exam has been made available for extra practice. Most importantly, the answering scheme is given - you fill in a true-false answer sheet with a pancil, so that answers may be corrected. So bring a black medium soft HB pencil, and an eraser to the pre-exam Both mock pre-exams are available here.

Figuring out what went wrong on EQE 2011 - help for resitters

2011-08-17T17:09:00.001+02:00

This week, candidates receive the official EQE results, confirming the results published last week. Included is a marking sheet, showing the number of points per question. Candidates who unfortunately need to resit C and/or D will be trying to figure out how to do it differently in 2012. The marking sheets and the Examiner's Reports in the Compendium are generally not enough to figure out where

EQE 2011 results (2): excluding 0 points

2011-08-17T15:19:00.001+02:00

The figures change a little if you leave out the candidates who got 0. As it is very unlikely to make a paper and get 0 points, we assume most of these were registered but did not turn up. Average nr. if points if all 0 scores are excluded: D = 41 (2010: 46) C = 44 (2010: 45) B (e/m & ch) = 55.5 (2010: 51.5) A (e/m & ch) = 50.5 (2010: 47.5) Points distribution histograms per paper are below

Latest version of National Law book - May 2011

2011-08-17T09:50:00.001+02:00

EPO has released a new version of the National Law book. You definitely need to take this to the exam.

EQE 2011 Results

2011-08-04T15:27:00.006+02:00

A complete list is available here. It look like D was more dificult than last year, and B was overall easier Congratulations to all who passed at least something- none of the exams are easy, so if you passed anything you did well. Remember: 45 points and up means you can compensate with other passes, even old ones. EQE 2011 Pass rates - candidates with 45 points or higher: D = 35% (2010: 48%)

EPO makes their legal texts printable

2011-08-01T09:44:00.001+02:00

Good news for anyone needing to print out the HTML on the EPO website - the EPO has introduced a new print option. Currently only for EPC, Guidelines, National law, How to Get - Part I and Case Law, I expect this to be expanded in the future. This solves a lot of problems for the EPO in keeping legal information up to date. By only providing up to date HTML, users can decide to either use it

Update on Pre-Exam

2011-03-22T10:02:00.001+01:00

The Mock exam from last year has now been updated - the Examination Board has updated the multiple choice format to a true/false format. There are no negative marks, but the positive marks are not linear to encourage attempting all questions. This is a major improvement over the earlier format - the amount of text that has to be read is now greatly reduced. Those with English/French or German as

RFees references - incorrect

2011-02-18T14:53:00.000+01:00